Daily News | The ‘cheap wine’ bar that saved a white-tablecloth restaurant on Manayunk’s Main Street
Fast-forward to 2008,the thick of the Great Recession. Cooper finally acquired the retail storefront next to Jake’s after several unsuccessful attempts and within months converted the space into Cooper’s, a casual wine bar with a brick oven for firing thin-crust pizzas that featured local cheese and meats from the get-go.
“‘Could you tell him to put something over that door?’” Cooper remembers, gesturing to the door connecting the two establishments. “The change was that dramatic.” Like its prices, Cooper’s is accessible. It’s less fussy than the natural wine bars cropping up downtown, attracting a mix of young couples on first dates and Gen Xers catching up over drinks. Regulars are quick to chat up a stranger, and your bartender’s likely a longtime local, like Carrie Hice, who moved to Manayunk in ’03 and has worked been at Cooper’s for eight years. She’s seen its clientele shift away Main Liners to folks from the immediate area.
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