Best of Philly

2021 Surprising Pandemic Reinvention

Boyds

The past year should have spelled doom for Boyds. The Chestnut Street mainstay closed its doors for months. Worse, people swapped suits for — the horror! — sweatsuits. But the Philadelphia icon responded with impressive enthusiasm, opening a pop-up in the ’burbs that sold casual clothes and hosting an upscale outdoor market in the parking lot of its Center City headquarters.

117 Coulter Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003; boydsphila.com