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After 14 years, Louella is leaving Lancaster Avenue — the latest sign that even beloved local shops aren’t immune to a retail reset.
“Retail isn’t dead,” says owner Maria Delany, a veteran boutique operator who has also run locations in Malvern, Bryn Mawr and Cape May. “But when you have a lot of overhead like I have, you’re going to see a lot of stores closing.”
Move over, book club. Your grandmother’s game is now the go-to excuse for girls nights for all ages.
On any given weeknight from Bala to Malvern, tables are set, wine is poured and tiles are clacking.
Most Italian BYOBS on the Main Line feel like a family dinner.
Raff’s feels like a movie scene.
It’s Goodfellas meets date night: white tablecloths, black leather, red-and-gold lamps, dramatic chandeliers and a rogues gallery from The Godfather and The Sopranos guarding the room like capos.
After 11 years as a daytime café, The Buttery is now whipping up dinner.
Same seasonal, scratch-made fare, largely sourced from local farms and producers.
Same order-at-the-counter service.
It’s BYOB for now but that could soon change.
For 34 years, John McFetridge delivered the mail in Bryn Mawr.
Amiable and outgoing, he knew every dog, made friends on every street. Even Phillies CEO John Middleton would make a point to shake hands at the mailbox.
The man who signs the checks for the Phillies rarely sits down for extended interviews and audience questions.
But John Middleton, the team’s Managing Partner and CEO, has agreed to step up to the plate this spring on behalf of the lifelong-learning nonprofit, Main Line School Night (MLSN).
Talk about a big catch.
The ground floor of Wayne Station is leased and loaded with all three retail spaces officially filled.
The most sizzling newcomer will be downtown Wayne’s first boutique steakhouse, name TBD, which is taking 3,000 square feet at the corner of Lancaster and Louella. .
When doctors told Erik “Big E” Elken that the hip pain he couldn’t shake wasn’t another rugby injury – it was a rare and highly aggressive Stage 4 sarcoma, he waited two days to tell his coach.
The University of South Carolina Gamecocks were playing that weekend and the ever-thoughtful Scholastic All-American didn’t want to be a distraction.
Big E broke the news to Coach Roberts on Sunday: He had an 8-pound tumor – the size of a newborn – on his femur and he was flying home to Berwyn for treatment.
For two decades, Handel’s Ice Cream has been the western Main Line’s unofficial town square, where neighbors become friends and outdoor lines are braved – even in January.
In 2020, flush with success, Handel’s went mobile, peddling its prized homemade scoops in a retro-cool ice cream truck to community gatherings in Berwyn and beyond.
This year, an even bigger step: an expansion to Delco.
Cue the Wawa coffee and distinctive accent: Kate Winslet is coming back to Delco.
Filmmaker Brad Ingelsby all but guaranteed a second season of the HBO hit, Mare of Easttown, at a special appearance at World Wide Stereo in Wayne Tuesday night.
