Hazy Shade of Wint- umm, Early Spring
Today, we're taking a quick look at a couple places in the suburbs, then venturing over to the less frequently seen northern edge of Old City. It was April the day I got these pictures, but it looks so bleak you could have convinced me it was still winter. Arco/Shell, Thorndale, PA Shell closed here around 2014 and the canopy was removed shortly afterwards. The building sat vacant for several years, but was ultimately demolished in 2019 for an NTB auto center. Char-Lee's/Butcher Burger/Taco Maya, Lionville, PA Local burger chain Char-lee's built this restaurant in the mid-2000's. They maybe lasted two years, after which it was converted to independent Butcher Burger. They had a little better luck, but closed their doors too in 2012. They were my family's go-to for burgers for a while, so we were sad to see them go. Fortunately, they were replaced by something even better- Taco Maya, which is like a Chipotle but better, opened in late 2012. They were a deservedly h