This holiday season, the following locations in Downingtown will be accepting Toys for Tots donations:
Colonial Electric Supply (206 E. Lancaster Ave)
Croppers Market (1257 Horseshoe Pike)
Harleysville National Bank (82 Quarry Rd, 100 East Lancaster Ave, or 3909 Lincoln Highway)
The Presereve at Milltown (500 Meadowlake Drive)
All toys should be new, unwrapped, and dropped off by December 16th. A full list of sites accepting donations can be found here.
Just a reminder - due to the Thanksgiving holiday, recycling will be picked up on Friday, November 27th this week. Happy Turkey Day, everyone!
This weekend, the Downingtown Historic and Parks Committee and the Downingtown Area Paranormal Investigators will be leading historic walking tours of Downingtown as part of the Sesquicentennial celebrations. Tours are available on the 24th and 25th, both at 5:30pm. For more information, visit the Dowingtown150blog.
The Paoli Blues Fest will take place on October 3, 2009, from 12-6pm. Entrance to the festival is free with a donation of non-perishable food, which will benefit REACT, an organization that helps local families in need. For more information, visit the Blues Fest website here.
The Downingtown Public Library will hold their annual fall book sale on Friday, September 18 from 7-8pm and Saturday, September 19, from 9am-4pm. They will accept donations of books for the sale up until September 11th.
Sunday nights are now BYOB nights at Firecreek Restaurant. They’ve also added new wines to their regular menu, and offer different pairings each night to go with their specials. Firecreek’s sister restaurant, Doghouse Burgers has also added some new items to their menu, and they’re offering free fries with any burger or hotdog on Mondays, and two for one burgers and dogs on Tuesdays.
Alert Fire Company No.1 is hosting its annual Chicken BBQ and Bake Sale this Saturday, August 22, from 4 - 7pm. A donation of $10 will get you a full chicken dinner, and will help support the efforts of the company’s volunteer firefighters. More information is available on their website.
In celebration of National Hot Dog Month, Doghouse Gourmet Burgers is giving away free hot dogs, this Sunday, July 19th, from 12 - 8 p.m. They will also have doggie treats on hand, so pets are welcome. Speaking of pets, they are also holding a cutest dog contest on their facebook page (linked from their main website) until the end of July.
Amani, the new restaurant where Fioravanti used to be, is already open. Amazingly, they managed to turn the space around in just two weeks! Like Fioravanti, they are a BYOB, but they also have a limited drink menu for cocktails. The layout is the same as Fioravanti, but the menu and decor are different. The focus is on seasonal, farm-fresh food, with produce from local farms. As a nice little decor touch, there were fresh flowers on every table. As far as I can tell, they don’t have a website yet, but given how close they are to Green Street, I would recommend walking over and checking them out. Their food is very tasty!
As you may have noticed, Fioravanti Restaurant is - sadly - no more. However, it looks like there’s already another restaurant set to take its place, and Downingtown certainly isn’t lacking for new dining options. Firecreek Restaurant is going full-swing, and they just added a happy hour and a new lunch menu. Also, as of June, Doghouse Gourmet Burgers (right beside Firecreek) is officially open for business.
