Driving north along Route 82, Hood’s Barbecue beckons. If you’re lucky, you’ll be making the drive through Unionville on a spring weekend day, when Larry has the BBQ smoker fired up, the sweet smells of barbecue wafting over to the little league fields across the street. I recently stopped in for lunch on a weekday, Read More
On Tap is a regular column featuring our recommendations on the most unique new draft beer offerings from local pubs. Our Recommendation: Tweeds Tavern Stout Where: Twin Lakes Brewery, 4210 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Delaware, (302) 658-1826 After crossing the Delaware border along route 52, you may notice a welcome flag alongside a driveway that leads Read More
Autumn is nearly here! When I stopped into Waywood Beverage, the staff had just finished stacking the newly-delivered cases of Southern Tier Imperial Pumking Ale. Jeff Williamson tapped the cases and said, “this is the best, the one that tastes most like pumpkin pie.” He expects the Southern Tier cases won’t last long. Each case Read More
Tired of the sandwich you typically have for lunch? La Verona urges you to shake your sandwich habit and give their summer lunch special a try. For $12.50, you can order any pasta, chicken or fish of the day entree plus your choice of either a soup or salad. The special runs seven days a Read More
On Tap is a regular column featuring our recommendations on the most unique new draft beer offerings from local pubs. Our Recommendation: Unique Version of a Shandy Where: The Whip Tavern, 1383 North Chatham Road, West Marlborough, PA 19320 We recently took a Sunday drive through the rolling hills of Chester County and ended up stopping Read More
Molly Johnston is a baker on the go. She is the owner of a unique new food truck called Nomadic Pies, which debuted at local growers markets in May 2012. Nomadic Pies specializes in making savory meat pies, quiches, and sweet dessert pies. This summer, she will be a regular at the Anselma Farmers’ and Artisans’ Read More
Blue lips and brain freeze! There’s something retro about true snow cones, and now there’s a new snow cone stand right here in Kennett Square. The idea for the Sno-Shak came to Kathy Price in a flash. “I went on a road trip with my son and we went through Austin, Texas when it was Read More
Along a country road northwest of Kennett Square sits a small roadside gas station and eatery that is a throwback to the fifties. Two aging gas pumps are perched out front, and etched into the simple black and white awning on the building is the name Archie’s. After being tipped off by a friend about Read More
Nutella is oh, so good, yet so bad. If you believe the recent news reports, the chocolaty hazelnut spread is like that high school kid in the leather jacket that mothers warn their daughters about. Though it had been marketed as a healthy alternative, Nutella evidently has the nutritional value of a “candy bar in Read More
Amanda Silver has a passion for jam. From the kitchen of her church basement on South Broad Street, she handcrafts exotic jams in small batches that are sold at a few select stores and the occasional growers market under the name “Amanda’s Hand-made Jams and Jellies.” The individual jars carry names such as Decadence, Crown Read More