Suburban Life - Bucks/Princeton - Issue #2 (February 2025)

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SL 0125 Best of Montco - FINAL_Profile ( Dept . ) 3 / 4 / 25 9 : 49 AM Page 2 \ \ mobilepresence at community ton’s Exhibit B Gallery is a / \ / / \ / eventssuch as the Telford Night picture - perfect example of an \ / \ \ / \ Market.TheScoop’s claim to art gallery done right , with zero / \ / / \ / fame:small - batch , locally pretension.The paintings , \ / \ \ / \ sourced , premium ice cream sculptures , and other works of / \ / / \ / flavors — saltycaramel , banana art on display are exceptional \ / \ \ / \ chip , peach — that linger on the and accessible , and the overall / \ / / \ / tongueand in the memory . The feel is “ unfussy , ” as owners \ / \ \ / \ month of March , when the Harryand Heather Boardman / \ / / \ / Scoop will reopen for the sea - like to describe it . The inven - \ / \ \ / \ son , can’t come soon enough . tory has something to suit / \ / \ / \ / \ downtownscoop.com every style and every budget , / \ / / \ / including the Boardmans ’ own \ / \ \ / \ Formorethan 100 years , Norris - artistic creations . / \ / / \ / town’sElmwood Park Zoo exhibitbgallery.com \ / \ \ / \ hasbeenhelping visitors of all / \ / / \ / agesdevelop a deeper appreci - Anyonewho has ever stepped \ / \ \ / \ ation for wildlife . See and learn throughthe doors of Hen - / \ / / \ / ELMWOOD PARK aboutmorethan 100 species , ning’s Market , a sixth - genera - ZOO \ / \ \ / \ from giraffes and jaguars , to tionindependent enterprise in / \ / / \ / \ chuckwallasand Gila monsters , Harleysville , breakfast sandwich . mention its famously rich but - knows how special \ / \ \ / \ / \ / broadstreetgrind.com tercake . DanishBakers serves tobaldeagles and macaws , it is . Henning’s is a grocery / \ / / \ / \ / \ up an assortment of sweet with exhibits designed to help store , technically speaking , but \ / \ \ / \ / \ / Morethan100years of history treats that are not only ridicu - guests get “ up close and per - it’s also known for its array of / \ / / \ / \ / \ undergirdBroad Theaterin lously fantastic but also trans - sonal ” with the animals . It’s artisanalcheese , prepared \ / \ \ / \ / \ / Souderton . It opened in 1922 portive , taking us back to a also a huge proponent of ani - foods , and baked goods , plus / \ / / \ / \ / \ with a single screen and timewhen life seemed much malconservation , to ensure some of the freshest meats and \ / \ \ / \ / \ / showed films until shuttering in simpler . danishbakers.com . that members of the animal produce you’ll find in all of / \ / / \ / \ / \ 2004 . Two local entrepreneurs kingdom thrive outside of cap - Montco.henningsmarket.com \ / \ / \ / \ / / \ / tivity . elmwoodparkzoo.org broughtthe theaterback to life Downtown Scoop is a joyful \ / \ \ / \ \ / \ in2020 , and it’s now one of the little place just off Souderton’s Nestled in an upscale strip mall / \ / / \ / / \ / mostcharmingindependent Main Street , though it also has a Opened since 2016 , Souder - just off Lancaster Avenue , Bryn \ / \ moviehouses in the area . It’s a / \ / lovelydestination for watching \ / \ TIRED HANDS BREWING CO . everythingfrom new releases / \ / ( Nosferatu ) to recent favorites \ / \ ( theHarry Potter series ) to cher - / \ / ished classics ( Moonstruck ) . Scoop . \ / \ / \ / \ broadtheater.com own hy ; ownt / \ / Collegeville Italian tograpBakery D \ / \ / Pizzeria Napoletana is ho of \ / known for its fresh - baked Pbread tesy kel \ / \ and rolls , whichare couruniformly Hein / \ / fabulous , but it’s so much more left Dan \ / \ than its name implies . This tCol - / by a t \ / o o legeville hotspothas become a hot Pho \ / \ . mecca for its dizzying passort - io / \ / phia re ment of pizzas , hoagies , elsand - il \ / F ad \ ; wiches , and Italian Phildesserts , aphy / \ / amongother things . One of Visitour togr \ / \ favorites : the Stella homargherita for / \ / P Fusco wood - fired Allebachpizza . Jef \ / \ / \ collegevilleitalianbakery.com f by / \ by / \ . oto Danish Bakers in CoRockledge , / \ / \ ph g a stone’s throwfrom the ewinbor - Zoo / \ / r derwhere city meets suburbs , Park B ds \ / \ is an institution for cookies , Han ood / \ / fresh breads , strudel , and its IL lmwFIORE ired \ / \ / namesakepastries — not Eto T S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E | V O L U M E 1 6 I S S U E 4 | S U B U R B A N L I F E M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 6 5

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SL 0125 Best of Montco - FINAL_Profile ( Dept . ) 3 / 4 / 25 11 : 04 AM Page 3 Did we miss one n n B E S T O F M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y 2 0 2 5 | F O O D S H O P P I N G C U LT U R E of your favorites ? If you have a suggestion for BROAD THEATER Community theaters like \ \ a can’t - miss restaurant , shop , / \ / \ cultural icon , or other “ must ” Pottstown’s Steel River Play - / \ / / \ / destination ( in Montco or else - house stage productions well \ / \ / where ) , let us know . Email us at \ \ worth the price of admission . / \ / / \ / editor @ suburbanlifemagazine.com . The proximity to the stage \ / \ / \ / \ / means patrons can see and \ / \ \ / \ hear the actors clearly , and pumpkin , apple cider , etc . ) , as / \ / / \ / tickets are a fraction of the cost well as an assortment of every - \ / \ \ / \ of seeing a production in a big - day classics , which you can get / \ / / \ / city theater . 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