Alex's Pizza, the humble Roxborough shop that's stood at the corner of Pechin Street and Leverington Avenue since 1961, will expand next year with a new location on the Ocean City Boardwalk.

Known for thin crust pies baked with a swirl of red sauce, the restaurant passed between several owners before it was purchased and renovated a few years ago by a team of investors who grew up in the surrounding neighborhoods. The same group owns The Rook, a bar and restaurant which replaced the former East End Tavern on Cresson Street in Manayunk in 2020 and expanded to Wildwood earlier this year .

"Our core group grew up on Alex's Pizza," said Rich Ennis, one of the five partners in the restaurant group. "We see so much development going on in the Roxborough, Manayunk and East Falls areas and t

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