Golden Wolves have taken over Penn Avenue in West Reading, with a half-dozen businesses owned by Alvernia alumni populating the borough's business corridor. Plus, another alumni-owned business is located just off Penn on Sixth Avenue. To learn more about these establishments and others founded by Alvernia alumni across the country, visit the Alvernia Alumni Business Directory.
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Alumna: Uyen Nguyen '15
Addresses: Winnie Tea Bar, 725 Penn Ave., First Floor; Winnie Mochi, 400 Penn Ave.; Takkii Ramen, 36 N. Sixth Ave.
Description: 鈥淭akkii has traditional and authentic Japanese food,鈥 according to Nguyen. 鈥淭he Tea Bar is a brand I created from my love of Taiwanese bubble teas (tea accompanied by chewy tapioca balls). And Winnie Mochi offers Korean wings, corn dogs and Vietnamese coffee. They are pieces of the world.鈥
Alumna: Kacie Griffith 鈥05
Address: 713 Penn Ave.
Description: Owned by husband-and-wife Chris and Kacie Griffith, the Bar Cart is a combination tasting room and liquor store. It uses products from craft vendors throughout Pennsylvania along with fresh ingredients to serve an ever-rotating menu of upscale drinks.
Alumnus: Rick Turner 鈥09 (Turner鈥檚 wife, Adrean, is an Alvernia adjunct professor who received 最新91制片厂 Women's Council's Bernardine Legacy Award in 2021.)
Address: 559 Penn Ave.
Description: Cigars are certainly the focus of this establishment, but when Legacy Cigar Lounge鈥檚 owners say it offers much more than that, they鈥檙e not just blowing smoke. Along with a plethora of cigars from which to choose, patrons can enjoy top-shelf spirits, televisions, game tables, live music, a state-of-the-art air filtration system and more.
Alumnus: Massimo Grande '07
Address: 701 Penn Ave.
Description: West Reading's first wood-oven Neapolitan restaurant has become a popular eatery known for its gourmet-style dishes 鈥攑ersonal pizzas, burgers and wood-oven-fired wings 鈥 that incorporate high-quality ingredients like fresh mozzarella made on-site, prosciutto, sopressata and imported olives and cheeses.
In addition, Nonno Alby鈥檚 owner Massimo Grande plans to open another restaurant catty-corner to his first establishment. In June, the owner of Say Cheese! Restaurant announced that the Penn Avenue fixture at 600 Penn Avenue was closing. Grande and his three co-owners purchased the assets and buildings that housed Say Cheese, the adjoining Wine and Cheese Shop, Encrypted Escape, and six apartments, according to a statement posted on the Say Cheese! Facebook page.
