The Phoenix Diner, located in the Acme shopping center at the intersection of Starr St. and Nutt Rd., is set to open on July 14th.
For more, see today's article in the Phoenix.
For more, see today's article in the Phoenix.
On Thursday, November 29th, the Borough is holding a 'brainstorming session' in which plans for Melchiorre Park will be discussed with its park planning consultants. The event will be held at the High School and will begin 7pm. For those of you who do not know about Melchiorre Park (of which I am included, even though I apparently live across the street from it), it is a 23 acre park located south of High Street on the land between it and French Creek. It appears, based on the drawing on the Borough home page , to be the land that is next to Westridge Village and across the street from the new Northridge Village community. As part of the meeting, the consultants will 'provide a brief background of the project and present a pre-final master plan for the park'. Source: Phoenixville Borough Website
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Happy 4th! Does anyone know the fate of the Vale Rio? I thought it was going into the grassy area in front of the Acme, but with the diner opening up in the same shopping center I am not sure... The Phoenix Diner has ties to Xpress Pizza.
Val Rio was shot down by the planning commission for their weak choice of location there on Nutt and Starr Roads. Puleo should have planned his options a little better but instead he was going on the cheap and he received the appropriate response. Hopefully he'll sell the diner car to someone who would treat it with the proper respect.
Just kidding. Just wanted to say that for the guy in the other thread talking about how our town would be 'boring' if we were all the same. The same dirty people with no jobs.
I think Phoenix Diner will draw a better crowd. Just my opinion. We'll see soon enough!
Other notes:
I left a bit upset because this place is supposed to be Val Rio reincarnated (the owner/cook was the owner/cook from Val Rio) or at the very least, a DINER. With that being said, what is a Diner with out a counter and bar stools...? There are none and the worst part about it is there was plenty of room for a counter and bar stools. In fact, there were several people who were individually sitting at a nice booth and as people walked in had to be seated at tables. Wouldn't it make sense and be more feasible to have a counter for single eaters to free up the booths? How do you overlook this? The other non-diner attribute is that when i was asked if i wanted more coffee, the guy grabbed my cup and brought it to the back to fill it up...? A real diner or even restaurant for that matter would walk to the table and fill it up. What is up with that?
I will definitely go back for the food but the atmosphere and "Diner" characteristics are no where to be found. The place should be called, Phoenix Restaurant. If you are looking for a glimmer of Val Rio, forget about it. Nothing on the walls, no mention on the menu, nothing. My hope is that others might say something to the guy and maybe he will put a counter in and a few bar stools. I mean c'mon, how could you leave that out? Oh, and btw, they have two flat screen tv's in the corners showing ads for local businesses and such (Lasik surgery etc...) why? detracts from the diner atmosphere even more.
Bottom line: I am happy it is there as it adds value to the neighborhood and good food but unhappy that it is basically just a restaurant located in a strip mall with no attempt at providing some semblance of Diner character. Shame on them.
Barb