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Devon Anthropologie to swap out deceptive ‘skinny’ mirrors; Plus, Casablanca spices up Bryn Mawr; The Simple Greek feeds Wayne; F45 trains Paoli; Catwalk for Wings & lots more

March 21, 2019 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Hey, Mirror, Mirror: Who’s the slimmest of them all? Shoppers trying on clothes at the new Devon Anthropologie.

Readers have been telling us for months that Anthro’s dressing-room mirrors make them look a tad taller and a smidge thinner than they actually are.

Thanks for the flattering image, the women told us, but, uh, no thanks.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alice Dagit, Andrew Mullen, Andy Mullen, Anthropologie, Anthropologie mirrors, Autism Awareness Luncheon, Bianca Robertson, Bonnie Kistler, Bryn Mawr BYOB, Casablance, Catwalk for Wings, Chester County Opioid Prevention Task Force, coyote, Dana Yermish, Daylesford Abbey, Devon Yard, Eagle Village Shops, Emergency Aid, F45, fashion shows, Fearless Restaurants Week, Feetures, fitness studios, Functional fitness, Functional training, golf, Great Co-Mission, Greek food, guidance counselor, Harriton High School, Haverford School, House on Fire, Jennifer O'Toole, John Hickenlooper, Justin Sherrock, Kevin Mahoney, Kinney Center, Kobe Bryant, Louella, Lower Merion High School, Main Line Day of Service, Main Line Health, Marrakesh, Marty Grims, Master's tournament, Middle Schoooled, Moroccan food, mural, new workouts, Opioid lawsuit, Paint the Town Red, Pancakes for Parkinson's, Paoli, Penn Medicine, Phil Martelli, Regeneron Science Talent Search, restaurant week, road rage, Rolling Green Golf Club, Samuel Weissman, skinny mirrors, St. Joe's, Sydney Yermish, Terrain Gardens, The Bercy, The Simple Greek, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Urban Outfitters, URBN, Van Cleve, Vivi G. Shoes, Wayne restaurants, Wings for Success, Women's Heart Initiative

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

Another BIG redo for Devon, new details on Devon Yard, Fritz & Van Cleve, the skinny on Fat Ham & more

October 5, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

From Devon Manor to The Royal Devon?

Could be.

Developer Brian O’Neill confirms that he’s now the proud owner of the large and long-in-the-tooth nursing home/rehab complex on Lancaster Ave.

Residents and patients are being relocated, 124 staffers are looking for new jobs, and Devon Manor goes dark next month.

This is prime real estate, folks – 8.6 acres with lots of frontage on Route 30 and a deep lot. And just a skip and a jump from the Devon train station.

So what will O’Neill do with it?

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT, Uncategorized Tagged With: Devon, Devon Manor, Devon Yard, Easttown, fashion boutiques, Main Line, O'Neill Properties, Station Square, Tredyffrin, Urban Outfitters, Van Cleve Collection

Neighbors win downsized plan for Devon Yards, scoops on Berwyn’s new downtown, Savona’s makeover & more

September 22, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Just when you thought Urban Outfitters’ deal for the old Waterloo site might be kaput comes wondrous news: Devon Yards is alive and kicking.

Urban and developer Eli Kahn have agreed on a new plan – their fourth, by our count – that nixes both bugaboos: the four-story apartment building and the parking garage.

The revised proposal is strictly retail and restaurants – nothing residential.

Just what the neighbors ordered.

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Filed Under: BODY & SOUL, BUZZ, EAT Tagged With: Ardmore, Devon Yard, Eli Kahn Development, Malvern, Posh Collections, Restaurants, Savona, Suburban Square, Urban Outfitters, Waterloo Gardens

A Devon Yard Uh-Oh; Big 5 High Fives; Malvern’s new Scoops – the next Handels? Verge Yogi’s book & more

April 20, 2016 / By Caroline O'Halloran / /

Well, what do you know? We’re getting a Pizzeria Vetri after all.

Just not in Devon. Not yet. And maybe never, the way Devon Yard’s going lately.

Urban Outfitters Inc. is clustering four of its brands near its Urban Outfitters store at the King of Prussia Mall’s Pavilion.

By mid-fall, we’ll get another Anthropologie, a Free People (relocated from the other end of the Court), and yes, that Pizzeria Vetri (with bar & lounge) that we’ve all been pining for. At the mall.

Meanwhile, back in dear Devon, the Yard project is as mired in weeds and thorns as the old Waterloo plot on which it would sit.

Yuck runs amuck: Neighbor vs. neighbor. Little guy vs. “big, bad” developer. Homeowners’ concerns vs. township interests. Threats and counter-threats.

Ugh.

The latest: Red “Promote Easttown: Support Devon Yard” signs dueling with blue “Save Devon” yard signs around town. (And yup, the first homeowner to put up a red sign last week – architect John Toates – says he found it lying in his mulch the next morning – which is exactly what allegedly happened when the blue signs went up a few months ago. Oy.)

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Filed Under: EAT, PLAY, SOUL, Uncategorized Tagged With: college basketball, Devon Yard, ewing's sarcoma, ice cream, leukemia, Malvern, Scoops n Smiless, St. Joe's Basketball, Urban Outfitters, Villanova basketball

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