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Shopping, Dining and Lodging

Shops and restaurants make the area a beautiful place to live and visit. In fact, people come from all over the region to take advantage of the area’s specialty shops.

The county’s small business communities offer retail shops galore, with everything from jewelry, spas, antiques, clothing, accessories, sweets, professional services and much more.

If you are looking for a large mall, Willow Grove Park is the place to go. Built on the original site of a celebrated Victorian-era amusement park, Willow Grove Park has become a popular shopping and entertainment destination in the Philadelphia suburbs. The mall features over 130 shops anchored by Bloomingdales, Sears, Macy’s and soon Boscov’s. Further additions to the mall include a new multi-level parking deck and the refurbished Grove Food area.

Jenkintown’s “Golden Mile” is filled with unique boutiques and specialty shops, relaxing spas, delicious restaurants and great events, such as the annual Jenkintown Summer Sidewalk Sale in June. The Jenkintown Business Improvement District is an organization that was formed in January of 2007. It afforded power to the Jenkintown Community Alliance to enhance the community’s commercial corridors and reinstate the “Golden Mile” as a lively, pedestrian-friendly regional shopping and tourist destination.

Additional sites for shopping in Eastern Montgomery County include Downtown Ambler, which is quickly becoming a top place for dining, entertainment and shopping thanks to the efforts of the Ambler Main Street organization; Keswick Village, which offers great eateries, shopping and entertainment with the Keswick Theater located in the heart of the Village; and a number of community and neighborhood shopping areas that dot the map of the county.

A day of shopping can certainly work up an appetite. Diners can rest assured that even the pickiest palates can be satisfied through the area’s many excellent choices for food and drink. Whether you are in the mood for casual dining or fine cuisine, there’s something for everyone with such choices as the Cheesecake Factory (Willow Grove), Bonefish Grill (Willow Grove), Kitchen Bar (Abington), West Avenue Grill (Jenkintown), Fiesta V Pizza (Jenkintown), Archie’s Tavern (Jenkintown), Carrabba’s Italian Grill (Willow Grove), Jasmine Asian Bistro (Glenside), Outback Steakhouse (Jenkintown), Max and David’s (Elkin’s Park), Marco Polo Ristorante and Bar (Elkins Park), Abner’s Authentic Barbeque (Jenkintown), Red Sky Restaurant & Lodge (Philadelphia), and the Drake Tavern (Jenkintown), all at hand.

If you need overnight accommodations for business or pleasure, there is an abundance of quality, reasonably-priced hotels thanks to the area’s convenient location to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Willow Grove.

Notable hotels in the area include the Holiday Inn-Fort Washington, the Hilton Garden Inn-Fort Washington, the Hampton Inn-Willow Grove and the SpringHill Suites by Marriott-Willow Grove.