What’s up with…Brewerytown
The neighborhood of Brewerytown extends from the Schuylkill River to 25th Street in North Philadelphia. Historically, Brewerytown was the site of numerous breweries, particularly during the 1800's when it had more breweries than most areas in the state.
Brewerytown 's West Girard Avenue corridor is the site of many new businesses, newly-constructed homes, art galleries, and retail spaces. Along it you'll find a record store, plenty of soul food restaurants, and easy access to Northern Liberties and Fishtown via the Route 15 trolley. It's also a quick walk to the Art Museum and Fairmount.
Mugshots Coffeehouse (pictured below) will open a second location here, and already runs a successful shop in nearby Fairmount. It will strive to be a community hub of local food, fair trade coffee, and arts events. Renowned artist Shepard Fairey recently completed a wheatpaste mural, adding a little more street sass to the ongoing arts movement in Brewerytown.
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The folks at MM Partners, LLC just alerted us to some live mural action happening later today in Brewerytown. Their office at 2621 Girard Avenue will get some sweet mural treatment from the Mural Arts Program and artist Shepard Fairey at 4 pm. Their new neighbors Mugshots, who are currently at work on their second location at 2831 Girard, will be on hand with refreshments for the onlookers.
Fairey, as many well know, is famous for his OBEY campaign featuring Andre the Giant and the Obama HOPE poster. So it's pretty exciting news to hear that Fairey and his assistants will make a stop in Philadelphia to add wheat paste murals to our neighborhoods. They'll start at noon at Rocket Cat Cafe (2001 Frankford Avenue) in Fishtown and then head over to the MM Partners Office. Young adult volunteers from Mural Arts Mural Corps will join them in the process.
Now MM Partners will be even easier (visually) to keep an eye on, as they consistently work on revitalization projects in Brewerytown that have people paying attention. We love watching West Girard develop into something great, and these are the guys that are behind that. A mural from one of the world's best and a community coffeeshop from an already successful business model are exactly what Brewerytown needs.
So go watch some mural history happen and while you're at it, get a feel for what Brewerytown is all about.
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Who doesn't love a cafe in their neighborhood? We'll keep you posted on these soon-to-serve cafe additions to Philadelphia.
- Brownstoner Philadelphia reveals that the former Allstate Insurance building on Girard Avenue at Day Street is going the cafe route. Brindle Cafe is the name of the new project that owner Scott Forman says will open in June. Another Fishtown coffee option? We'll drink to that.
- Temple students Phil Coles and Chris Banks head on over to Brewerytown to check in on the progress of the second Mugshots Coffeehouse at 2831 Girard Avenue and found out what the locals thought.
- Bodhi Coffee is coming to Headhouse Square in April and they'll be pouring Stumptown at 410 S. 2nd St. We wish Stumptown was a neighborhood in Philadelphia, because it would be a delicious community of coffee-lovers.
- Rybread Cafe in Fairmount is also eying an April opening with beans from Chestnut Hill Coffee Co. and a solid sandwich menu.
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If it's quiet in Fairmount on a Sunday, that's because everyone is at Mugshots Coffeehouse. Med students cramming in one last hour of study, a deejay recovering from Saturday night, we're all here. And there's definitely some volume in the room.
The Fairmount Avenue hub expanded last year to accompany all of the locals that flocked there for lattes and bagels. They pumped up their menu and kept the dessert case full. On this particular afternoon, the one item everyone ahead of me seemed to be ordering was the chocolate peanut butter bombe from Vegan Treats.
But it's not just a cafe, either. Mugshots hosts film nights on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7 P.M. They work with Equal Exchange to provide fair trade coffee, which you can buy at their shop in a bulk coffee section. Their local food buying club allows residents to pick up fresh farm food at affordable prices.
A second, smaller Mugshots serves Manayunk, just off of Main Street. It, too, has been a successful resource for the community there. Next, owners Jill Fink and Angela Vendetti hope to open a third shop in Brewerytown, at 2831 W. Girard Avenue.
We wish them luck in spreading the joy that is stellar coffee and peanut butter bombe to neighborhoods throughout the Philadelphia area.
Mugshots Coffeehouse
21st and Fairmount Avenue
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