JANUARY 27, 2010 PAGE: 4 SUNDAY FUNDAY C H PAGE: 7 E S TASTE T LOCAL E R C PAGE: 12 O HE SAID U SHE SAID N T Y WWW.DAILYLOCAL.COM/CC C U IS IN E & N IG H T L IF E BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL PAGE: 15 RA ARGE SS M JE e 22 Not Just Bam’sp Brotherag 0546338 xxx xxx /PAGE 3 TABLE JAN. 27, 2010 MAGA xxx ZINE CHESTER COUNTY CUISINE & NIGHTLIFE xx xxx OF www.dailylocal.com/CC xx xxxCONTENTS STAFF: Randall P. Notter Publisher Andrew M. Hachadorian Editor Tricia A. Johnston PAGE: 4 Advertising Director Sunday Funday CC is a magazine of the Daily Local News, pub- lished every other Wednesday and distributed free throughout Chester County. Our offi ces are locat- ed at 250 North Bradford Avenue, West Chester PA. Copyright 2009, Daily Local News. Reproduction of CC, in part or in whole, is prohibited without written permission. PAGE: 5 To advertise in CC, call Inebriated PAGE: 7 Jim Steinbrecher by Art Taste at 610-430-1138. 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Check out our upcom- ing February issue for ideas on how to wine and dine your sweetie for Valentine’s day and (for the anti-”Hallmark holi- day” fans) get tips on how to avoid the holiday all together. Until then... Cheers! Mary Bigham PAGE: 12 Contributing Editor He Said www.wcdish.com She Said We’re on Facebook! search for CC: Chester County Cuisine and Nightlife Printed by Journal Register Offset PAGE: 13 Rock ‘n Roll After School Quality you can depend on! PAGE: 15 Buy Fresh Buy Local 610-280-2295 JournalRegisterOffset.com PAGE: 16 Cuisine Scene PAGE: 17 Center Stage PUBLISHED BY: PAGE: 18 Sweetest Thing POWERED BY: PAGE: 20 Listings xx x xx xx xxx x xxxxxxxxxxxJAN. 27, 2010 /PAGE 4 xxx xx xx xxxxxx xxx xx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xx xx xxxxxx xxx Sunday xx xx xxx BY xx xx SARAH xxx ALDERMAN SPECIAL xxx TO CC xx day xxx xx Sittin’ Pretty xx in Steel City In the blink of an eye, the Red Bull-like jolt. While you’re streetscape of down- there, check out their schedule of Stop at Steel City Coffeehouse for a town Phoenixville has wellness seminars and classes and mid-day caffeine blast while you take a poke around their gift section. plan your night. No Starbucks in become almost unrecog- Plan on making this a daily stop— this town (yet). nizable to me, a resident just don’t forget your re-usable gro- just 4 years ago. The cery bags. …and Night! town energy once felt so If music is your thing, spend a Fri- 0546541 For a sit-down breakfast, follow grey and dingy; now day or Saturday night at Chaplin’s Route 23 East to the G-Lodge. The there’s a certain bright- Music Café in Spring City. It’s the service is excellent and their daily perfect venue to catch a set by your ness on Bridge Street. menu covers all of the standards. favorite local band. Even before its facelift, You can’t beat a joint that gives you the choice of hash browns OR home Phoenixville and its sur- If you prefer to stay in downtown fries with your scrapple! Their rounding area have been Phoenixville, The Colonial Theater French toast and quiche specials are teeming with quaint, offers screenings of vintage classics, also a must. lesser-known pockets of children’s hits and independent re- awesomeness. Here’s an leases. in-the-know peek at one …Noon… Mother Nature’s best flanks Steel Keep your eye on the town’s many of Chester County’s hot- City on all sides. Take a stroll street festivals, parades, and special test towns: through Valley Forge Park, its events by adding http://www.guess- sprawling expanse crisscrossed with whatscoming.org/ to your book- paved trails for the stroller, or un- marks. Morning… beaten paths for the adventurous. First stop: Kimberton Whole Foods. Feeling hardcore? Bike the And, remember, every event is spe- Their café offers an amazing selec- Schuylkill Trail, starting in the park cial with a Sly Fox Helles Golden tion of healthy gourmet goodies as and ending in Center City. Lager in your hand. A trip to the well as the tastiest, strongest coffee ‘Ville is never complete without a you will ever sip. Try the Café Al- In warm weather, take to the water visit to this hometown micro-brew- turra Biody- with a kayak rental from USS Port ery. n a m i c Providence Fleet, located behind for a Fitzwater Station on the Ca- nal. An above-average, fam- Get to it, ‘Villians! ily-run restaurant, The Fitz has an outdoor Sum- mer Concert series on Sundays from 4 to 8 P.M. and is the perfect place to unwind after a long day of paddling. x 0546409 x xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxJAN. 27, 2010 / PAGE 5 xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xx INEBRIATED xx xxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xx xx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx BY ART xx xx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx xx xx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xx xxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxxxxx BY xx JAMExxxxxxxS xxxxx xx LEE xxxxx BURK xx xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxx I QUxxxxxxxxxxxxIT! xxx Did you know What kind of sense does quitting anything really Smoking in society is represented in many conflict- that I quit smoking? make? I’ve been told my whole life that being a quit- ing ways. When your born, people celebrate your My lungs say thank you and ter is like being a loser and a loser wins nothing -- birth with a fat smelly cigar, when they get ready to nothing. I have had only a small problem in quit- execute you with a hail of bullets they ask you if please pass a smoke. Twenty one ting. My style of quitting is called cold turkey. What you want a last smoke. days really doesn’t sound like a lot a turkey has to do with quitting anything I’m still not sure but I know turkey is delicious whether it’s If you have made any New Year’s resolutions, keep of time but when counted in puffs of warm or cold. resolute and remember you’re not the only one. smoke it is like a whole story told in Good luck in your quitting or resolve to complete Now back to quitting. If I had quit other things in things. smoke signals by a drunken Indian life it would signify my being lazy and a quitter but chief on an extremely cloudy and in this case if a case of cold turkeys will help me not I have decided to start the New Year trying to have a smoke then I sir will hang with my cold turkeys better out look on my health by stopping some windy day. hanging out. things and starting others. So, remember, if you see me don’t offer me a cigarette. Smoking is such a disgusting habit and it makes you cough and smell like a used ash tray, makes your If my arms look buffer and my stomach flatter it’s teeth yellow, your breath stink and I miss it like you just because all the smoke isn’t obscuring your vi- miss the smell of a urinal cake when someone steals sion anymore. Lots of luck in your resolutions. it and your only left with the smell of yesterday’s James Lee Burk xxxxxxxxxxxxcoffee. xxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx /PAGE 6 xxxxx JAN. 27, 2010 xxxxxx xxxxx Independent Voices ring out x x BY at Center Theatre CARRIE COMPTOR x SPECIAL TO CC x xxxxxxxx Iron Age Theatre co- played in our space that we thought and kick off Black History Month. what it sounds like. However, do not founder John Doyle deserved a second play, things peo- let yourself assume that this two- x isn’t the type to let the ple asked about and that we wanted The festival, born of economic ne- man show will focus solely on slav- economy hinder his to put back in the public eye, and to cessity, will not unduly burden the ery as it pertains to America. desire to bring the arts mount performances that take ad- audience either. Mounted over the to Norristown. Doyle, vantage of the small-cast shows we course of three weekends for a rate The piece, brought to the festival as faced with the eco- have.