the curious case of the serial dine and dasher in chester county

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The other day I saw this post pop up. And I’ve had plenty of friends over the years who own, and have owned restaurants and other eateries, so I am sensitive to how these issues affect them. And it’s just a crappy thing to do. It doesn’t matter if it’s a big chain with lots of locations or a small independently owned restaurant. These people work hard in this industry. And a lot of times the staff who are victimized by the dine and dash are told (right or wrong) they are responsible then for the loss.

So I posted and shared the above screenshot. But little did I know the flood gates would open and all of a sudden people were talking about this. Lots of people shared the post from the Valley House owner and/or recognized this guy.

I started getting messages. This is a known person. And he has been identified to me but it’s not my tale to tell, and the car is not a Subaru. It’s a Hyundai I think.

This man has done a dine and dash in so many places. Here is the list I have so far:

  • Valley House
  • Marchwood Tavern
  • Pour House
  • P.J. Whelihan’s
  • Flying Pig
  • Brickette Lounge

And I think the fact that this guy’s travel circle is pretty small as to where he goes means that he has gotten tripped up as far as I have been told off of the record by people.

Because of the location of the Valley House in Malvern it is Pennsylvania State Police jurisdiction.

And I think this guy needs to be accountable for his dine and dash pattern. He needs to pay his tabs. I am not disclosing his name because although there are things out there for other things he has not been charged with doing this. Not yet, anyway.

However if you are someone whom he did a dine and dash on, I would suggest contacting the Pennsylvania State police and find out who is investigating it. Or contact the Valley House owner Sean and tell him. The Valley House located in Charlestown Township and I don’t know what barracks of the state police service that Township. I am told that Charlestown Township is served by the Pennsylvania State Police, Troop J, Embreville Barracks. The non-emergency contact number is (610) 486-6280.

This is stealing. And he’s not some teenager doing it once on a lark, not that teenagers should be doing dine and dash anyway, but that’s when you usually hear about dine and dash.

This guy needs help. This is as much a psychological problem as mere petty criminal behavior.