A stove sits nearby, but doesn’t look like it’s getting much use. On the back wall, a pair of refrigerated cases is packed with a variety of beer and malt liquor. Inside, two women stand behind a long counter shielded by Plexiglas. Sharswood residents and activists say a prayer before heading to various neighborhood businesses that have restaurant licenses, but don’t operate as restaurants. But what we need is to have some humanity along with that because money is not everything,” said Ridgeway.Īfter a short prayer, the group heads to Penn Steak near the corner of 22nd Street and Ridge Avenue. To Ridgeway, these businesses are driving down the quality of life in an already struggling neighborhood by skirting state law.
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Instead, Ridgeway wants to have a series of impromptu, face-to-face conversations with the owners of several nearby stop-and-gos, the small neighborhood convenience stores that sell snacks, cigarettes, and alcohol - sometimes in bottles or cans, sometimes in single shots. This is why she invited Brawner and other concerned neighbors to join her on a “pub crawl.”īut there’s no drinking on the itinerary. Stephanie Ridgeway, who co-owns a barbershop in the neighborhood, nods. “My people try to come in or go out from church and there’s people harassing them because they’re drunk or people are laid out in front of the streets,” said Brawner.
Pastor William Brawner of Haven Peniel United Methodist Church in Philadelphia’s Sharswood neighborhood says the drinking in the parking lot across the street from the church is a constant annoyance to his congregation. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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