Two New Businesses To Open This Spring At The Village At Newtown

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Two new businesses will be making their debut this spring at the Village at Newtown shopping center on Eagle Road.

Bobby Chez Gourmet To Go and the lifestyle athletics brand FP Movement have put up their signs and will soon be joining the lineup of businesses at the village.

New Jersey-based Bobby Chez has leased a 1,000 square foot space next to Trinity Rehab at the former site of Factory Donuts and will be opening as early as this week. Keep watching its Facebook page for the latest.

This will be Bobby Chez’s first store in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County. Its four other retail locations are in Cherry Hill, Collingswood, Washington Township/Sewell and Delran, New Jersey.

The stores are unlike any other "to go" concept around, according to the company's website. They feature a variety of gourmet prepared seafood specialties and side dishes made fresh daily.

Seafood is purchased fresh from the seafood market every morning and nothing sold is more than one day old. Each day the freshly-prepared food is trucked out to each location.

Bobby’s sells partially-cooked seafood and gives each customer reheating instructions to finish their meal at home. Each store also serves fully/cooked food for takeout or eat in.

The first Bobby Chez store opened in 1997 in Voorhees, NJ. The store's signature Jumbo Lump Crabcake quickly became famous winning multiple state and regional awards. Twenty years later, sales volume has leapt to about 30,000 crab cakes sold per week.

“We have won many ‘Best Of’ awards both nationally and regionally and are proud to bring the Bobby Chez name to Newtown,” wrote Bobby’s on Facebook. “Stay tuned for a firm date … we are working hard to get open very soon. Our owner/operator in Newtown is Keith Schultz and both he and his wife Andrea are excited to meet you!”

FP Movement

Active lifestyle brand FP Movement, which is owned by Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters, will open in a 2,600 square foot space between lululemon Pop Up and the new Ardana’s Food and Drink.

This will be FP Movement’s first store in Bucks County. It’s nearest location is in King of Prussia.

FP Movement, established in 2014, offers performance ready activewear, beyond the gym staples, and a hand-picked assortment of nourishing supplements and elixirs to support an active lifestyle.

The location will have a wide assortment of FP Movement styles. Customers will be able to check out the brand’s core pieces featuring the Good Karma, Hot Shot and Happiness collections. A variety of third piece layering will also be in stock including various fleeces, long sleeve tops, joggers, and more. The store will also have a variety of workout gear, clean beauty, and wellness items.

Free People is part of URBN, a portfolio of global consumer brands that also includes the Anthropologie brand which has a location on nearby Sycamore Street at The Promenade in Newtown.

Coming Soon

The Paper Source has also leased space at the shopping center anchored by McCaffrey’s Market, Ulta Beauty, Harvest Seasonal Grill and Iron House Brewery.

The stationary chain is coming soon to a 1,000 square foot space between Chopped and Ulta. The store sells greeting cards, invitations and paper goods.

The first Paper Source opened in 1983 in Chicago, Illinois, as an elegant showroom for handcrafted paper from around the world. The company now has more than 200 employees in the Chicagoland area with 129 stores across 25 states.

Founder Sue Lindstrom traveled the world and discovered countless artisanal paper treasures. She studied the craftsmanship and curated her own collection, bringing the treasures back to the community of artists and customers who visited her family-owned store. It was a natural pursuit that turned out to be something greater— a connected community of creators. This community fostered a lifestyle that brings out the creativity in everyone.

“Walk into any one of the Paper Source stores to see this heritage made modern. We hope we can be the happy place for your creative spirit,” reads the company’s website.

The store’s logo incorporates a paper wasp, which chews tree bark and leaves to build its beautiful, delicate nests. “Much like this creative creature, nature’s original paper maker, the Paper Source believes that paper can create extraordinary things.”

The Paper Source puts the environment first, focusing on sustainability and social responsibility while upholding a commitment to the exceptional, premium quality its customers have come to expect.

The store will be its first in Bucks County with nearby locations in Princeton, Philadelphia, Ardmore and Paoli.