Stop in at Cigar Alley, 17 S. Centre Street, on Friday, March 27th between 5:00-8:00 p.m. for their My Father Cigar Event. Sam and Shelly have a walk-in humidor with a wide variety of premium cigars, factory direct bundles, from the top cigar factories. From the high end and hard to find to the close-out deals. They offer a smoking lounge for customers to relax and enjoy their cigars and smoking is permitted through-out the store. My Father Cigars is now a cigar making powerhouse, with hundreds of rollers producing great cigars in a beautiful facility in Estelí, Nicaragua. Come on in and enjoy a cigar with us.

Do you have a shirt, nightgown, pair of pants or another piece of clothing a loved one used to wear? Turn that piece of clothing into a memory pillow you can cherish forever. Bring what you have to Ryan's Retail, 22 N. Centre Street, on Saturday, February 22nd between 10:00 a.m. until 4 p.m. where Memom's Upcycled Crafts will be taking orders for memory pillows at the Makers Market. price is $25 each, which includes an embroidered saying of your choice or choose from a list of sayings I currently have. Orders will be completed within 1-2 weeks. Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming products or materials that are no longer used or unwanted into new products of better quality and environmental value.

You might need a spoon for Equilibrium’s MC2 now pouring at The Blue Monkey Tavern. Succulent juices and chewy hop resins make this an imperial IPA to drool for with its hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of mango, pineapple, and apricot. This DIPA (Double IPA) has double the amount of hops, and more malt to counteract and is Equilibrium Brewery's tribute to the amazing relationship that energy and mass are balanced, proportional to the speed of a photon squared. Equilibrium Brewery, Middletown, NY combines research and inspiration to balance drinkability with massive flavor.

Come spend three hours at Eclipse Brewing on a Saturday morning and watch how beer is made on our one and a half barrel system. Cost per person is $30 and three beer tokens are included to be used that day or at another time. Class takes place on Saturday, March 7th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register please click "Going" on our event page. We like to keep the group small between 9-10 people because our space is small.

January is the first anniversary of our business and time to turn over a new leaf, try something new and aspire to something greater . . . so, we're moving. We’re excited to announce that Soulflower Yoga has found a new home at 20 South Centre Street. Come February 13th we’ll be located in the heart of downtown Merchantville - right next to the The Juice Bar. This means a bigger space for more yoga, more zen, and lots more fun. Stop by, check out our home and help warm our new space. It’s been such an amazing journey watching Soulflower Yoga grow. Thank you so much for your loyalty, support and "thinking, shopping and buying local". Let’s see where 2020 takes us!

The restoration phase of the Merchantville Diner - now known as the “Merchant House” is approaching completion. According to owner Patti Sharp, former owner of Station House Restaurant in Haddon Heights, it will be a full service restaurant offering home cooked comfort meals to the community at a reasonable price. They will be open for breakfast and lunch daily and hope to expand their hours to include dinner. To start, they will offer “Take and Bake”, their homemade ready to serve dinners available for take out. Their soups and chicken pot pie are traditional favorites! Patti looks forward to the community sharing their insights and menu ideas. Stay tuned for updates as they become available. The Heights' loss is surely Merchantville's gain and we can't wait!