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Among Chester County Hoagies, This Shop Offers One That Weighs as Much as a Mini Laptop
Chester County hoagies stand tall with other regional sandwiches like cheesesteaks and pork sandwiches. Jason Sheehan sliced through the details to find the best architects of this local favorite for Philadelphia Magazine. Hoagies come with plenty of variations — peppers, seeded rolls, even vegetarian. And all fall within the range of acceptability, with the only…
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West Chester Home to One of the Top 100 Restaurants in America
The Original Spence Cafe in West Chester has found its place on the online reservation platform OpenTable’s list of the Top 100 Restaurants in America for 2021. Laura Smythe and Andy Brownfield served up the news for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To create the list, OpenTable analyzed more than 10.5 million reviews submitted by verified…
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Longtime Art Teacher in Downingtown Finds a New Canvas for His Work
Artist Brian Hearns — a 15-year art teacher at East Ward Elementary School in Downingtown — is known for works that command attention, writes Melissa Jacobs for Main Line Tonight. His art is part-illustration and part-painting, emblazoned with symbols and usually accompanied by written words. It can be taken as decorative or as commentary on…
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These Five Coffee Shops Are Among the Best Chester County Has to Offer
Our area is filled with great places to get a caffeine fix, but some of them stand out from the crowd. These coffee shops in Chester County distinguish themselves with something extra: the strongest espresso, the richest cappuccino, or something with a much-needed zing. Nicole Acosta filtered through the best for the Daily Voice. These…
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Couple Looking to Buy Home Ends Up Owning Whole Town in Pennsylvania
When Cleveland couple Saji Daniel and Shannon McGauley got an invitation in October 2020 from their neighbor, Dr. Lou Keppler, to visit Foxburg, they thought it would just be a nice daily escape from the city. Katherine Clarke, in The Wall Street Journal, chronicled how it led to a real-estate buying spree. The couple did…
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Small Capacity a Big Advantage for Kennett Square Eatery Where Reservations Are Taken a Year in Advance
Restaurants nationwide scrambled to adjust to the dining restrictions imposed by COVID-19. But for Talula’s Table in Kennett Square, it was mostly business as usual. Owner Aimee Olexy explained the advantage of her unconventional seating to Bret Thorn of Restaurant Hospitality magazine’s In the Kitchen podcast. Olexy has been running Talula’s Table for the past…
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Pizza Shop in West Chester Carries a Bit of a Mystique. Here’s Why
Pizza West Chester, a new addition to the local dining scene, is the very embodiment of the business advice to “stay in your lane.” In its case, that “lane” is two varieties of delicious pizza. And nothing more. Michael Klein profiled this laser-focused shop for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The pizzeria is owned by Speer Madanat…
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Chester County Home to One of the Pennsylvania’s Fastest-Growing ‘Cities’
While population growth in the U.S. is generally slowing from declining birth rates, an aging population, and fewer immigrants, some locations are bucking the trend. A new report from Stacker highlights the fastest-growing “cities” in Pennsylvania, and Chester County is home to one of them. The list resulted from an analysis of statewide data from…
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Despite Owning Property in Chester County, Benjamin Franklin, Unlike Pal George, Never Actually Slept Here
Despite owning a sizable property in southern Chester County, there is no proof that Benjamin Franklin ever actually slept here, writes Michael Rellahan for The Phoenix Reporter & Item. Franklin’s connection to the area was highlighted last week by Chester County Archives and Records. “John Morton was not the only signer of the Declaration of…
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Chester County Home to Particularly Large Number of Preserved Underground Railroad Sites
While many areas in different states are home to Underground Railroad locations, Chester County boasts an especially large number of preserved sites with documented history, writes Kimberly Haas for Hidden City Philadelphia. Several stops were in Kennett Square, including the Pines, the home of Bartholomew Fussell, who was one of the original signers of the…
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Pennsylvania’s Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish Isn’t Mashed Potatoes or Green Bean Casserole
Pennsylvania’s favorite Thanksgiving side dish isn’t baked potatoes. Nor is it green bean casserole. And it’s not that gooey ambrosia that Aunt Nancy brings every year. Deb Kiner for the Harrisburg Patriot-News sifted through the state-by-state list of preferences to find out what dish will accompany most turkeys on Pennsylvania tables this upcoming week. The…
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Kansas Boy Enters His Bug Collection in the State Fair. Here’s Why It Triggered a Federal Investigation
A boy who brought his bug collection, which included a spotted lanternfly, to the Kansas State Fair triggered both a state and federal investigation, writes Jonathan Edwards for The Washington Post. The dangerous specimen has been wreaking havoc in the eastern part of the country for years, but so far no infestations have made it…
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Former WCU Quarterback, Co-Pilot of United Flight 175 Left an Indelible Mark on the World
Twenty-three years after the terrorist attacks on 9/11, friends and family remember countless heroes who lost their lives on the tragic day, writes Megan Magensky for CBS 21. Among them was Michael Horrocks, a quarterback who captained the West Chester University football team in the early 1980s. Horrocks was the co-pilot of United Flight 175,…
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Malvern Mansion Full of Intrigue — and a Checkered Ownership History — Again Up for Sale
A Malvern mansion on a 2.4-acre property encircled by Valley Creek Preserve is up for sale for $9.875 million, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This 22,000-square-foot home has 29 rooms, including seven bedrooms and nine full and three half bathrooms. Other highlights include a wine cellar, a movie theater, and even a…
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Wayne Bakery Ropes in Big in Valentine’s Day Sales to Ted Lasso Fans
D’Innocenzo’s Bakery in Wayne did brisk business this weekend by piggybacking on a pop-culture phenomenon. At its stand in the Lancaster Farmers Market, pink boxes of shortbread proved popular among fans of Ted Lasso, the Apple + series set on the soccer pitches of England. The biscuits — so named because that’s what Londoners call…
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Side of ‘Pannhass’ Anyone? This Local Breakfast Dish Has a Pennsylvania Dutch Backstory
Try going into a favorite diner for breakfast across the Phila. region and ordering eggs, home fries, coffee, and pannhass and prepare for a puzzled server’s response. But refer to scrapple instead of the side’s Pennsylvania Dutch name, and a crispy square of spicy meat will complete the first meal of the day. A staff…
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Study: These Three Factors Make Chester County the State’s Best Place to Live
Chester County is the best county to live in Pennsylvania, according to recently published rankings by 24/7 Wall Street that use data from the Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a composite of life expectancy, education, and per-capita-income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. To determine the…
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Mint-in-Box Nintendo, Rescued from a Goodwill Shelf, Nets Huge Windfall at Auction
One can only imagine the dusty Nintendo game system sitting on a Goodwill shelf, evoking the sad Toy Story 2 castoff fate of Jessie the Cowgirl before her rescue. The mid-1980s unit hadn’t even left its shrink-wrapped box. But when a local worker recognized it for what it was, everything changed. Goodwill Keystone Area related…
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