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Berwyn’s renaissance just got a little sweeter.
Once known mostly for its no-frills tavern and landmark ice cream shop, Berwyn Village is, block by block, becoming reborn.
First came the Sunday farmers market. Then the increasingly elaborate holiday lights. Then the hand-painted murals, Trader Joe’s and a stream of small businesses betting on Berwyn’s future.
Now comes Parlor Doughnuts.
Off the well-trod paths of Lancaster Avenue and downtown Wayne, tucked inside a handsome new hotel on King of Prussia Road, Merrick’s Tavern would be easy to miss.
That would be a shame.
Remember the Gladwyne Village overhaul we told you about in January? Well, that makeover has already received its own makeover. It’s no longer Gladwyne Square, no longer quite so polished, and no longer – as some had claimed – trying to be Nantucket.
After months of community feedback, the redevelopment team is floating a revised plan that keeps more of the village’s “quirk,” shifts tenants around, reduces retail square footage, rejiggers a new village green and parking lot.
After Brandywine Conservancy announced it would step away from operating the Radnor Hunt Races after 46 years, more than a few racegoers feared last Saturday’s 95th running might also be the last.
Who would take on such a sprawling, complicated event? And could one of the Main Line’s most cherished spring traditions survive the handoff?
Some quietly wondered whether the Races might go the way of the Academy Ball or the Vassar Show House — once beloved institutions faded into memory.
Well, fear not.
ANEU Kitchens’ founder Meridith Coyle isn’t just opening a new café Wayne. She’s swinging bigger – much bigger.
The veteran caterer and prepared foods entrepreneur is converting 20,000 square feet at Eagle Yards Corporate Center into a sprawling food-and-wellness destination complete with café, provisions market, production kitchen and gathering space designed to nourish both body and community.
“Inside the Game” turned into inside everything: the Phillies’ front office, the clubhouse – and at moments, John Middleton’s heart.
The Phillies’ Managing Partner and CEO, who rarely agrees to extended public interviews, offered a strikingly candid and sometimes emotional look at the business – and burden – of running one of baseball’s most scrutinized franchises Monday night at Villanova University.
For years, Heather King’s Ardmore and Haverford flower shops helped the Main Line mark life’s biggest moments — weddings, birthdays, babies and funerals.
But behind Argyle’s flowers and French buckets, another kind of enterprise – equally lovely – was quietly taking place. Young people in early recovery from addiction kept finding their way to Heather.
If you think North Wayne Avenue – Wayne’s unofficial Restaurant Row – is busy now, take a look at what’s on the drawing board.
Blueprints moving through Radnor Township’s approval process would reshape the heart of the street, replacing two century-old buildings with a three-story mixed-use project—and forcing a temporary shutdown of one of its most popular destinations.
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.
