Reknowned brewer Scott Morrison has been fired from McKenzie Brew House in Frazer. Read more at the Beer Yard (our favorite beer store).

A new food store of some kind, Home Cooked, is going in where Sassano’s used to be just off Valley Rd. near Rt. 30 in Paoli. (Sassano’s moved over by the Liquor Store.) Seems like a prepared meal place of some kind, although I fear it is more like a Dream Dinners concept. Update: This […]

John Serock Catering of Havertown is opening What’s Cooking by John Serock Catering in a Malvern storefront on Rt. 30 (just next to Margaret Kuo’s Mandarin). According to a sign, it will have prepared foods, gourmet groceries and more. JSC website

In late December, Carmine’s Creole Cafe chef/owner John Mims plans to move from Narberth to a the space currently occupied by Citron (818 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr), where it will feature live music and a liquor license. Mims then plans to turn the Narberth space into Margot, a BYOB serving New American fare with […]

Boston-based chain Legal Sea Foods, who already has locations in DC, NY and Baltimore, is finally coming to the area; a King of Prussia Court location is planned for March. (A Center City branch may also be in the works). We’ve been pretty critical of chains in this space and continue to believe that independent […]

Both Susanna Foo Gourmet Kitchen (website) and Fleming’s Steakhouse (website) are now open in the Radnor Corporate Center. Maxxum Asian Fusion Grill in East Goshen has closed and been replaced with Oriental Pearl Restaurant, now open. Feel free to comment if you’ve eaten at any of these restaurants.

We’ve heard a rumor that both Coyote Crossing locations (Conshy & West Chester) will be closing and that they have been made available to other restauranteurs for development. Can’t say we’d be all that disappointed — what started out as a good idea has turned into a bland, overpriced waste of space. Both locations have […]

Both the Paoli Diner, a traditional diner on Lancaster Ave in Paoli where Pizzeria Uno used to be, and The Melting Pot, the third local outpost of the fondue chain located at the far edge of The Court in King of Prussia, are open for business as of this weekend.

The annual Chester County SPCA Wine and Beer Festival is Sunday, October 8th from 12-4 at Exton’s Duling-Kurtz House and Country Inn. This is a great event for a great cause, and it’ll even be over before T.O. steps back onto Lincoln Financial Field! More Info