The BrewedAt Podcast

Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum sit down with Peter Ciarrocchi III, third-generation VP of Operations at Chickie's & Pete's. Pete traces the family's rise from a Northeast Philly corner deli to a 21+ location crab house and sports bar, the two-year quest behind the original Crab Fries, the Andy Reid friendship that put them on the map, and the self-funded growth into stadiums, casinos, and the Philadelphia Soul.

https://www.chickiesandpetes.com/

@chickiesandpetes

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!:

The Beer Accountant:

https://www.paddymaccpa.com/brewerysolutions

Patrick McDonald

Email: pmcdonald@paddymaccpa.com

267-566-4077 - Licensed CPA

Norris McLaughlin P.A.

https://norrismclaughlin.com/ted-zeller

Ted Zeller - Epi 91

Email: tzeller@norris-law.com

(484) 765-2220 - Liquor Attorney

Cascade Floors

https://cascadefloors.com/

Chris Klein

Email: chris@cascadefloors.com

(541) 510-1080

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EPISODE NOTES:

Mentioned Brands

Cold Cut City - the family's original Northeast Philly corner deli (closed)

Wally's - the Northeast Philly tap house the family bought in 1977; became the first Chickie's & Pete's

McGillin's Olde Ale House - Epi 93 - Philadelphia, PA

Xfinity Live! - Philadelphia, PA

Aramark - stadium concessions partner

Shake Shack - competing stadium vendor

Lou Malnati's - Chicago, IL

Raising Cane's / McDonald's - fry-quality comparison

Miller Lite / Twisted Tea - beer partners

Grand Sierra Resort - Reno, NV (licensed location)

Sahara Las Vegas / The Strat / Fontainebleau / Wynn / Encore - Las Vegas, NV

Caesars / Tropicana - Atlantic City, NJ

Joe's Stone Crab, Peter Luger's, Komodo, Papi Steak - fellow casino tenants

Arrowhead Stadium & Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City concessions

Yankee Stadium - concessions partner

Baltimore Ravens Stadium - concessions partner

Dorney Park, Hershey Park (PA); Carowinds (NC); Cedar Point / Cedar Fair (OH)

Philadelphia International Airport - location

Wildwood, NJ (2) / Ocean City, NJ - boardwalk locations

Bordentown, NJ / Egg Harbor Township, NJ - locations

Parx Casino - Bensalem, PA

Philadelphia Soul - Arena Football League team, formerly co-owned by the Ciarrocchi family, Jon Bon Jovi and Ron Jaworski

Philadelphia Union - MLS ownership opportunity the family passed on

Mentioned People

Pete Ciarrocchi III - VP of Operations, Chickie's & Pete's

Peter Ciarrocchi - Founder & Owner, Chickie's & Pete's

Henrietta "Chickie" Ciarrocchi - Co-founder

Tommy Ciarrocchi - VP of Culinary, Chickie's & Pete's

Lisa Ciarrocchi - former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader (namesake of Lisa's Bottom Lobster Pie)

Diane - longtime Chickie's & Pete's office staff

Andy Reid - former Eagles head coach; current Kansas City Chiefs head coach

Jon Bon Jovi - musician; former co-owner, Philadelphia Soul

Ron Jaworski - former Eagles QB; former co-owner, Philadelphia Soul

Mark Donovan - President, Kansas City Chiefs

Chris Mullins Jr - Epi 93 - Owner of McGillin's Olde Ale House

Saquon Barkley - Philadelphia Eagles running back

Charles Barkley - NBA Hall of Famer

Matt Barone, Nick Largo - Chickie's & Pete's location managers

Oprah Winfrey - TV host

Other Mentions

FIFA World Cup 2026 - matches hosted at Lincoln Financial Field

Dollar Crab Fry Day - annual charity event, $1 crab fries / $5 Miller Lites

Crab Fry Guy - Brand Mascot

Lisa's Bottom Lobster Pie & Surf and Turf Cheesesteak - signature menu items

Oprah Winfrey Show - featured segment with Jon Bon Jovi

MLB All-Star Game & Home Run Derby - upcoming activations

Wawa - the other authentically-Philly brand at national scale

What We Drank?

Beer at Chickie's & Pete's - [GAP - send the pour + ABV]

Crabfries with signature cheese sauce

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Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum talk with Jacky Rice, brewer at Sly Fox Brewing Company and Collaboration Brew Day Liaison for the Pink Boots Society's Philadelphia chapter. She has done quality assurance at Sam Adams and brewed at Pagoda City, and now runs Sly Fox's automated 42-barrel brewhouse, where she created a Pink Boots collaboration Kellerbier from a scholarship trip to Germany.

https://www.slyfoxbeer.com/

@slyfoxbeer

https://www.pinkbootssociety.org/

@pinkbootsphilly

hvg-hop-raffle/tickets

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!:

The Beer Accountant:

https://www.paddymaccpa.com/brewerysolutions

Patrick McDonald

Email: pmcdonald@paddymaccpa.com

267-566-4077 - Licensed CPA

Norris McLaughlin P.A.

https://norrismclaughlin.com/ted-zeller

Ted Zeller - Epi 91

Email: tzeller@norris-law.com

(484) 765-2220 - Liquor Attorney

Cascade Floors

https://cascadefloors.com/

Chris Klein

Email: chris@cascadefloors.com

(541) 510-1080

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EPISODE NOTES:

Breweries & Beverage Brands

Boxcar Brewpub - West Chester, PA (closed)

Chatty Monks / Pagoda City Brewing - Reading, PA

Dogfish Head - Epi 100 - Milton, DE

Four Loko / Nine Loko

Not Pizza - Epi 47 - RTD Brand

Philadelphia Brewing Company - Epi 6 - Philadelphia, PA

Samuel Adams / Boston Beer Company - Boston, MA

Sly Fox Brewing Company - Epi 11 - Pottstown / Phoenixville, PA

Stable 12 Brewing - Phoenixville, PA

Truly Hard Seltzer

Twisted Tea

Vault Brewing - Yardley, PA

Victory Brewing Company - Downingtown, PA

Weihenstephaner - Freising, Germany

White Claw

Yards Brewing Company - Epi 36 - Philadelphia, PA

YAH Brew - Mount Joy, PA

Mentioned People

Alex Meixner - Accordion player, Sly Fox Goat Races

Brian O'Reilly - Epi 34 - Former Sly Fox brewmaster, Owner of Mainstay Independent

Irina - Former colleague, Pagoda City / Victory Brewing

Jacky Rice - Brewer, Sly Fox Brewing Co.; Collaboration Brew Day Liaison, Pink Boots Philadelphia (guest)

John Stemler - Epi 60 - Former Pagoda City brewer

Mark Thomas - Brewer, formerly Vault Brewing & Stable 12

Rachel Bruhn - Quality, Yards Brewing Company

Saquon Barkley - Philadelphia Eagles (viral Goat Races clip)

Trip Kloser ("Triple Trip") - Trips Beer Trips, Sales for HVG Hops

Other Mentions

Pink Boots Society - Epi 35 / Epi 52 - Philadelphia Chapter

A New Pour - Pink Boots Philly fundraiser, held at the German Society of PA the Sunday before CBC

Pink Boots Hop Raffle - Hallertau Mittelfruh & Huell Melon hops

Craft Brewers Conference (CBC)

Technical University of Munich / Weihenstephaner campus - sensory training trip

IREKS - malt & bakery facility, Germany

HVG (Hopfenveredlung Germany) - hop company

Sly Fox Goat Races - first Sunday of May, Pottstown, PA

Alex's Lemonade Stand - Goat Races charity partner

Bucks County SPCA - Goat Races dog-adoption partner

Reading Liederkranz - Oktoberfest venue, Reading, PA

Keystone Homebrew - Greater Philly homebrew shop

Fresh Brews of Mount Joy - YAH Brew's '90s-themed festival

Kempton, PA - Jacky's hometown, base of Hawk Mountain / the Kempton Fair

What We Drank?

Bohemian Gold

Czech Pilsner | 3.9% | Saaz

Sly Fox Brewing Co.

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Coastal Quest

IPA | 6.8%

Sly Fox Brewing Co.

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Don't Go In the Keller

Kellerbier | 5.3% | Pink Boots Blend

Sly Fox Brewing Co. (Collab w/ Pink Boots Society)

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Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum talk with twin brothers Vivek and Vikram Nayar, co-founders of Two Robbers Spirits Co., the Philadelphia-born hard seltzer and canned cocktail brand. Since launching in 2019, they have grown Two Robbers into one of the Mid-Atlantic's leading ready-to-drink names, with tasting rooms in Fishtown and South Philadelphia. In 2025 it became a Proud Partner of the Philadelphia Eagles, its vodka sodas now poured at every Lincoln Financial Field event.

https://tworobbers.com/

@two_robbers

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!:

The Beer Accountant:

https://www.paddymaccpa.com/brewerysolutions

Patrick McDonald

Email: pmcdonald@paddymaccpa.com

267-566-4077 - Licensed CPA

Norris McLaughlin P.A.

https://norrismclaughlin.com/ted-zeller

Ted Zeller - Epi 91

Email: tzeller@norris-law.com

(484) 765-2220 - Liquor Attorney

Cascade Floors

https://cascadefloors.com/

Chris Klein

Email: chris@cascadefloors.com

(541) 510-1080

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EPISODE NOTES:

Breweries & Beverage Brands

Anheuser-Busch - Eagles & Phillies beer partner; acquired Spike Seltzer

Bon & Viv - Hard seltzer (what Spike Seltzer became)

Core Seltzer

Corona Seltzer

Happy Coffee - Two Robbers' former nitro hard coffee line

Michelob Ultra Seltzer

Miller - Eagles beer co-partner

nicethings Beverages - Epi 102 - Philly RTD Brand

Omnipollo - Stockholm, Sweden

Other Half Brewing - Brooklyn, NY

Sonic Hard Seltzer

Spike Seltzer - The "OG" hard seltzer, became Bon & Viv

Stateside - Philadelphia vodka; parent of Surfside

Surfside - Iced tea vodka RTD; Phillies & Flyers partner

Truly

Twisted Tea

2Moods - Epi 98 - Philly RTD Brand

White Claw

Mentioned People

Chill Moody - Epi 102 - Founder of nicethings Beverages & We Golf Now

Conor Baldwin - Vikram Nayar's Wharton classmate

Johnny Mowat - Illustrator, Two Robbers can artwork, Scotland

Josh Shapiro - Epi 43 - Governor of Pennsylvania

Leanne Peck - Two Robbers Spirits Company team member

Travis Scott - Rapper who launched a hard seltzer

Other Mentions

The Wharton School - Vikram's grad + undergrad

NYU - Both brothers' undergrad

Temple University - Evan's undergrad

Two Robbers Fishtown - Flagship taproom (late 2022 / early 2023)

Two Robbers Lodge - Second taproom, August 2024 (formerly Hawthorne's)

Citizens Bank Park - Former malt-era Phillies partner

Lincoln Financial Field (The Linc) - Eagles stadium, sells the 16 oz cans

Wells Fargo Center - Top Dog Cocktails RTD

PA Distillers Guild

SB688 - Pennsylvania RTD legislation, fall 2024

Stone's Beverage - Epi 3 - Beer distributor & retail store

Fishtown Beverage - Bottle shop; Two Robbers' biggest account

Beer City - Bottle shop

Pax Cafe - Cafe / bottle shop

GoPuff - Delivery platform

What We Drank?

Black Cherry Lemonade

Vodka Lemonade | 4.5% | Cherries from the Pacific Northwest

Two Robbers Spirits Company

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Honeydew Lemonade

Vodka Lemonade | 4.5% | Lemons from California

Two Robbers Spirits Company

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Classic Iced Tea

Vodka Iced Tea | 4.5% 

Two Robbers Spirits Company

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Iced Tea & Lemonade

Vodka Iced Tea | 4.5% 

Two Robbers Spirits Company

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Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum talk with Basil and Kevin Kershner, the brothers and co-founders behind Brothers Kershner Brewing Co. in Skippack, Montgomery County. Since opening their 15-barrel brewhouse in the heart of Skippack Village in 2018, the two have grown the brand into a three-location operation, adding the seasonal Brothers on the Brandywine beer garden in Coatesville and The Barrel, a restaurant and taproom in Avondale, in the summer of 2025. 

https://www.brotherskershner.com/

@BrothersKershner

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!:

The Beer Accountant:

https://www.paddymaccpa.com/brewerysolutions

Patrick McDonald

Email: pmcdonald@paddymaccpa.com

267-566-4077 - Licensed CPA

Norris McLaughlin P.A.

https://norrismclaughlin.com/ted-zeller

Ted Zeller - Epi 91

Email: tzeller@norris-law.com

(484) 765-2220 - Liquor Attorney

Cascade Floors

https://cascadefloors.com/

Chris Klein

Email: chris@cascadefloors.com

(541) 510-1080

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EPISODE NOTES:

Breweries & Beverage Brands

Allagash Brewing - Portland, ME

Bell's Brewery - Comstock, MI

Requiem Bier - Philadelphia, PA

Victory Brewing - Downingtown, PA

Warwick Farm Brewing - Epi 68 - Jamison, PA

Other Mentions

Annie Bailey's Irish Public House - Lancaster, PA

Basta Pasta - Skippack Village Italian restaurant

Brandywine Outfitters Riverside Park - Canoe & kayak rental + riverside park (Mortonville, PA)

The Dutch Cottage Tavern - Schwenksville, PA

Duville Inn - Closed

Iron Heart Canning - Mobile canning company

Olive Garden - Restaurant chain

Pitch-a-Friend - Epi 71 - Event company

The Stray Dog Tavern - Skippack, PA

Suburban Comedy - Philly-suburbs comedy shows

Texas Roadhouse - Restaurant chain

TimeOut Sports Bar - Skippack, PA

Wawa - Convenience store chain

Mentioned People

Conor McGregor - UFC Fighter & Co-Founder of Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey

Jamie - Team member at Brothers Kershner (The Barrel)

John - Lead Bartender at Brothers Kershner

Josh Fryauff - Head Brewer of Brothers Kershner & Co-Founder of Requiem Bier

Pat McDonald - CPA & Owner of Beer Accountant

Ryan Seiz - Epi 68 - Founder of Warwick Farm Brewing

Tim - Team member at Brothers Kershner (Beer Garden)

 
What We Drank?

Love

American IPA | 6.5%

Brothers Kershner Brewing

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Strawbird

German Leichtbier | 4.0%

Brothers Kershner Brewing

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BBB (Bing Bang Boom)

American IPA | 6.5%

Brothers Kershner Brewing

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Host Richie Tevlin and Co-Host Evan Blum talk with Nicholas Ducos, co-owner and winemaker of Mural City Cellars, a Latino-owned urban winery in Fishtown. A certified sommelier with winemaking experience in Napa and New Zealand, Nicholas founded Mural City with his partner Francesca Galarus in 2021, building it into one of Philadelphia's most beloved beverage brands by sourcing fruit strictly within 300 miles of the city and focusing on low-intervention whites, rosés, and sparkling wines. He also competed on the second season of Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars, earning a spot on Lisa Vanderpump's team and bringing national attention to Philadelphia's growing reputation as a craft beverage city.

https://www.muralcitycellars.com/

@MuralCityCellars

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!:

The Beer Accountant:

https://www.paddymaccpa.com/brewerysolutions

Patrick McDonald

Email: pmcdonald@paddymaccpa.com

267-566-4077 - Licensed CPA

Norris McLaughlin P.A.

https://norrismclaughlin.com/ted-zeller

Ted Zeller - Epi 91

Email: tzeller@norris-law.com

(484) 765-2220 - Liquor Attorney

Cascade Floors

https://cascadefloors.com/

Chris Klein

Email: chris@cascadefloors.com

(541) 510-1080

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EPISODE NOTES:

Breweries & Beverage Brands

Mural City Cellars - Philadelphia, PA

William Heritage Winery - Mullica Hill (South Jersey), NJ

Alternate Ending Beer Co - Epi 95 - Aberdeen, NJ

Tired Hands - Ardmore, PA

Philadelphia Brewing - Epi 6 - Philadelphia, PA

Brooklyn Brewery - Brooklyn, NY

Space Cadet - Epi 22 - Philadelphia, PA

Mentioned People

Francesca Galarus - Co-Owner of Mural City Cellars

Tahlia Suggs - General Manager of Mural City Cellars

Tony Truchard - Co-Founder of Truchard Vineyards (Napa Valley)

Jo Ann Truchard - Co-Founder of Truchard Vineyards (Napa Valley)

Allison Mattiola - Epi 4 - Co-Owner of The Boozy Mutt - CLOSED 2025

Becca Foxman - Co-Owner of Fox & Son Fair Foods & Little Fox Foods; Hospitality F&B Consultant

Gordon Ramsay - Celebrity Chef

Lisa Vanderpump - Restaurateur & TV Personality

Mr. Beast - World's Most Famous YouTuber

Garrett Oliver - Legendary American Beer Writer & Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster

Kyle Lowry - NBA Player (Philadelphia native)

James Harden - NBA Player (former 76er)

Matisse Thybulle - NBA Player (former 76er)

LeBron James - NBA Player

Howard Brunner - Philadelphia Photographer

Alexis Nutini - Philadelphia Artist

Other Mentions

Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY

Catch - Miami restaurant

Lagniappe - Miami wine-focused restaurant

 

Beauty & Essex - New York restaurant & lounge (TAO Group)

SoulCycle - Fitness studio

Fishtown Business Improvement District - Philadelphia

Fishtown Pickle Project - Philadelphia Pickle Company

OG's Pizza - Philadelphia pizzeria

The Michael James Jackson Foundation (The MJF) - Non-profit for craft beverage diversity

The Veraison Project - California wine-industry apprenticeship non-profit

Shake Shack

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

Jeni's Ice Creams - Ice Cream Company

Pennsylvania Winery Association

Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association (PRLA)

Philadelphia 76ers - NBA team

Ikea

Strangelove's - Philly bar

Local 44 - Philly bar

Riverwards Produce - Fishtown grocery & produce market

IGA (Fishtown Crossings) - grocery & bottle shop

What We Drank?

House Red

12% | Chambourcin

Mural City Cellars

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Pét-Nat Blanc

12% | Vidal Blanc

Mural City Cellars

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Pinot Gris

12% | Pinot Gris

Mural City Cellars

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Trailside Pounder

Pilsner | 5.0% | Thora & Tangier

New Trail brewing (Collab w/ Emberside Brewery)

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Dark Matter

Schwarzbier | 4.5%

Love City Brewing

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