In the latest edition of Pottstown Foodie, new ownership keeps traditions alive at Saint Peter’s Bakery, south of Pottstown. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and the Hot Ones menu goes extra spicy. New Papa John’s pizza pairs with four dipping sauces.
New Owners, Same Oven-Fresh Aromas at Saint Peter’s Bakery
ST. PETERS PA – New owners “spearheaded by Hayley Nyce” have been operating Saint Peter’s Bakery in St. Peters Village since early August, its website and Facebook page report. The historic village in Warwick Township, Chester County, is roughly nine miles southwest of Pottstown off state Route 23.
Previous owners Cassady Mayerson and family suggest Nyce likely will be a familiar face to many village regulars. She’s made Saint Peters a second home for years, they add.
The village is regularly packed with visitors from spring through fall. Saint Peters’ homey, untouched-by-time feel is a prime attraction.
Its streets are lined with quaint shops selling specialty goods and services. Intrepid explorers carefully crawl among the rocks and boulders of nearby French Creek. Musicians and other performers are booked by some village business nearly every weekend. Car and motorcycle shows are occasionally held there too.
The business change of hands at 3441 St. Peters Rd. has since been the subject of happy memories and upbeat comments by current and former customers. Authors praised the Mayersons’ efforts in creating crave-able baked goods. They also congratulated Nyce, and wished her success.
Crusty and Tasty
Work inside the bakery’s on-premises kitchen yields something for almost anyone’s taste. Its breads, its website proclaims, “are made fresh daily, shaped by hand, and baked fresh each morning.” The list of available loaves includes rustic white, multi-grain, apple raisin walnut, a traditional French baguette, and a rosemary-and-sea salt baguette.
An accompanying café also serves a hand-crafted selection of breakfast dishes, quiche (of regularly changing flavors) “in a hand-pressed buttery crust,” and several varieties of pastries. Yes, there’s plenty of hot coffee. For lunch, choose from made-to-order sandwiches, carb-saving wraps, or fresh salads.
The bakery and cafe are open Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A Baking Tradition Steeped in History
Saint Peters was founded in the mid-1800s as an industrial village near waterfalls on French Creek, according to the Pennsylvania chapter of the German Genealogy Society. It served an iron mine on the village’s north end, which operated through the late-1920s.
On the village’s south end was its other primary business: a quarry that the bakery website says was “the source of some of the world’s finest black granite.” The bakery itself is located across the street. The genealogy society says dozens of buildings and landmark features are included in the village’s 2003 listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
“The village and workplace have very few alterations,” the society also observes. That’s due to what it describes as “the confining nature of the topographical features, and the intent to retain (its) original ambiance.”
Aug. 3, 2025, photo of Saint Peters Bakery by Travels With The Post
Popeyes Collaborative Hot Ones’ Menu Gets Extra Steamy
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is teaming up with viral YouTube series, called “Hot Ones,” in what it claims to be “a first-of-its-kind collaboration” on menu items. Collectively they provide what the company says is “a whole new level of flavor and varying heat.”
Available since Monday (Sept. 15, 2025), the restaurant chain offers a limited-time menu with the:
- Smokin’ Rojo Sandwich, a crispy chicken fillet topped with Hot Ones’ Los Calientes Rojo spread, and tangy pickles on a toasted brioche bun;
- Sizzlin’ Sriracha Dippers, featuring pickled garlic sriracha-marinated chicken dippers, served with a buttermilk ranch dip cup and a fiery Hot Ones sriracha sachet;
- Darin’ Dab Ghost Wings, with bone-in or boneless classic wings, dusted with a bold Ghost Pepper dry rub, and served with a Hot Ones Last Dab Ranch dip cup.
Be warned! The Last Dab dip is labeled as extremely hot and is described as the Hot Ones’ spiciest, most iconic hot sauce. It is served in a sachet, suitable for adding an “infamous final dab to their favorite bite.”
Popeyes operates at locations in Pottstown, Norristown (2), King of Prussia, Elverson, and Lansdale.
Photo provided by Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Papa John’s Offers Diners A New Dip-able Pizza
POTTSTOWN PA – If you’re thinking of Papa John’s for a meal, the restaurant currently encourages you to think “Papa Dippa,” according to QSR Magazine.
That’s the name for Papa John’s just-introduced pizza designed exclusively for dipping in a variety of sauces. All the dips are what the restaurant calls “garlic-forward” selections: its classic Special Garlic, along with new Garlic Parmesan, Garlic Pesto, and Garlic Hot Honey flavors.
Roasted Garlic Parmesan is “a Caesar-style blend with roasted garlic and Parmesan cheese.” Garlic Hot Honey provides “sweet heat with garlic and chili flakes for an added kick.” Creamy Garlic Pesto is considered “smooth yet textured with basil and Parmesan for a rich, herbaceous” taste.
The new pizza is being offered in part to commemorate Saturday (Sept. 20, 2025) as “National Pepperoni Pizza Day.” Its dough is made from only six ingredients (flour, salt, sugar, water, oil, and yeast), and is baked in stick-like strips with firm edges, the chain says.
The shape-and-bake makes “dipping every bite easier than ever, and a lot more fun,” it claims. Papa Dippa is available for a limited time. The chain operates at locations in Pottstown, Limerick, Bechtelsville, King of Prussia, Norristown, Exton, West Chester and Reading.
Photo from Papa John’s Pizza
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