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Business partners Carly Chelder, Timothy Brown and Mac Comly opened the Tannery Run Brew Works at 131 E. Butler Ave. in Ambler in March of 2019. The name comes from the Tannery Run Creek that runs right below the brewery.
Get 'mugged' at new (partly) woman-owned area brewery
Beer making is generally thought of as a male enterprise, but as with many other industries and professions, that has been slowly changing. more
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Children love to dance at the SNAPCo studio and dance school, which was opened last November at 7942 Germantown Ave. (Photo by Byron Purnell of B’Captured Productions)
Hill dance studio opened in middle of pandemic focused on growth
Here is a riddle: Who has the nerve to open a dance studio in the middle of a pandemic? Answer: Lydia Robinson, a Mt. Airy resident for the past 20 years. more
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Ali Rashidian has been serving up great homemade Middle Eastern food for 35 years in this area, but he is now a one-man operation since the pandemic has made it nearly impossible to hire new employees for his Caspian Grille in Lafayette Hill. (Photo by Judy Rubin)
Working alone after employees leave for Amazon, Uber
I pulled up to Caspian Grille in Lafayette Hill, hungry and anticipating a homemade chicken gyro. more
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Steve Babaki, of Chestnut Hill, founder of Conscious Cultures Creamery, holds two of his vegan cheeses that are available at Weavers Way. (Photo by Michaela Grob)
Romance led chef to Hill and vegan cheese making business
They say that behind every successful man there is a woman. In this story, there is a woman behind every successful cheese. more
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Long-time Mt. Airy residents Rob and Elizabeth Pelszynski opened the new Mt. Airy Taproom in the former home of Goat Hollow six months before the pandemic started. (Phots by Len Lear)
Mt. Airy's 'Cheers' recovering after 'depressing' year
The Mt. Airy Taproom opened on Friday the 13th (isn't that bad luck?) of September, 2019. It was doing a solid business with the Mt. Airy crowd until the pandemic struck six months after its debut. more
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Owners Laura and Todd Lacy have managed to keep Attic Brewery afloat during the pandemic and have even been able to hire additional team members. (Photo courtesy of Attic Brewery)
Local brewery adds workers, aids non-profits in pandemic
Attic Brewing Company has not only not laid anyone off, but they have doubled the size of their team and partnered with over a dozen local organizations and donated more than $14,000 to Germantown non-profits last year. more
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The words on the side of the building at 6350 Germantown Ave. indicate clearly that you have arrived at the right place, Young American Hard Cider. (Photo by Len Lear)
New unique Northwest restaurant bubbles with charm
I have a feeling that when the pandemic is over, one of the most popular gathering places in Northwest Philly will be Young American Hard Cider, which opened last November at 6350 Germantown Ave. (at Duval), close to the border dividing Germantown from Mt. Airy. more
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Tim Huenke, who has been building and repairing guitars professionally for 34 years, is seen in his shop with a 1962 Fender “slab board” precision bass.
Plucky Flourtown merchant busier than ever during pandemic
Tim Huenke has been building and repairing guitars at his Fort Washington business, Superior Guitars, for all those years, but during the pandemic, unlike most businesspeople, he has been busier by far than ever before. more
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Owner Liz Sytsma (holding Ariella Antonio-Notarianni) is seen in her Mt. Airy shop with fiber artists (from left) Jessica Antonio-Notarianni and Theresa Hill, teaching artist Jill Smith and fiber artist Yolanda Booker. (Photo by Kira Luxon Pepe)
Mt. Airy fabric business Wild Hand has thrived during pandemic
Not too many businesses can say that their sales in December, 2020, when the pandemic was spiraling out of control, were twice as high as they were in December, 2019, four months before the pandemic had even begun. more
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'Obsession' has new Germantown bread maker ‘rolling in dough’
In an age of dot.com startups, why would any enterprising young man launch a labor-intensive bread company in a market with no shortage of competition? more
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Alaa El-Idrissi and his wife, Kristin, who are both judo national champions in the U.S., opened the El-Idrissi Judo and Martial Arts Studio at 7153 Sprague St. on the first week of 2021.
World-class athletes open judo studio in Mt. Airy
It is not often that world-class athletes open a sports-oriented business in our neighborhood, but that's what happened the first week of January when Alaa El-Idrissi and his wife Kristin opened the El-Idrissi Judo and Martial Arts Studio. more
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The headquarters of Catering by Design at 18 W. Hortter St. in West Mt. Airy is also the site of DOHO Taqueria, a takeout/delivery Mexican/Asian fusion operation which will add a full-service restaurant with a liquor license in a few months. (Photo by Len Lear)
Mt. Airy firm that lost 700 bookings opens restaurant
Catering by Design has lost over 700 bookings since the pandemic began last March. “I’ve wanted to open a taqueria for about 10 years now,” said chef Roth Perelman last week, “but if it wasn’t for the pandemic, I wouldn’t have been able to do it.” more
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Erdenheim residents Melissa McDevitt (right) and Laura Kidwell, owners of the six-year-old catering firm Seedling & Sage, with 15 in-house employees and 90 in the field, had to figure out how to overcome the pandemic-related cancellation, rescheduling or postponing of about 500 planned events.
Erdenheim caterers learn how to overcome 500 lost events
The pandemic had a devastating effect on almost every independently owned business in the Chestnut Hill area, but imagine if you have a business that depends on weddings, store openings and other celebratory events. more
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Local pediatrician Dr. Emiliano Tatar sells his homemade cheese to several area specialty food stores and upscale restaurants.
Local pediatrician plans to 'Make America Grate Again'
Dr. Emiliano Tatar is one medical doctor who does not mind being called cheesy. more
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Rahanna Gray, owner of the mobile dog grooming business, Stylish Pooch, said that because of the pandemic, “I can't take a day off. I've been working seven days a week, and we are booked up until the end of February!” (Photo by DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer)
Germantown dog groomer making home visits a howling success
While almost every small business you can think of has been suffering during the pandemic if it is even still in business, Rahanna Gray's unusual business, Stylish Pooch, is thriving beyond all of her expectations. more
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After 14 years as owner, Elayne Aion has sold The Dovetail Artisans, a charming gift shop at 105 E. Glenside Ave, in Glenside. The new owner, Rhiannon Cragle Punzo, is expected to take over shortly after the new year.
After many years, charming gift shop has new owner
Twelve years ago I discovered The Dovetail Artisans, a charming gift shop at 105 E. Glenside Ave, in Glenside, just a few doors down from where Rizzo’s Pizzeria & Restaurant had been for 60 … more
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Vanessa Jackson, former assistant director of development of the annual fund at Arcadia University in Glenside, from which she earned a business degree in 2012, is now much better known as “The Cheesecake Lady.”
Arcadia grad's cheesecake store always 'desserted'
Today Vanessa Jackson's daughter Brittany, “The Cheesecake Daughter,” runs the store while Vanessa spends up to 16 hours a day creating her now-famous four-inch cheesecakes. more
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Christa Barfield, creates the teas and infused honeys for Viva Leaf Tea Company from herbs she grows herself. (Photo by Walt Maguire)
Viva Leaf Tea, a farm-to-cup approach
Viva Leaf Tea Company officially opened in October, but Christa Barfield had been selling her herbal teas and infused honey in farmers’ markets and online for some time. more
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Daniel An is the chef/owner of Mokja, a fine new BYOB restaurant at 9 N. Main St. in Ambler, one block before you get to the Ambler train station.
New Korean restaurant in area 'a flavor blockbuster'
Mokja, which means “Let's eat” in Korean, opened in Ambler on April 20. more
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Bahia Bowls Açaí Café was recently opened at 8136 Germantown Ave. by three partners who are all originally from the former Soviet Union. They offer an assortment of all-natural “Superfruit” bowls, Smoothies and other ultra-healthy products.
New business on Hill, thanks to vacation down south
Walter Lapidus learned about Bahia Bowls Açaí Cafe on vacation to Nashville and New Orleans. Its "fast casual" healthy dining stores offer an assortment of all-natural “Superfruit” bowls, Smoothies and other specialty products. more
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