![]() I don’t own any of it: Not the perpetual rhythm of seasons, nor the flood of nostalgia as each one edges in upon another. Hundreds upon thousands of people might list the same moments that “winter” brings to mind: the way powdery snowflakes melt on your eyelashes, twinkly white lights strung up against a stand of evergreens, White Christmas on the radio in Bing Crosby’s velvety baritone, peppermint stick ice cream, the sting of snow inside your mittens on a ski slope, a bowl of clementines, the scent of pine sap, cinnamon rolls warm from the oven. I’m not the only one to delight in the papery crunch of fallen autumn leaves under my feet, or have the instant-trigger experience of smelling a whiff of woodsmoke and having my head fill with images like a movie on fast forward playing in the darkened theater behind my eyelids: foliage in New Hampshire, flannel shirts, knobby crimson heirloom apples, apple cider, apple cider doughnuts, apple cider-laced apple pie. They’re both mine and not mine at all-any old person can walk down a street carpeted in cherry blossoms, warm soft spring air ruffling their hair, and can tell you of the lightness and brightness that starts to stir somewhere down in their wintered-over heart. I know he meant them as separate items (loneliness for a happy clan of close friends who live back east and dreaming of the physical passing of seasons)-but to me, they’d be one and the same.Įast coast seasons are so deeply familiar to me my relationship to them as intimate as family. I asked why, and he responded: “Loneliness? And I miss the seasons.” I can easily imagine feeling both emotions keenly if I moved somewhere far-away and warm. ![]() Each restaurant ranges from 30–75 seats, uses fresh local ingredients and has a fountain from New Hope Sodas.Yesterday, a friend wrote me to say he was moving back to the east coast after a few years in Los Angeles. The company is aggressively looking for additional locations within Center City and outlying suburbs.Īll locations are open for lunch and dinner and are BYOB. The fifth locale will be on the campus of the University of Delaware. The fourth location will be a conversion of the Rosemont Peace A Pizza location to a Snap-with the Hope’s Cookies co-tenancy remaining. 500 Degrees will close during renovations. ![]() The third location will come after minor renovations convert Wasserman’s 500 Degrees to a Snap Custom Pizza at 1504 Sansom Street (early February 2016). The second location opened last week in Main Street at Exton in the former Peace A Pizza. Snap first debuted 15 months ago in Ardmore, across from the train station. The items are made to order in front of the customer with one price, allowing diners to choose as many toppings as they want. The made-from-scratch pizza restaurant offers both traditional and gluten-free pizza, salads, dessert and soft drinks. Snap Custom Pizza offers fresh, fast fare with complete customization and in-and-out convenience. It’s a great challenge and complement to my work in fine dining.” “I dipped my toe in the fast-casual waters early on with 500 Degrees five years ago. “I am excited for the new partnership and to work with Pete and Aaron and to have the backing of the large investment group to focus on what we do best-creating an outstanding customer-driven experience at Snap,” said Wasserman. Snap has received funding from a local institutional real estate and investment group to open 15 locations in the tri-state area within the next 18 months. ![]() Snap Custom Pizza’s founders Pete Howey and Aaron Nocks, also founders of Peace A Pizza and New Hope Soda, have partnered with Rob Wasserman, owner of Rouge and Parlor and founder of the annual Burger Brawl fundraiser. We’re talking a major explosion with 15 new places throughout the area getting in on personalized pizza pies. And we don’t mean just one or two locations. Ardmore’s Snap Custom Pizza is getting ready for expansion.
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