The only revived Iron Hill Brewery in the Philly suburbs is set to reopen next week

The Iron Hill Brewery in Huntingdon Valley, set to reopen Monday, is pictured in February.

Another Iron Hill Brewery is set to reopen next week.

The Huntingdon Valley restaurant will be back in business Monday, June 22, according to the restaurant’s new ownership group. It will mark Iron Hill’s fourth post-bankruptcy revival and the only one in the Philadelphia suburbs.

The Center City brewpub reopened in April, followed by the Wilmington riverfront location in May and the Hershey restaurant earlier this month. The Lancaster outpost is also set to reopen by the end of June.

Elsewhere, other former Iron Hills are being transformed into new restaurants. And in a few spots, property owners are still looking for their next tenant.

The brewery chain, which was founded in Newark, Del., in 1996, had leased some of these properties for decades.

Some longtime customers were shocked when Iron Hill’s former ownership group closed all locations in September and filed for liquidation bankruptcy, citing $20 million in debt. The abrupt shutdown left more than a dozen vacant brewpubs across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

In the bankruptcy process, a new ownership group — later revealed to include original cofounder Mark Edelson and other former executives — acquired Iron Hill’s trademark and intellectual property, as well as five restaurant leases.

Amid the reopenings, the new owners have launched a fresh loyalty program and special offers, including a free beer and free appetizer for customers with prebankruptcy gift cards that are no longer usable.

While Iron Hill had a suburban-Philly focus before bankruptcy, the Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center location is the only one set to be resurrected in the collar counties or South Jersey.

Bartenders there will be pouring a new IPA, Hop Chase, brewed exclusively for Huntingdon Valley, according to the new owners. They said patrons can sit inside or outside at the restaurant’s beer garden, which was the chain’s first when it opened in 2016.

“We’re creating a true neighborhood place for the guests we call family, somewhere the community can come together over laughter, great food and award-winning beer,” Naomi Yared, general manager of the Huntingdon Valley Iron Hill, said in a statement.

What’s happening at your neighborhood Iron Hill?

The former Iron Hill Brewery in Chestnut Hill sat empty in November. Property owners are still marketing the space for lease.Jose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer

Here’s what we know about these local Iron Hill Breweries as of publication time June 15:

Philadelphia

Pennsylvania suburbs

The lounge area is pictured last month at Ogyu Japanese BBQ at the former Iron Hill Brewery in Ardmore.Michael Klein / Staff
A pedestrian walked by the closed Iron Hill Brewery in West Chester in October. Magerk’s Pub & Grill is now taking over the space.David Maialetti / Staff Photographer

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

  • Hershey (101 W. Chocolate Ave.): Reopened as Iron Hill Brewery under new ownership
  • Lancaster (781 Harrisburg Pike): Reopening as Iron Hill Brewery under new ownership
  • Lehigh Valley Mall (950 Lehigh Lifestyle Center, Whitehall): No update from property owner

New Jersey

The closed Iron Hill Brewery in Maple Shade is pictured in September.Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer
  • Maple Shade (24 E. Kings Hwy.): No update from property owner
  • Voorhees (13107 Town Center Blvd.): No update from property owner

Delaware

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