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Another Philly Wawa Bites the Dust
By Kyle Pagan
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The Headhouse Square Wawa is closing a month from now, according to Mike Newall at the Inky
The Headhouse Square Wawa will close July 16, a company official told the Inquirer. The move comes after neighborhood associations had complained to Wawa about aggressive panhandling, crime, and drug use at the store and outside on the sidewalk.
The site will become the sixth Center City Wawa to shutter since 2020.
Go give it a proper send off as you’re stumbling out of Paddy Whacks in the next couple of weeks.
No lie, I got one of the best meatball subs of my life at there. Now with this Wawa locking its doors, the undisputed champ for late night drunk food is hands down Lorenzo and Sons pizza. Nothing like being drunk and trying to reel in that Moby Dick of a pizza slice without getting anything on you:
The story cites aggressive panhandling, drug use, and crime as the reason for the closing, which has been the common theme between every Wawa that has closed in Philly recently. We’ve still got roughly 16 left in Philadelphia, from Port Richmond to the stadiums and Independence Hall to University City.
At least we’ll always have the memories to hold us over:
I think a drunk fortuneteller outside Wawa Headhouse Sq just told me I have good energy
— Keep Chris in Christie (@velvetcanuck) October 1, 2011
Scrolling through old pics to that time I ran into the @alwayssunny crew at Headhouse Sq and got to be an extra for a shoot!
Amazing things happen when you make a @Wawa run! #Philly
2008 Blackberry quality 📸 pic.twitter.com/UkYmH5hrem
— Philly Mike (@PhillyMike) April 13, 2019
Beware of the guy (if he's still there) asking for change outside Headhouse Wawa – pretty much blocking the door and getting in ppls faces.
— Second and South (@SecondandSouth) September 20, 2010
Headhouse wawa playing what i think is a summertime sadness remix. Business as usual. @WawaBangers
— Tara Gordon (@ihatefloss) December 12, 2019
The Wawa in Headhouse Square added an alarm to one of the fridge doors because people have been stealing Red Bulls.
— mojo dojo bahay kubo (@mikeyil) June 13, 2011
Kinkead: you could never get in the door of this place, always somebody asking for money and blocking the entrance
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com