The Wegmans supermarket being built in Concord Township may not yet have a liquor license, but the chain is getting a handle on when the store will open.
According to Todd Strassner Jr., the store manager, the company is anticipating a Nov. 8 opening. The date is not etched in stone, however. He qualified the statement saying the date is subject to change because construction is dependent on the weather.
Strassner made the comments during the Feb. 3 meeting of the Concord Township Board of Supervisors. He was there anticipating approval for a liquor license for the store, but that decision was postponed until the board’s workshop meeting, Feb. 10 at 5 p.m.
The reason for the delay is Wegmans’ desire to change the hours of operation for its Pub at Wegmans restaurant from what was originally proposed. According to attorney Mike Schlagnhaufer, the store wants the full service restaurant to be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. The originally proposed hours were not mentioned.
Strassner said the newly requested hours coincide with restaurant hours at the chain’s other locations.
In addition to the full service restaurant, Wegmans will also have a café operation. Schlagnhaufer said Wegmans wants six-pack-to-go beer sales in the café from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day with the café itself open 24/7 for coffee and food sales, the same as the market.
Wegmans will also be seeking approval for outdoor dining, but that’s not part of the current application.
The store is being built in the southeast quadrant of the intersections of routes 1 and 202 in the area of Applied Card Way. Construction includes a loop road segment between the two state roads and some retail shops in Chadds Ford Township along Route 202. Supervisors from Concord and Chadds Ford gave approval for the plan in January 2014.
Prior to the regular meeting, the supervisors held a hearing for another liquor license transfer. This hearing was for a not-yet-open restaurant, Avenue Kitchen, slated to go into the location of the former Qdoba restaurant in Glen Eagle Square. The liquor license would be transferred from an unidentified location in Ridley Township.
Owner Dana Farrell, who also has another Avenue Kitchen in Villanova, said she hopes to open the Concord restaurant in early summer.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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