I am SO happy!!! Yes, I will certainly shop there!! Woo Hooooo!

I remember after school, when the middle school was the Jr High, you could walk to the bakery in Wayne (where Pie in the Sky is now) and get a day old donut for a nickel. Funny how things seem to stay the same. Circa 1968

What a shame. The real charm of downtown Wayne is the scarcity of national chain stores, and Dunkin Donuts is nothing more than fast food. Definitely will not be patronizing them.

are we getting another fast food restaurant by TJMAxx? Sure looks like a drive through....

Iced coffee here I come!

What a ridiculous idea. I agree with Joe and Laurie. It's appalling having a Dunkin Donuts in Wayne. We have a Starbucks and The Gryphon Cafe less than a quarter-mile in each direction from where Saxbys was located. One can get delicious and inexpensive donuts at the Strafford Farmers Market, just a mile down the road from Wayne, three times a week. This Dunkin Donuts will destroy a part of Wayne that hasn't been mauled by disgusting national chains to this point.

Laurie, do you take the same stance with the Gap three doors down?

Even though it's a chain, there really aren't many "local" donut shops. The Main Line hasn't had a Dunkin Donuts since they closed the one in Bryn Mawr. (I don't count the gas station-affiliated location in Devon as a real store.) Am looking forward to this one opening. BTW... I think that drive through in the TJ Maxx parking lot may be another bank?

another bank?? you've got to be kidding.

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, another chain? On the other, it's clearly a challenge for most businesses of any stripe to turn a sustainable profit in downtown Wayne. Part of this is attributable to parking (in addition to rents, taxes, the economy . . . ). If the proprietors are relying on drive bys - and they are - but there's no easy place to park, then we're going to continue to see Wayne with empty storefronts and here today/gone tomorrow establishments. I'd really like to see the parking problem addressed more thoughtfully and creatively. Wayne lost dinner revenue last night when I was unable to find a parking place anywhere. (But that lonely electric car spot surely beckoned, as it does every time I've passed it since it was installed.)

As for another bank in the TJM parking lot. I've wondered what that construction was about since it started. Agree with those who are not happy about this. With so much banking going online, and so many retail bank operations already in Radnor Township, it amazes me that yet ANOTHER storefront is warranted.

Anyone at Patch try to call Dunkin Donuts for info? That would have been helpful. A sign on the door doesn't cut it.

Stupid
No drive by's, No parking, No profit
Store will close in a year, two tops

For morning commuters there is plenty of parking. And Middle Schoolers don't need parking. It is brilliant!

Have you waited forever for your coffee at a badly understaffed competitor? Have you tried the chocolate chip muffins at DD? Let the games begin!

Love DD in Wayne. Great coffee, convenient stop for doughnuts for class parties and a great stop for Middle Schoolers after school. I love it. If it makes more foot traffic in Wayne for our other fabulous establishments, it's even better.

Another bank? Boo, hiss. I think that's ridiculous.

Let's play count the nearby chains: cosi, city sports, chipotle, Anthropologie, five guys, Rite Aid, CVS, Starbucks, Wawa. Looks like a couple clothing stores are in there. The horse is already out of the barn.

The report is DD is trying to open by Thanksgiving. There will be Very little seating inside: it's designed to be a grab and go. I don't mind the idea of a DD in the town center (as long as P&Z is tough on signage) because this is going to be just a sliver of a store. I wish we could say the same about that oversized, plastic/pre-fab Rite Aid that's going ruin the small town, pedestrian friendly aspect of the WBOD.

Wawa has fresh donuts 24x7, so having fresh donuts nearby is not a good reason for DD to be in town. Agree with earlier posts that it will be gone in less than 2 years.

AND ONCE AGAIN,, we are getting MORE BANKS and MORE CORPORATE BRANDED RETAIL in Wayne because WE do not, did not, and will not (mostly due to parking) properly patronize the few Mom & Pops which are still left standing.

Every time a man buys a pair of shoes on the internet from "Zappos.com",.. its one more nail in the D'Amicantonio brothers coffin.

Every book purchased through "Amazon.com" instead of ordering through the Wayne Book Store, tightens the noose on Ed's neck,.. just a bit more.

Every time someone buys their chocolates from "Truffles-B-Us", leads Monsiuer Patrick and his wife one step closer to the business end of the guillotine.

If you want to keep our traditional Wayne businesses here - and keep the nationally branded retail chains and banks out - then you have to FEED THEM,..

Where you spend your dollars dictates the reality of the business mix of Wayne,.. not public opinion or fantasy.

Businesses are like sharks,.. they only thrive where the food supply is,.. cut off that food supply,.. and the shark swims away.

If we are not actively supported the Mom & Pops, then we cannot cry when yet another,. Starbuckery w/Drive-Tthru Banking,.. takes its place.

Time will reveal the success factor. I wish them well. Too bad it's not "Suzi-Jo" as we drive to Bridgeport for those, still warm, yum.
BTW, time is out on the shoes. The boys will be gone soon they said my last time in. We have shopped there since I can remember and will miss their most excellent service, selection, and humor.

Anthony, the D'Amicantonios told you they are going to close soon? I hope they didn't mean it.

CATHERINE - I too am afraid that is the word, as the Brothers also told me the same thing which ANTHONY has reported.

The tragically ironic part is, that when the D'Amicantonio Brothers are gone, it will be some Wayne guy who bought his suede bucks on the internet - all to beat the 6% sales tax and parking hassle - so clever he is,.... who will be the first to complain on the Patch about Wayne losing its community and charm to a wasteland of ugly corporate back-lit signage.

THEN, and not long after the holiday season,... he can walk his Tax-Free- internet bought suede bucks up to the 'Tiger Shop',.. and hang around Dave A's empty store front and moan about how another 'Bar' will be coming to that North Wayne Ave location and clogging up the sidewalk with even MORE the late-night "Alfresco Drunken Buffoonery".

If we want to keep our neighborhood and sole-proprietorships in Wayne, we have to protect Wayne by patronizing them fiercely,.. or say "Good Bye".

again....couldn't agree more. 'don't know what you've got til it's gone' - Joni Mitchell

Dunkin' Donuts aren't even very good. Long gone are the days when the products were baked fresh in the store every few hours. For years they have been made in central locations and dropped off at the various stores - sort of a hub-and-spoke operation. The "bagels" they now sell are bagel-shaped bread products, not the traditionally made boiled bagel that can be found at places like The Bagel Factory. Wonder how long the location will last.

Gary, this Dunkin' Donuts will operate the same way, I'm told. So, no odor to bother condo owners upstairs...but no fresh doughnut smell or taste either. Wish we could "like" on Radnor Patch -- I would "like" what The Swell Guy and Anthony Wayne had to say. Unfortunately, with the sky high rents landlords are charging -- even with people buying local, few small businesses can survive. So, the big boys take over.

y'all know your gonna eat there anyway so why don't you shut up.

I'm okay with DD coming to Wayne. Not too concerned about obesity as I haven't really seem packs of overweight kids wandering through our town lately.

The thing I love most about Wayne is that it has unique stores. I do not want any more chain stores, including Dunkin Donuts.

Dunkin Donuts use to be located next to Mickey D's and Codys light shop,also had a long John Silver fish joint.

H. THOMSON - I congratulate your honesty in what you say about wishing to patronize the Mom & Pops more than you do, thanks for that.

I also applaud your candor in revealing you PRICE RESISTANCE, being the reason why you do not - fair enough,

However, surely you must realize that it is a PROVEN SCIENTIFIC IMMUTABLE LAW that we - as "WAYNE" cannot "GET OVER OURSELVES", that's why we all live here in the first place, and rarely move LOL!

OBVIOUSLY, you didn't you read former-Radnorite author, Dan Brooks', insightful self-commentary on us "WAYNE FOLK" in his award winning book: 'BOBOS IN PARADISE',.. or you would not have expected so much from us LOL!

Pssst, it's available from READER'S CHOICE BOOK STORE on good old N. Wayne Ave,.. at popular prices,.. at least while Ed can remain in businesses.

Ask the Radnor Police who has the best Donuts!

A mom and pop doughnut shop would be wonderful if any of us locals would be willing to get up at 3 am and bake. And a mom and pop shop could thrive if the commercial rents were a little more affordable. Just saying.