Dining Out For Kin, Grocery Outlet Turns 5: Bucks Business Briefs

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The second annual "Bucks County Eat, Drink and Be Merry" fundraiser is underway at participating restaurants, eateries and bars throughout the county. A Doylestown Borough restaurant helps set the scene for new docudrama. Spirit Halloween is scaring up early Halloween sales at the Oxford Valley Mall. And the Grocery Outlet in Warminster is celebrating its 5th anniversary.

These are some of the business stories making news in Bucks County:

Bucks Dining Destinations Teaming Up To Benefit Cancer Patients

Bucks County's most popular dining and drinking destinations are again teaming up to raise funds for the nonprofit Kin Wellness Center in Buckingham. From now through Sept. 15, designated restaurants and bars will be taking part in the second annual "Bucks County Eat, Drink and Be Merry" month by donating a portion of their proceeds to the Bucks County cancer community. When patrons order a designated appetizer, entrée, drink, or dessert from participating partner restaurants or bars, a percentage of their order will be donated to the local cancer community through the Kin Wellness and Support Center. Click here to read the article on Patch

The staff at Cafe With Soul: Aaron (line cook), Chef Omar, Tyler (busser), Kala (Cafe Manager) and Monze (cashier).

TV docudrama shoots scenes at Doylestown restaurant

A Doylestown Borough restaurant and bar will be featured in a new true crime docudrama airing nationally this summer on Fox Nation. A film crew took over Chambers 19 Bistro and Bar in the heart of Doylestown Borough in late July to shoot scenes for a four-part series that tells the untold story of George Marquardt, “The Godfather of Fentanyl.” Chambers owner John Wolff said it was exciting to watch the crews turn the bistro into a Boston Pub where a key moment in the investigation unfolds. It was also exciting to see about 25 locals appearing as extras in the scenes, including some of his own employees, he said. Click here to read the article on Patch

Chambers 19 Bistro and Bar on North Main Street in Doylestown Borough. (Photo by Jeff Werner)

Spirit Halloween Opens At Oxford Valley Mall

It's time to get spooky. Spirit Halloween is ready to start the season in preparation for the October holiday that brings out all the ghosts and goblins and fright in all of us. Spirit Halloween has opened its location in the former Express store at the Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown Township. A second and third Bucks County location will be opening in the former Rite Aid stores at 644 Easton Road in Warrington and at the Doylestown Shopping Center. Click here to read the Patch article.

Spirit Halloween has opened its seasonal store in the Oxford Valley Mall in Middletown Township. Spirit Halloween will also be opening in Warrington and Doylestown. (Jeff Werner/Patch)

Grocery Outlet Celebrating 5 Years In Warminster

Grocery Outlet is celebrating its fifth anniversary in Warminster with festivities and giveaways at its County Line Road location on Saturday, Aug. 18. Festivities at the bargain market —which sells brand-name food at low prices — begin at 7 a.m. Owners John and Jamie Niedrist will be showing off an expansion that has allowed the store to add 1,000 new products, including expanded offerings of organics, meat, health and beauty products, and general merchandise. At its June 20 meeting, Warminster Township Supervisors approved a conditional use application to allow for the construction of an addition at its W. County Line Rd, store. Click here to read the Patch story.

Grocery Outlet in Warminster has expanded and is holding its five-year anniversary on Saturday. (Matthew Penge)

Backyard Honey Business Buzzing With Success In Jamison

Thanks in part to the help and advice of SCORE Bucks County, a Jamison-based backyard honey business is buzzing with success and is now expanding into new product lines, including beeswax luminaries and their top-selling honey lollipops and chocolate-covered creamed honey confections. Recognizing the need to produce more honey and expand online sales, the business owners began collaborating with a SCORE Bucks County mentor in 2021. Their mentor guided the entrepreneurs in realizing that their honey is an “indulgence” and a “luxury product” and assisted them in pricing their items accordingly. Their mentor is also helping Backyard Buzz boost its online sales. Click here to read the story on Patch

Backyard Buzz owners Karen and Nikki. (Courtesy of Bucks County SCORE)