Restaurants & Lodging
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Kennett’s New Beer Garden, The Creamery, Prepping to Pop Up
A grown-up’s community playground is getting close to popping up in a corner of Kennett Square desperate for revival. Many months in the making, The Creamery will soon bring evening music and entertainment to a 3-acre former cannery and creamery with its unique new seasonal European-style pop-up beer garden. More playground than bar, the coming…
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Malvern Restaurateur Switches Styles with Bryn Mawr Eatery
Restaurateur Sean Weinberg is leaving the homey and polished style of his Restaurant Alba in Malvern as he moves to Bryn Mawr to open a new eatery he describes as grungy and edgy, writes Michael Klein for Philly.com. In just a few days, Weinberg’s new establishment, Biga Pizza + Beer, will open its doors to…
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New Orleans Style Pelican’s SnoBalls Arrives in Downingtown
Enthusiasts of water ice and ice-cream in Downingtown are in for a treat as the New Orleans style SnoBall has made its way there, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Local News. Downingtown native, James Hughes, has opened a franchise of Pelican’s SnoBalls, the first in Pennsylvania, taking over the former home of Crazy…
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Exton Pour House Unveils Victory Brewing Collaboration
By Lauren McClusick, Last Wednesday night at The Pour House in Exton, a small gathering of people were chatting in an intimate, party-like setting, smiling over shining glasses of golden beer. They were gathered to celebrate the release of a new house beer crafted by Victory Brew Company, exclusive to The Pour House’s three locations…
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West Chester Doc Magrogan’s Closing in May
In the search for bigger and better pearls, West Chester restaurateur Dave Magrogan is discarding his hometown Oyster House. Magrogan has recently been reshuffling his buffet of restaurants to seize new opportunities. He sold Downingtown’s Barra Rossa, now called Milito’s, in December and just handed over the Barra Rossa in Center City to manager Nick…
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Chef-a-Topia Whips Up Fine Dining With a Casual Price Tag
Prime rib, veal parmesan, braised beef shank, raw oysters, your pick of noodles, panini sandwiches, fresh salads and a buffet of breakfast offerings — all exactly how you want them made and where you want them eaten. It’s a utopia of fine dining from award-winning Kennett Square Inn master chef Ray Maxwell, and it will…
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Kennett Square Food and Drink Connoisseurs Hit the Spot
The kind of dedication it takes to turn coffee into a love potion or leave politics to bake pies is what makes downtown Kennett Square taste so good. And you can thank the folks at Philter Coffee and Nomadic Pies for the labor of love, but they’ll just redirect the praise to the people around…
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Photo Blog: Lorenzo & Sons Pizzeria Opens in West Chester
Famed Philly pizzeria Lorenzo & Sons opened in West Chester on Wednesday. The restaurant drew long lines as West Chester residents took advantage of the record-setting weather. We were there to capture the action and grab a slice of one of their famous 28-inch pies. Welcome to Chester County Lorenzo & Sons!
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Chester County Briefs: Wegman’s Pub Holding Weeklong St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, and SEPTA Service to Paoloi/Thorndale Suspended
The Pub by Wegmans Organizes Week Long St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Enjoy the atmosphere of Ireland with Irish food, drinks, live music and much more, by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day all week long at The Pub by Wegmans, located at 50 Foundry Way in Malvern. The celebration will begin on Monday and start to bring…
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Whip Tavern Slinging Cider to Benefit the Brandywine Conservancy
Sipping cider and enjoying the stunning beauty of nature is a favorite pastime for patrons of The Whip Tavern in West Marlborough Township — and every sip sends a little love to that very landscape. Fifty cents of every Imperial pint of For Fox Sake cider from March 15 to Dec. 31 is donated to…
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New 50K Relay to Showcase Schuylkill River Trail
The race to experience America’s best urban recreational trail is coming this April with a monumental 50K relay capped by a refreshing conclusion provided by Chester County’s Sly Fox Brewing Co. In celebration and support of the best-in-the-nation destination and Sly Fox’s trail-boosting Schuylkill River Trail Ale, the Schuylkill River Relay 50K will crack open…
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New Coffee Shop Opening in Coatesville Nods to City’s Industrial Roots
Another attempt to energize Coatesville’s revitalization is the new cafe and gathering place coming to East Lincoln Highway. Fuel City Cafe will soon open its doors for residents to enjoy the presence of coffee and community, thanks to entrepreneurs Nicole Catanese and David Long. “We felt as though this would be a great business for…
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Wawa Reaches Long Awaited Agreement with Concord Township on Beer Sales
The elation felt by beer aficionados and Wawa patrons around the region after Concord Township gave preliminary approval to the chain of stores request to start selling six-packs of beer in one Delaware County store back in August, soon turned into a long and excruciating wait, Caitlin McCabe writes for philly.com. After nearly half a year,…
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Conjuring 1920’s Glam, SunnyBrook Ballroom to Reopen as Gatsby’s
The new restaurant and lounge set to throw open its doors in early March at the famed SunnyBrook Ballroom will treat Chester County to an everyday style of the ritz and glamor of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby’s, the new 1920s-themed casual dining destination created by the Gulati family of Stokesay Castle renown, is meant to become…
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Victory Launches Anniversary XX Imperial Pilsner to Celebrate Twenty Years of Brewing Excellence
Downingtown based Victory Brewing Company will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the launch of its new luxurious and culturally inspired Anniversary XX Imperial Pilsner. The new beverage, which combines the best of both European and American brewing cultures, offers a unique taste designed to excite craft beer fans for the milestone celebration. The brew not…
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Galer Estate Wines Win Two Medals at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
We all know it, but once again it was made official! That some of the best wines in the nation come from Chester County. The recognition was earned at the 2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest and one of the most prestigious wine competitions in the country, when the judges awarded two medals…
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Victory Says Cheers to 20 Years With Edgy New IPA
Twenty years after its first sip, Victory Brewing Co. has another reason to party — and a new beer set to become the life of the party. The star this time around, wrapped in a throwback, party-like-it’s-1996 label, is the Anniversary 20 Experimental IPA. That’s because it’s brewed with a secret ingredient: a very rare,…
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Chef Mann Brings his Farm to Table Menu to Brandywine River Museum
The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art will be offering quite a treat for its future visitors as a Pennsylvania chef, who formerly worked at one of the world’s best restaurants, has been hired as the new on-site caterer, writes Patricia Talorico for delawareonline’s The News Journal. Starting in February, MacGregor Mann, chef and owner…
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