This story begins in August 2021 when Kieran Robinson and wife/co-owner Kristie opened R Five Wines along East Lancaster Avenue in Downingtown.
But there are plenty of prior stops that led to the opening of what is today a go-to destination for wine and food along the Chester County town’s main thoroughfare, not far from the SEPTA tracks that carry trains from downtown Philly to the western suburbs. What was called the R-5 line lasted from 1984 until 2010 but is now simply known as the Paoli/Thorndale Line.
