Pennsbury Township approves bed and breakfast at Gables property

Dated: May 16 2024

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The Pennsbury Township Board of Supervisors gave unanimous approval to the owners of The Gables restaurant for a bed-and-breakfast operation in two buildings on an adjacent property. Township solicitor Tom Oeste read a list of 29 conditions that Gables’ owners Ann Kolenik and Alfredo Giannaccari agreed to abide by, including having a full-time operator with an operator’s apartment, no more than three employees, no cooking in the guest rooms, and a 14-day maximum guest stay. Other conditions require food service to be limited to breakfast and afternoon tea for guests only, and that no catering shall be done from the stone building. No alcoholic beverages can be served in the bed and breakfast, but guests may bring their own. The applicants wanted 16 rooms, eight in each building, but the board granted approval for a total of 12 rooms, eight in the stone building but only four in the carriage house. Another condition is restoring and maintaining the exteriors of both buildings “in substantial historic accuracy.” The Gables was once a creamery and had an exterior mural of a cow. Kolenik said they’ll be changing the name of the restaurant to the Black Cow Bistro.
Source: Chadds Ford Live; 4/18/2024

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