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Historic Ithan market restored as Vanner House, a dapper destination for all things equestrian

January 21, 2025 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line is leaning hard into its horsey heritage.

Radnor Hotel’s public spaces are being rebranded as Triple Crown Restaurant, Events and Garden.

The old McKenzie Brew House in Malvern is now the equestrian-themed Jockey Tavern.

And a neglected circa-1808 Radnor store has been elegantly resurrected as Vanner House, happy hunting grounds for all things horsey.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: equestrian boutique, equestrian style, hisoric restoration, historic preservation, historic renovation, Ithan market, Ithan post office, Main Line shopping, new store, vanner house

Skip the schlep! CURE de Repos, a luxury beauty & wellness oasis, arrives in Ardmore

January 13, 2025 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

For the crème de la crème in beauty and wellness, you could head to a destination spa, a swanky resort or a high-end day spa in Center City.

Or you could skip the schlep and visit the new CURE de Repos in Ardmore.

Locally owned and operated, CURE is 2800 sq. ft. of luxurious indulgence in Cricket Flats, the new mixed-use complex on Cricket Ave.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, Beauty, Cricket Flats, day spa, European day spa, facials, massage, spa, wellness

Making Malvern a Hallmark town; Aiding Wynnewood’s Gaudios; Easttown in a pickle; At the bar At the Table in Wayne; Ugly rubble in Berwyn; Ho Ho Ho for the Hoeys; DFB is a BFD; Hot headlines & more

December 19, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Step aside, guys.

Powered mostly by women, Malvern is poised for a mini-renaissance.

King Street has new merchants, the borough’s biggest boosters have joined forces, and everyone – shoppers and shopkeepers – seems bullish about Malvern’s singular, small-town charms.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Gaudio, At the Table, Bernadette Gaudio, berwyn demolition, berwyn roof collapse, Berwyn Square, dfb, dom pecors, DP Partners, Easttown, Gaudio, GoFundme, home invasion, Main Line crime, patrick hoey, pickleball, pickleball noise, UMLY, Upper Main Line YMCA, Wayne restaurants

SAVVY Main Line, The Podcast: WHOA Baby! Egg Freezing, IVF & America’s first “test tube baby”

December 9, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. 

In this episode, Caroline gets super personal with three guests:

*Her daughter, Kara O’Halloran, who shares her decision to freeze her eggs at age 32. Why did she do it and what was it like?

*Local mom Sarah Shafer who spent seven years and millions of dollars to have her two daughters through IVF in her later 30s and early 40s. Her journey inspired her to form a nonprofit helps couples pay for IVF and a create a lux skincare line based on breast milk.

*America’s first “test tube” baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, explains her life under the microscope of public opinion and her efforts to keep IVF legal. She also tells us about how to support her IVF advocacy work.

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Dapper & delightful: The Jockey Tavern giddyaps into Malvern

November 26, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Near the heart of horse country – ten minutes from Radnor Hunt and eight miles from Devon – sits the new Jockey Tavern: horsey, handsome and … HAPPENING.

Crowds have swarmed place – the former McKenzie Brew House on Rte. 30 – since it opened November 14.

And for good reason: The décor is smashing, the booze is bountiful, and the food is on the money and fairly priced. In racing parlance, a superfecta.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: equestrian, frazer, jockey tavern, Main Line, Malvern, Radnor Hunt, Restaurants, tavern

‘Sonnez les matines’ in Wayne. Open just a week, Matines Café is already rousing crowds.

November 21, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

No need for Frère Jacques to ring those morning bells – the Main Line is already making its way to Matines.

Talk about a new café hitting the sweet spot.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: french bakery, french cafes, main line cafe, matines cafe, Wayne

(re)Turning the page? Barnes & Noble is coming back to Bryn Mawr. Just don’t expect a carbon copy.

November 18, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Barnes & Noble is getting a do-over. Eighteen years after it closed, the bookstore chain is reopening in the same building.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: barnes & noble, bookstores, Bryn Mawr, Main Line retail, new retail

Holy Macaroni! Ardmore’s new Mac Mart is a mac ‘n cheese lover’s dream

November 12, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

What’s WAY better than Kraft, MUCH better than Annie’s, and LIKELY better than homemade? The gourmet mac ‘n cheese at the new Mac Mart in Ardmore.
 
Now open in a blaze of yellow glory on Rittenhouse Place, Mac Mart is all mac ‘n cheese all the time and in myriad iterations – for eat-in, take out and catering.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ardmore, fast-casual franchise, mac n cheese, Main Line, new restaurant, takeout restaurants

Trader Joe’s expands to Berwyn

November 6, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

What was  long-rumored is now a fact: SAVVY has learned that Trader Joe’s is coming to the former CVS/Acme space in Berwyn.

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No Vacancy!!! Downtown Wayne is filling fast; Our all-local visual tour of Campaign ’24: ground games, stars & our ‘closing message’; Plus, hot headlines & This and That

October 31, 2024 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Our clocks “fall backward” this weekend but it sure feels like spring in Wayne: the town about to burst forth with new life. Here’s a rundown of what’s going to plug those big ole holes we’re tired of seeing on Lancaster Ave. 

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