New Eatery Opening This Summer In Wrightstown

WRIGHTSTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — A new eatery is coming to Wrightstown this summer.

According to a sign posted in the window of the former Country Store building at the corner of Route 413 and Penns Park Road, Skip’s Wrightstown will be opening its doors here.

Skip’s will be serving breakfast sandwiches, coffee, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders and loaded fries, according to its sign.

In early April, the Wrightstown Township Board of Supervisors approved a conditional use for the former country store property, which includes two commercial storefronts facing Route 413 and a tenant house in back.

Under the conditional use, the property’s new owner, Tom Coates, is converting the former country store into a retail shop specializing in all natural organic herbal supplements. The second retail space will be occupied by the new sandwich business.

A sign in the window announces that "Skip's Wrightstown" is coming this summer.

According to land use attorney Ed Murphy, “The mix of tenants is not changing. The size and square footage is not changing and the number of parking spaces is not changing.”

The property has sat vacant since January 2020 at the busy corner of Route 413 and Penns Park Road.

Several previous attempts to acquire the former store and close on the property never materialized, including one that would have reopened the country store in 2022.

Coates, who owns the Transcend Fitness Club just down the road at 591 Durham Road, said he decided to look into purchasing the property after driving by it each day and wondering why it wasn’t being brought back to life.

"We have all frequented the Country Store at some point or another," Coates told the supervisors last fall. “It was a fond staple in the community for years. That property has stood the test of time and is unique to the community. We have struggled to drive past it and not seeing anything materialize," he said.

Known for its breakfast sandwiches and cheap coffee, the country store closed in January 2020 after decades of doing business in the township.

“We feel with our involvement in the community and with your partnership we can get the property back up and renovated so it can continue standing the test of time and bring in unique, township supporting businesses like there once was,” said Coates.

Coates said his plan will retain the existing footprint and upgrade the structures to make them fully code compliant.

"The idea is to bring a nice premium product to that corner of the township," said Coates. “As it sits right now it's unsightly. I'd like to see it as a promotion for the township."