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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 11:30, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.J. Whelihan's

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An ip user put this up for AfD, I am just relisting it for them. The same user also put an AfD on P.J.W. Restaurant Group. I think any information in this page can be on the other page instead. I haven't decided if that one should be deleted yet or not though. Doing the searches I just saw the bog standard promotional news of "new restaurant opening" etc. Moritoriko (talk) 07:21, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: Thanks to Moritoriko for creating this AFD. My intention had been to nominate both together, but they should be okay as separate AFDs. 50.202.176.117 (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 13:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
    1. Kolesar, Bryan J. (2015). Beer Lover's Mid-Atlantic: Best Breweries, Brewpubs & Beer Bars. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4930-0155-2. Retrieved 2025-03-29 – via Google Books.

      The book notes: "The forebearer to The Pour House, PJ Whelihan's dates back to 1983 and has a dozen locations, a "Wing Truck," and two arena locations in the family. This is the original location. Here, you'll find a similar (though not quite as intense as at The Pour House) focus on great beer and food. That means instead of multiple Cape Mays, Cartons, Dogfish Heads, Flying Fishes, and Kanes, you might find one or two. Oh, are we not spoiled around these parts? To wrap up your day on Haddon Avenue, if it's time for a meal to balance everything out, PJ's has you covered with lots of pub grub, of which the buffalo wings are a must, but so too are the eggplant fries with Bloody Mary dipping sauce, Alaskan amber fish-and-chips, and the Italian roast pork sandwich with long hots."

    2. Hefler, Jan (2003-08-03). "His pubs are a hit: The small chain got its start in Pa". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-29 – via Newspapers.com.

      The article notes: "Bob Platzer has been the blur in the background, dashing about while the patrons in his pubs relax with mugs of microbrew and heaping platefuls of spicy buffalo wings. Ten years ago, Platzer opened his first P.J. Whelihan's Pub in Allentown, naming it after his late Irish grandfather, a night editor at the now defunct New York Daily Mirror. ... Today, the Haddonfield, Camden County, resident has four P.J.s in South Jersey and three in Pennsylvania, including one in Blue Bell. He is set to open another in South Jersey this fall, an estimated $3.5 million pub in Medford Lakes, Burlington County. Although he declined to discuss the value of the business, it's clear from the multiplication of the pubs that he's hit on a successful formula. Folks like to hang out at P.J. Whelihan's Pubs. On a busy night, each pub might serve about 1,000 people, Platzer said. The pubs are known for friendly, spunky waitstaff, an assortment of beers on tap — 12, including one from Cherry Hill's Flying Fish Brewing Co. — and big-screen TVs around oversize bars. Born as a burger-and-wings place, the pubs recently added salads and seafood selections to the menu."

    3. Wlazelek, Anne (1994-09-02). "My Favorite Place". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-29.

      The article notes: "Driving from Fogelsville to Allentown each day, I was duly impressed by the transformation of the exterior of the former Halfway House bar and restaurant into P.J. Whelihan's Pub. ... Inside, diners can find an eclectic selection of food and decor. Besides the house specials of hot and spicy chicken wings, chicken cheesesteaks and pork barbecues, the Pub provides baskets of shrimp, burgers and fries, and "surf and turf" combinations of shrimp and steak. ... The interior appears to be a cross between a sports bar and a country inn. Photos of Babe Ruth and John Lennon hang on the walls. Dress is casual."

    4. Klein, Michael (2017-01-05). "Pub chain P.J. Whelihan's got there, largely by winging it". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-29.

      The article notes: "In late 1983, Bob Platzer drove to Lehighton, in the Poconos, based on a lead about a restaurant for sale. "Before I left that day, I had bought a restaurant," he said. The restaurant, which he named after himself (Platz's), led to a second restaurant in Allentown that specialized in burgers, wings, and beer. This was the start of a pub empire in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that now includes 14 P.J. Whelihan's sports bars; three branches of Pour House, a beer specialist; the fine-dining restaurant Chophouse; and Treno Pizza Bar. Among its distinctions: P.J. Whelihan's provides the wings used in SportsRadio 94 WIP's Wing Bowl."

    5. Henninger, Danya (2015-07-05). "P.J. Whelihan's quest for the perfect bar food menu: 'Could we be serving *better* nachos?'". Billy Penn. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29. Retrieved 2025-03-29.

      The article notes: "After starting in 1983 with a single location in Lehighton, PA, there are now 15 P.J. Whelihan’s locations across the Southeast PA / South Jersey region (though none in Philadelphia). The casual pub has built a reputation on a great selection of draft beer, but also — and perhaps even more — a menu of reliable, crowd-pleasing bar food. People who go to one location know that if they visit any of the others, they’ll get the same familiar burgers, apps and sandwiches."

    There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow P.J. Whelihan's to pass Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Primary criteria, which requires "significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject".

    Cunard (talk) 07:56, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete None of the available sourcing meets NCORP criteria for establishing notability. All I can find, including the sourcing above, are advertorials regurgitating corporate spin or gushing food reviews from people who were invited to go "behind the scenes". Failure to meet CORPDEPTH and ORGIND. HighKing++ 22:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete – The subject does not have enough news coverage. Half the references are primary from the company website. Mysecretgarden (talk) 08:33, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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