Family events Wednesday, August 19, 2026Previous edition

8 family events coming up near Conshy

A local guide to getting out and exploring.

Less humid with temps near 90Hats, water bottles, and shade breaks if the kids are outside for extended play

Coming up in Conshy

  1. · All Ages · Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S 3rd St, Philadelphia
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  1. · All Ages · Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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  2. · Kids and Families · Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown
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  1. · All Ages · Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown
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  2. · See park website · Kids and Families · Valley Forge National Historical Park, King of Prussia
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  3. · Various times · All Ages · 50-plus independent bookstores across Greater Philadelphia
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  1. · Ages 1-10 · Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia
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  2. · See website for session times · K-12 and College Students · Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest, 121 N. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia
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Around the neighborhood

Lead Story

Goodness Bowls Picks Fayette Street for Its Restaurant and HQ

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Well, add another one to the Fayette Street ledger. Goodness Bowls has signed a lease for 200 Fayette Street, the longtime home of La Cava, and plans to run both a restaurant and its corporate headquarters out of the building. That is according to MoreThanTheCurve, which broke the news on August 18.

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The dining strip of Fayette is having a moment. MONTCO.Today recently called Conshohocken the region's most explosive dining destination, and this signing is one more data point pushing that argument. A local chain putting the corner offices upstairs and a dining room downstairs is a nice ratio for a downtown that has spent the past few years watching office towers sell for less than they used to fetch.

What does this mean for families walking Fayette on a Saturday? Another bowl option, another lit storefront where an older restaurant used to be, and one fewer empty window. We will pass along an opening timeline when there is one to share.

Community Spotlight

Angelo's Keeps the Conshy Bread-Baking Tradition Alive

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If you have ever wondered why Fayette Street smells the way it does at certain hours, part of the answer lives inside Angelo's Pizzeria. A recent MONTCO.Today feature traces how Angelo's is carrying forward Conshohocken's bread-baking legacy, a legacy that used to belong to a whole cluster of neighborhood ovens.

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Bread history is one of those hyperlocal threads that sounds small until you pull it. A century ago the borough was a mill town with bakeries stitched into the blocks between the row homes. Most of them are gone. Angelo's, running a pizzeria and a wholesale bread operation, is a rare survivor of that lineage. Worth mentioning to the kids next time you are in line for a slice.

Local News

Plymouth Data Center Zoning Hearings Head Back to the Township Building

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The proposed data center at 900 Conshohocken Road has been drawing crowds, and apparently the crowds have been drowning out the microphones. Plymouth Township announced on August 17 that future zoning hearings on the project will move back to the township building, citing the impact of crowd noise on capturing a correct public record. Details are on MoreThanTheCurve.

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The subtext, of course, is that public records exist for a reason and it is hard to preserve one if half the audience is shouting. For families following the story because they live near the site or care about the traffic and utility impacts, the venue change matters. A smaller room tends to mean smaller crowds, which tends to mean quieter meetings, which is either a good thing for the transcript or a bad thing for public turnout depending on where you sit.

Whitemarsh, meanwhile, is on its own track. The board of supervisors voted on August 13 to advertise a proposed data center ordinance, with a hearing set for September 10.

Local News

ZeroEyes Names a New COO and Aims for 100 Veteran Hires

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ZeroEyes, the Conshohocken-based AI firm that focuses on weapons detection, has named a new chief operating officer and continues to push toward its plan of adding 100-plus veteran jobs, per MONTCO.Today. The company was founded by former Navy SEALs, and its hiring pipeline leans heavily on the veteran community.

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For a borough that has watched a few office towers change hands at discount prices, a homegrown company staffing up locally is a welcome counterweight. If you know a veteran in the job market, this one is worth passing along.

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