This and That: Comings & goings up and down the Main Line

Starbucks’ big return to downtown Wayne is just days away. The coffee chain has been hiring baristas and renovating the old Five Guys next to Five Below in Wayne Square.

Meanwhile, a quirky, not-corporate coffee shop should open soon at 6 W. Lancaster Ave in downtown Ardmore. The Brew Room will serve specialty coffees from globally sourced beans, fresh-baked pastries and signature sandwiches daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The owner promises a “fun, unique and welcoming vibe.”

Hello, Main Line Revival. Closed for a year after an HVAC fire, BellaDONNA Gifts has been replaced by Main Line Revival, a luxury home consignment shop. BellaDONNA’s Donna Martella, who also owns thriving monogram and gift stalls at the Wayne farmer’s market, ceded most of her Lancaster Ave. storefront to her son, Art, who runs Main Line Revival with his girlfriend, Danielle Robbins. BellaDONNA still has some floor space in rear for Jell Cat and other popular gift and jewelry lines.

Main Line Revivals gives consignors a 55% cut instead of the usual 50% and offers pickup in Martella’s Premier Movers truck.

Oenophile alert: A spacious Italian wine bar and salumeria is moving into the old 21 Pips game café on Cricket Ave. in Ardmore. When it opens later this year, Vintner’s Table will pour handcrafted wines from Kutztown’s Folino Estate, offer special tastings, and dish out antipasti, charcuterie and small plates. Folino also operates Vintner’s Tables in Phoenixville and Wyomissing.

Cult fave Nanu’s Hot Chicken is about to spice up Lower Merion. The Nashville-style chicken chain will soon open its 12^th outpost at the old Poke Ono in Ardmore.

Because no one enjoys waiting in line, bustling Matine’s Café in Devon has ditched the fast-casual concept and now has table service. They’ve also tweaked the menu, adding a tasty marinated tomato-and-feta quiche, a refreshing “summer salad” (burrata, prosciutto, roasted zucchini and tomato) and a “tropical parfait,” along with peach and strawberry rhubarb pastries and seasonal beverages.  As always, prices and portions are more than fair and quality is top-notch.

Remember those fabulous tomatoes Paoli Hardware sold every summer? The  hardware-garden-toy emporium is long gone (sigh) but those tomatoes live on at Aneu Kitchens. After they closed the store, the Scartozzi brothers shared their tomato source – a Lancaster County produce auction – with Aneu owner Meridith Coyle who started stocking them a few weeks ago. “We sell the tomatoes and whatever produce is beautiful at auction at all our locations – Paoli, Bryn Mawr, Ocean City and Margate,” Coyle tells SAVVY.  Jersey tomatoes are overrated, she says. (We agree.)

Speaking of Aneu… How’s this for an unusual – and may we say, inspired – summer pairing: Avalon’s Louella Boutique and Aneu Kitchens? Now you can shop for smashing summer duds AND easy-peasy meals under the same roof. A new grab-and-go fridge inside the Dune Drive fashion boutique is now dispensing Aneu salads, sandwiches, quiches and sundries. Smart money says Coyle is testing the waters for a new Aneu in Avalon or Stone Harbor.

Can we get an amen? Trader Joe’s has FINALLY started renovating the old CVS/Acme in Berwyn.  A King of Prussia Trader Joe’s debuted on DeKalb Pike in late spring. Another TJs is headed to the old Petco in Exton.

Encouraging signs of  life – including a dumpster – at the long-defunct Gap in Wayne. Home furnishings store Ballard Designs leased the building many moons ago.

Just in time for summer, the Main Line has a new drop-in babysitter. The state’s second KidsPark franchise is up and running at the former Jacuzzi store in Haverford.

KidsPark offers flexible, drop-off care – no commitment or reservation needed – for ages 2 to 12. The staff leads separate enrichment and play programs for toddlers, preschoolers and school-age kids. Families pay a onetime $40 fee to join and $14/hr. per child thereafter. KidsPark is also launching a preschool this fall.

Prefer to keep the kids at home? (Or looking to babysit this summer?) Try the app Find A Sitter Today (FAST). Created by Bryn Mawr’s Ashley and Michael Clark, FAST connects families to vetted neighborhood babysitters. It functions like Uber. Sitters can be booked on demand in real time or for a future date and there are no monthly fees or subscriptions. All aspiring FAST babysitters must ace interviews with experts in child psychology and early childhood education and pass comprehensive background checks.

New woo-woo business in Ardmore: Mystic of the Main Line. Mystic Lor says she’ll channel spirits and offer palm, rune and coffee cup readings, energy cleansing, chakra realignment and pain relief at 22 Ardmore Ave.

Splendid news in Bryn Mawr. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams opened its fourth Philly-area Scoop Shop at 840 W. Lancaster Ave. last month. Creative, scratch-made flavors are the chain’s calling card – Maple Soaked Pancakes, Citrus Glazed Pound Cake, Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns and Goat Cheese with Red Cherries anyone? Of course, Jeni’s will happily scoop the usual suspects for you, too.

Ambitious ice cream news at the other end of the Main Line as well. The 300-year-old barn that housed The Importer on Route 30 in Malvern will be resurrected as The Dairy Barn, a homemade ice cream parlour and café.

A local developer has the green light from East Whiteland Township to adaptively reuse the barn – a Class 1 Historic Resource – and build 55 luxury apartments with underground parking behind it. The acreage was once part of the circa-1700 Hibberd Farm tract, hence the project’s name: “The Residences at Hibberd Farm.”

Developer Matt Lombardi says his rebuild of the barn – an anchor for The Residences at Hibberd Farm and a gathering spot for locals – will be “historically sensitive and accurate” and will “change the ice cream landscape of the Main Line.”

“Due to unforeseen circumstances,” Autana will end its partnership with Ardmore’s Manatawny Still Works this weekend. You can still find Autana’s authentic Venezuelan favorites at V Empanadas at the Wayne farmer’s market. Alternatively, if you don’t live too far afield, you can order online for takeout or delivery from their Drexel Hill ghost kitchen.

Only a few months old, Settantatre Pasta & Provisions in Berwyn is already changing things up. Closed next week for summer vacation, the market/restaurant  known for its excellent gluten-free pastas will begin daily lunch service – dine-in or takeout – when it reopens July 9. Dinner is getting a makeover, too. Instead of sporadic dinners, Settantre will open its dining room every Thursday and Friday night at 5. Whether you drop in for dinner or lunch, count on tasty, chef-made pastas and Italian fare – with GF options – at reasonable prices.

Local knitters and crocheters have a new haunt: Main Line Purls on Berkley Rd. in Devon. It’s the first local yarn shop since Frou Frou left Berwyn and before that, Ewe and I closed in Bryn Mawr. “We’ve had a great response,” says co-owner Teri Hower, a retired kindergarten teacher from Malvern. In addition to supplies, Purls offers beginner to advanced classes and hosts popular Stitch Nights on Thursdays. Hower’s partner in the venture is Jennifer McKay, 14-year proprietor of Purls of Wisdom in Phoenixville.

Philadelphia Print Shop isn’t leaving downtown Wayne after all. The purveyor of historic and antique maps and prints has found smaller digs due west near At the Table in the Antiquities, Etc. space. A storewide 50-percent off moving sale continues in the shop’s current location through July 31.

New spot for night owls. Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar at King of Prussia Town Center just christened its newly upgraded bar, lounge and covered patio “610 SOCIAL.” Think late-night happy hours, weekend DJs spinning tracks until 1 a.m., and flash $5 Margaritas in the runup to midnight. No cover charge either. Paladar’s new owners know the nightclub biz from their glory days at Pulsations in Glen Mills, Touché in KOP and assorted Philly venues.

Well, that was quick. A little over a year after it opened near Capri Water Ice in Wayne, Teuscher’s Chocolates closed for good June 1. Owners Bryan and Andrée Goldberg tell us they’re still fulfilling online orders for their Swiss-made confections and are close to signing a lease on a new location. The decision to close was “bittersweet,” they say, but it “felt like the right to time to find something that better fits our future.”

Bryn Mawr has a new vintage shop, courtesy of local mom and inveterate collector Sarah Finley. Named for Finley’s oldest daughter, Harriet Rose’s Vintage is in the former INVU salon space on County Line Rd. Finley scours auctions, estate sales and flea markets – and sometimes dumpster dives – for her eclectic finds, she tells us.

Entertaining at your shore place in Ventnor, Margate or Longport? DiBruno Bros. will deliver  heat-and-eat dinners to your door on Fridays this summer. Just place orders by Wednesday.

Mercato in Newtown Square is now Alfredo’s Italian Kitchen. The big draw: No-corkage BYOB nightly along with a full bar.

Club Pilates is coming to Chesterbrook. The fast-growing franchise offers reformer-based group workouts for beginners to advanced clients. The chain’s other local studios include Newtown Square, Frazer, Conshohocken and Exton.

Over in Lower Merion, upscale Leveaux Pilates just debuted a “boutique, west coast-inspired fitness experience” at 14 W. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore. Leveaux offers $30 – $40 group classes for beginners through advanced clients on 10 state-of-the-art reformers. There’s even a special class for the guys.

Berwyn’s Zummo Bikes is now getting bikes shipshape for summer in Avalon. And their mechanics will come to you. Expect to pay $125/hour to have three or four bikes serviced. Mechanics will be on call Sundays and Mondays through the season. Call 610-616-5430 or visit zummobike.com. In Berwyn, Zummo continues to accept bike donations which are refurbished and resold or donated to kids in need.

Need new brakes but no time to drop your car in the shop? A new mobile brake repair service makes house calls. Now serving the Main Line, WeBrakes will come to your driveway or office and fix your brakes in a jiff.

The booze is flowing at Mama San Sushi in Radnor (near Estia), which now has a daily happy hour from 3 to 5 p.m. Everything is $7: Yuzu Sours, Mango Mint Coolers, Sake Spritzes, dumplings and 5-piece sushi rolls. Yum.

118 North in Wayne isn’t just a music venue for grownups. Bring the kids for Family Game Hour every Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Kids eat free from the kids’ menu, adults enjoy happy hour pricing and everyone plays in-house games. A win-win-win.

And finally, be sure to follow @savvymainline on Instagram and Facebook for hot news and cool scoops all summer long. See ya there!