Malvern's newest BYOB? Surprise! It's The Buttery.

The Buttery is a perennial favorite on King Street in Malvern.

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.

BYOB is encouraged but owners are working on a “Limited Winery License” which would allow the sale of PA-manufactured wines, beer and spirits.

“We’re still a casual place but we elevated it a little bit for dinner,” explains Silenia Rhoads who owns The Buttery with her husband, John.

Why dinner?

It was a natural next step after recent renovations upped the café’s seating capacity to 60, Rhoads says.

“We’ve been talking about it for a while. We have the space, we have the kitchen, we have the staff. We were at a place where we could offer it so we said, ‘Let’s do it.’”

The Buttery gives families a healthier, last-minute option for a casual night out, she says. “We offer something for everyone and the weather’s about to get beautiful so we can have everyone – families, couples, friends – gathering inside or out.

On the dinner menu: Six Neapolitan-style pizzas $17-$19; Four salads $18-$22 (add proteins like short ribs and seared tuna for $3-$8): Twelve, mostly veggie-forward shareables $10-$26.

Standouts for us: Spring Roasted Vegetable Pizza ($19), Escarole Caesar ($18), a sourdough “Bread and Spread Flight ($16), and a true showstopper: Casco Bay Mussels in lemon garlic butter ($26). You’ll want to lap up every ounce of that broth with the Country White slices provided.

A smash hit from opening day in 2015, The Buttery has been on a roll of late.

It pulled out of Malvern train station in December but is full speed ahead at Ardmore Farmer’s Market and will soon unveil its second full-service café in downtown Bryn Mawr.

Converting a historic retail building – most recently home to Kindred Collective – is no easy feat. And supply chain delays have slowed construction, Rhoads says. She’s crossing her fingers for a late-May debut.

Meanwhile, the Buttery’s year-old Norristown Bakehouse continues to pump out artisanal pastries, croissants and bagels for its retail locations. And its Malvern flagship – newly refreshed and now open at 7 a.m. by popular demand – remains the town’s go-to gathering spot for moms, couples and families alike.