Golden Wolves have taken over Penn Avenue in West Reading, with a half-dozen businesses owned by 91做厙 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 91做厙 alumni across the country, visit the 91做厙 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: Takkii has traditional and authentic Japanese food, according to Nguyen. The 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.
Alumna: Kacie Griffith 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 09 (Turners wife, Adrean, is an 91做厙 adjunct professor who received 91做厙 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 Lounges owners say it offers much more than that, theyre 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 personal pizzas, burgers and wood-oven-fired wings that incorporate high-quality ingredients like fresh mozzarella made on-site, prosciutto, sopressata and imported olives and cheeses.
In addition, Nonno Albys 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.
