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Top 5 Business Stories This Year in Roxborough

Taqueria Feliz opens; Manayunk Diner closes, and this year's other top business stories.

Here are some of the year's biggest business stories.

2013: The Year of Wendy's

This is the big monster that sort of ate up the whole year as far as business stories go.  The Readers Digest version is that developers knocked down an historic building at the corner of Ridge and Roxborough Avenues, and then information came down that they wanted to build a Wendy's there.

Taqueria Feliz Delivers Authentic Mexican Flavor

A new Mexican restaurant came to Main Street this year.  Some friends and I had dinner there just a few days after it opened.  The short version of that story is: it's good.

Manayunk Diner Closed

This one came as a surprise.  I was in the area for something completely different and just happened upon the establishment being closed.  

Planet Fitness Now Open

The 24-hour gym finally opened on Ridge Avenue this fall.

Spiral Bookcase Celebrates Third Anniversary

The local bookstore has its third anniversary this summer.


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