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Uneasy over Barnes & Noble’s surprise return to Bryn Mawr, Main Line bookstore owners unite, plan ‘give back’ week to local causes

March 3, 2025 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

The Main Line’s independent bookstores have surmounted a sea of challenges: Amazon, e-books, the pandemic.

But then, out of nowhere, a tidal wave: Barnes & Noble crashed ashore in Bryn Mawr on Feb. 12,  returning to the very same building it had left 18 years ago.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: barnes & noble, bookstores, Bryn Mawr, Character Development Books & Toys, Children's Book World, independent bookstores, indie main line, main line bookstores, Main Point Books, Narberth Bookshop

La Cabra Brewing & other hot new spots, L. Merion’s PR problems, a fond farewell & more

November 2, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

In a word: wow.

We’re blown away by what a bunch of brewpub newbies just pulled off in downtown Berwyn.

They took a drab old furniture store across from the train station (RIP Pearl of the East), gutted it, and turned it into rustic-chic La Cabra Brewing, suddenly the hippest spot in town.

OK. Not so suddenly.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, SHOP Tagged With: Anthropologie, Arthur Wolk, Berwyn, Betsy Bartos, brewpubs, Chester County Planning Commission, Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse, Devon Yard, dining, Free People, honeygrow, independent bookstores, King of Prussia, King of Prussia mall, King of Prussia Town Center, La Cabra Brewing, Landscapes 3, Lower Merion School District, Narberth Bookshop, Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar, photo contest, Pizzeria Vetri, school taxes, shopping, Urban Outfitters, URBN

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