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Need a break from the polls, the ads and the doomscrolling this week? Here’s a heart-warmer about what happens when thousands of strangers decide, in a matter of hours, to help someone they’ve never met.
It starts with a truck nobody wanted.
Six months after Di Bruno Bros. went dark, the 8,000-square-foot building in Strafford has a taker.
The Malvern Prep buddies behind the nearby Goat’s Beard plan to turn the former Italian market into a higher-end Mexican restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
If you think North Wayne Avenue – Wayne’s unofficial Restaurant Row – is busy now, take a look at what’s on the drawing board.
Blueprints moving through Radnor Township’s approval process would reshape the heart of the street, replacing two century-old buildings with a three-story mixed-use project—and forcing a temporary shutdown of one of its most popular destinations.
After 14 years, Louella is leaving Lancaster Avenue — the latest sign that even beloved local shops aren’t immune to a retail reset.
“Retail isn’t dead,” says owner Maria Delany, a veteran boutique operator who has also run locations in Malvern, Bryn Mawr and Cape May. “But when you have a lot of overhead like I have, you’re going to see a lot of stores closing.”
Most Italian BYOBS on the Main Line feel like a family dinner.
Raff’s feels like a movie scene.
It’s Goodfellas meets date night: white tablecloths, black leather, red-and-gold lamps, dramatic chandeliers and a rogues gallery from The Godfather and The Sopranos guarding the room like capos.
Cue the Wawa coffee and distinctive accent: Kate Winslet is coming back to Delco.
Filmmaker Brad Ingelsby all but guaranteed a second season of the HBO hit, Mare of Easttown, at a special appearance at World Wide Stereo in Wayne Tuesday night.
From the moment Christopher’s opened on North Wayne Avenue 25 years ago this week, it was love at first bite.
Finally, a local spot for familiar fare, solidly-executed, well-priced and family-friendly.
Mom could unwind with a Chardonnay, Dad with a Yuengling.
Even with kids in tow, Christopher’s felt like a night out – a respite from the chaos of a Chuck E. Cheese, the corporate uniformity of a Chili’s, the harsh lights of a Minella’s.
Tucked away on historic Louella Court in Wayne, one of the Main Line’s most futuristic merchants, Colonna Contemporary, is doing its usual visionary thing: getting us to use our eyes to expand our brains.
It won’t be Enoteca Tredici reincarnated but fans of that dearly departed spot should raise a glass to this news: always bustling Alessandro’s is coming to the ill-fated Il Fiore in Bryn Mawr Village.
Main Line athletes, weekend warriors and post-op patients are all getting a charge out of the NEUBIE, the new-ish electric stimulator that Tredyffrin’s own Saquon Barkley swears by.
Only 14 providers in PA have it and only two are local: Christine Hayes Physical Therapy & Integrative Healing Center in Paoli and at Bryn Mawr Sports Rehab.
