Restaurants & Lodging
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Jones’ Food Street Journal – Coatesville’s The Little Chef
By David Jones It’s time to get ‘old school’ this week. If you are from just about anywhere in western Chester County it’s almost a certainty you know of The Little Chef. This is one of the longest running restaurants in our area, so they must be doing something right. I decided to find out…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal – The Whip
By David Jones By now most of all the local Chester County people know about The Whip. When they first got started they were kind of a hidden gem, but they’ve built such a reputation over the years that they had to expand their parking and add outdoor dining to accommodate all of their customers.…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal – Ethel Rose
By David Jones I’ve been waiting for a new restaurant in downtown Parkesburg for awhile and was hoping someone would step up and into the spot last held by ‘One Love’ on West First Avenue. In recent weeks I’ve seen activity inside and wondered what could be afoot. Well, this past Saturday everything was revealed…
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Jones Food Street Journal – Boxcar Brewpub
I always hesitate going to a new place, there are often issues that take a while to work out. However, I saw a big article in the paper about the grand opening of Boxcar Brewpub in West Chester and decided to give it a try. Although Boxcar was ready, West Chester Borough was not. They…
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Jones Food Street Journal – Pizza & Late Night
By David Jones I want to try something a little different this week for my review. In June I played a lot of par 3 golf with my buddies in New Holland. If you’ve never been there, they have a municipal 9 hole par 3 course that cost $5 to play. Each additional round is…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal – Mercato
By David Jones Lin and I had to go to West Chester recently for a meeting of the Chester County Master Gardeners. This created the perfect opportunity to try another restaurant in downtown. With lots of choices, we went for Italian and chose Mercato on Market Street. This is a fairly large place with the…
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Victory Brewing Company Makes List of American Homebrewers’ Favorites
Making the list of Top US Breweries, Downingtown’s Victory Brewing Company was named Number 25 by the American Homebrewers Association in their newest edition of Zymurgy magazine. Results are compiled by the Association as they ask all of their readers to submit a list of their 20 favorite beers that are available in the US. …
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Jones Food Street Journal – Station Taproom
By David Jones We took a little ride this past Friday evening for dinner. We went to Downingtown to the Station Taproom, so called because it is right across the street from the Train Station. If you are like us you will most likely have to park there too because there is very little parking…
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Jones Food Street Journal – Twelves Grill
By David Jones One of the best parts of going out on your birthday is getting to pick the place you want to eat. Since my birthday fell on a Monday this year there were some limits to the choices. I also wanted to pick a place I hadn’t reviewed in the past 3 years. …
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Jones Food Street Journal – The Farmhouse Restaurant
By David Jones The Farmhouse Restaurant is a place we’ve wanted to try for many years and just never seemed to make it for one reason or another. Since turning 65 doesn’t happen every day or even every year, we decided to celebrate this year on the last day at 64 and the first day…
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Victory Brewing’s “Summer Love” Now Canned and Beach Ready
In response to the craft beer world’s growing demand for excellent beer available in cans, Victory Brewing Company announces another first with the introduction of their popular summer brand, Summer Love Ale, in convenient 12 oz. cans. The cans, which depict the same Philadelphia icons as the 12 oz. bottles, represent the freshness, fun and…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal: Thorndale Craft House
By David Jones On a recent Thursday night we decided to venture to the new Thorndale Craft House for dinner and a brew. I had heard mixed reviews from several friends, but I got a BOGO coupon so I decided to give it a try. We had been to this location several times over the…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal
Victory at Red Star Craft House in Exton Square Mall By David Jones Those of you who have read my articles in the past may remember a Jones’ Food Street Journal review I did of Red Star Craft House in the Exton Mall shortly after they opened in Early December 2014. topped with a cucumber/mirin…
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Victory at Magnolia Brewpub Menu Inspired By Kennett Square Location
The new Victory Brewing Company brewpub in Kennett Square has been open for a few weeks now, but the public’s enthusiasm has not waned. Though the new building boasts 220 seats, most nights still have potential diners waiting for 45 minutes or more to get a table. On a recent visit, I was able to…
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Arrival Of Two Acclaimed Restaurants Has Devon Residents Nervous
Along with luxury residences and lavish retailers, the Devon Yard is bringing a pair of acclaimed Vetri Family restaurants to the Devon Horse Show vicinity as part of a bigger six-acre development — but neighbors are feeling more nerves than nirvana. “One resident said they liked the idea of having a Vetri restaurant, but not ‘being…
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Delaware County Community College Pastries Fill The Plates Of The Displaced
A delicious dessert buffet baked up by culinary arts students in Downingtown spread aspiring skills across the table for all to see — and taste — and also spread supportive arms around homeless and low-income women served by Exton charity Home of the Sparrow. The hands-on help from more than 20 Delaware County Community College Brandywine…
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Victory Brewing Company Opens Kennett Square Brewpub
As of Monday, April 20, 2015 Victory Brewing Company officially opened its second brewpub at Victory at Magnolia. Located at 650 West Cypress Street in Kennett Square, PA, the seven-barrel brewery will serve a rotating selection of Kennett Square-brewed beer on draft. The overall philosophy behind Victory at Magnolia mirrors the Downingtown location. It embraces the…
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Jones’ Food Street Journal
This week I thought Jones’ Food Street Journal would do a quick double. Part one of the double is Seawell’s Market and Deli on First Avenue in Parkesburg. Last Friday Lin and I went for the meatloaf special. As we were driving by on First Avenue we saw the sign advertising $6.99 for a meatloaf…
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