Food and Drink
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It’s Time to Loosen Those Belts for the 2022 Main Line Today Restaurant Week, Fall Edition
The fall 2022 restaurant week — organized by Main Line Today and Today Media and sponsored by Firstrust Bank — invites area foodies to unfold menus across the Phila. suburbs during its Aug. 22 to Sept. 4 run. The 33 participating restaurants, all commutable from Bucks County, are: 118 North, Wayne 333 Belrose Bar &…
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Phoenixville Coffee Shop Owners’ Idea for Second Food Service Business Percolates into Reality
Laura Vernola and her husband Ed Simpson have run Steel City Coffeehouse and Brewery in Phoenixille for the past six years Their most recent venture came alive midway through the pandemic in the village of Mont Clare, writes Donna Rovins for the Daily Local News. The process of securing the site of the former Eagles…
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Hatboro Snack Retailer Hosts Rep. Madeleine Dean for Feedback from Black, Female, Small-Business Owners
The Black, all-female owners of Nutz About Popcorn, a Hatboro savory-sweet snack provider, described their ongoing COVID-19 struggles to a very sympathetic ear: U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean. Raquel Williams reported every important kernel of their roundtable meeting for KYW Newsradio. Lynette Smith opened her shop in late winter 2018, identifying popcorn and sweets as an…
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Ambler Brewer Travels West to Enable Beer Fans in ‘Da Burgh’ to Tap into Her Success
Adena Brewington-Brown has a surname that fairly drips with appropriateness for her skill at brewing beer. She has tapped into that connection to become a successful producer, taking her Tannery Run Brew Works fare to a Pittsburgh festival. Jon Moss reported her trek in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Not only is Brewington-Brown’s ID wholly appropriate to…
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Newtown Township To Receive New Seafood Restaurant, Use Former Location of Corner Bakery Cafe
Newtown Township will see yet another restaurant grace the small town as a popular New Jersey seafood chain makes its debut in Bucks County. Jeff Werner wrote about the new eatery for the Newtown, PA Patch. The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors approved the use of the former Corner Bakery Cafe location to be used…
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Upper Black Eddy Knifesmith Counts Some of Region’s Top Chefs as Clients
Just a few years after starting Pellegrino Cutlery, Upper Black Eddy knifesmith Steve Pellegrino already counts some of the region’s top chefs among his customers, including Zahav’s Michael Solomonov. Lisa Dukart wrote about the local knifesmith for The Philadelphia Business Journal. To reach this point, Pellegrino underwent years of training. He originally pursued a degree…
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Southampton-Based Franchisee Has Ambitious Growth Plans for New Qdoba Locations
Southampton-based The Integritty Group is planning a major expansion which will include opening 30 new Qdoba locations in the Philadelphia region. Ryan Mulligan wrote about the expansion for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The local group intends to add a total of 60 new Qdoba locations across five states over the following decade. The ambitious expansion…
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Bucks Built Startup Fund Announces Third Cohort of Businesses
The Bucks Built Startup Fund, an accelerator run by Doylestown-based Startup Bucks, has announced the third cohort of five startups that will receive $25,000 each to develop their businesses. Isabel Tehan wrote about the recent business news in The Philadelphia Business Journal. The new cohorts include AccuTennis, BioVeras, Saint Rocco’s Treats, Thrivv, and Xenoil. AccuTennis,…
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Peddler’s Village in August: Peachy-Keen
This may come as a shock, but summer 2022 is elapsing. The time for outdoor fun is growing short, but fortunately, local event calendars are stocked, including Peddler’s Village’s, which is celebrating Peach Month. Highlights of all things Prunus persica (the genus of a peach) are: A sidewalk sale kickoff to the event (Aug. 5–7),…
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Pottstown Native Introduces Hoagies to Hoosiers
Hoagies & Hops, an Indianapolis restaurant conceived Pottstown-born Kristina Mazza, serves up plenty of Philly-area signature dishes. But the most compelling menu item might be nostalgia. Asha Prihar rolled out the story of a transplanted local and her unique restaurant in Billy Penn. Mazza, the business’ owner, crafted her Philly-meets-the-Midwest menu looking to address her…
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Crab Cake Fans: This Yardley Shop Has Cracked the Code of a Recipe without Fillers
Crab cakes at Capt’n Chucky’s Crab Cake in Yardley come in a variety of styles but one thing is universal to all of them – there is no filler to detract from their delicious taste, writes Diana Cercone for the Bucks County Magazine. “We do not use fillers,” said Tony Parsons, who owns the shop…
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Bitchin’ Kitten Brewery Head Brewer Sees Great Future for Craft Beer Industry in Pennsylvania
Michael Crosson, co-owner and head brewer at Bitchin’ Kitten Brewing in Morrisville, used to be a light American lager guy, until his father gave him a bottle of Corsendonk Pater Dubbel Ale, according to a staff report from the Breweries in Pennsylvania. “This beer changed everything about what I thought beer was,” recalled Crosson. “After…
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Local Restaurateur Finds Home in Unique Cafés
Mark Van Horn always knew he’d have a career in food service, and now his career has come full circle in his own restaurants in Montgomery and Chester Counties. “I’ve been in restaurant kitchens since I was a little kid. My father had a second job as a waiter at the infamous Newtown Squire and wore…
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Montgomery County Bakery Fires on All Cylinders Serving Motor-City Detroit-Style Pizza
In a branding/geography mashup, a local bakery (not a traditional pizzeria) routinely cranks out a world-class version of pie (savory, not sweet) from the Motor City (not New York or Chicago, as perhaps would be expected). Bob Kelly of FOX 29 News revved up his reporting skills at Collegeville Bakery to cover — and sample…
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‘Cluckin’ Good’ Fried Chicken Chain to Strut into Quakertown
Bojangles — the national Cajun-chicken brand from Charlotte. N.C. — will nest itself in Quakertown. John J. Moser feathered his journalistic nest in reporting the story for WFMZ 69 News. The Bucks County edition of Bojangles will be only the brand’s second location statewide. Its nearest counterpart in Pa. is in Muhlenberg Twp., 35 miles…
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Bensalem Teen Arrived to Prom in a Set of Wheels That Really Cut the Mustard
Bensalem teen Liz Mulson, a student at Little Flower Catholic High School, took a bun-in-a-million shot at a prom prize offered by the Oscar Mayer, the Madison, Wisc., hot dog producer. Against significant odds, she won, earning an unforgettable mode of transportation for her special night, the company’s Wienermobile. John Fey boiled down her story’s…
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Ferry Market, New Hope, Provides a Boatload of Varied Cuisine
Ferry Market in New Hope is a collection of 11 food vendors under one roof. Reporter Alyssa Sullivan of PHL17 spent a recent morning there, sampling dishes and meeting their creators. The market opened in 2017 after a years-long renovation of its predecessor, the Four Seasons Mall. That retail site’s proximity to the Delaware River…
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Cocktail Bar Hop/Scotch Gains BBQ Pop-Up
A section of the back patio of Doylestown cocktail bar Hop/Scotch is being allocated to Holy ‘Que Smokehouse. Over the summer, it will become a pop-up food-service extension of the Texas-style barbecue’s Lahaska brick-and-mortar site. Maggie Mancini grilled the principals of both sides of the arrangement for details in PhillyVoice. The Hop/Scotch menu presently comprises…
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