The Old Candlewyck Corner Scoops Ice Cream Now. Here's the Rest of Buckingham's Late Fall.

The Candlewyck Pub and Restaurant served customers on Durham Road for about 60 years. The business that took over its site started with one large pink ice cream truck, run by a 20-year-old named Gabriella Truppi.

That swap is the only real change on Buckingham Township's late-fall map this year. A local news search turned up no other new restaurant or storefront along Route 202, Route 263, or Durham Road. Most of what's left on the calendar between now and Thanksgiving comes from places that go back much further. A few minutes from the old Candlewyck lot, a vineyard is marking its 60th harvest. A farm on York Road reaches 100 years since its family arrived as tenant farmers. Peddler's Village is holding an Apple Festival it has run since 1973. In Buckingham, the newest business sits in an old building, and the season it joins is mostly made of long-running traditions.

What Took Over 2551 Durham Road

As of last winter, the Candlewyck was "The Wyck." New owners took it over in July 2024 and gave it a contemporary American menu of wings, pizza, burgers, and handhelds. Patch reported in April 2026 that the restaurant had closed in mid-December, that its Facebook page hadn't been updated since December 13, and that the space had been leased to a new tenant "who has a new vision for the site."

The new tenant turned out to be Humdoo Ice Cream. It opened at 2551 Durham Road, near Route 202, on August 8. Central Bucks News counted about 900 people on opening day. The company is based in Flemington, New Jersey, and its first storefront was a small cabin at 20 Stangl Road that opened in 2021. Buckingham is its first Pennsylvania location. Truppi, who founded it, lives in Doylestown Borough, and she spent about two years weighing the expansion before signing the lease.

After opening day, she wrote:

"This isn't an idea anymore. It isn't a plan or a construction project or something I keep saying is coming soon. Our second store is open."

The Buckingham shop scoops 24 flavors of hard ice cream with 14% to 16% butterfat. It also sells milkshakes, sundaes, and ice cream cakes, and it has a soda bar with dirty sodas, floats, and fizzies. The whole menu is free of peanuts and tree nuts, a choice Truppi made because her younger sister has severe food allergies. The company's name also comes from her sister, who called ice cream "humdoo" as a small child.

For late fall, the Instagram feed embedded on Humdoo's website shows apple-cider-donut ice cream sandwiches and "HumBOO" shakes, with pumpkin and caramel apple crisp among the suggested flavors. The posts aren't dated, though. The custom cake page offers 8-inch, 10-inch, and sheet cakes with 48 hours' notice. That matters with Thanksgiving coming up. Winter hours for Buckingham haven't been posted. The site's hours page lists only Flemington, and the Buckingham page still says "Summer 2026." Call or check the shop's social accounts before driving over on a cold weeknight.

The Same Road Marks a 60th Harvest

The Candlewyck's run is over, but the other long-running business on Durham Road is celebrating. According to Buckingham Valley Vineyards' own history, Jerry Forest and Wladimir Guerrero planted the first five acres of vines in Buckingham Township in 1966. Three generations of the Forest family have run it since. The winery calls itself one of Pennsylvania's first wineries, and Visit Bucks County calls it the county's first.

The "60th" counts from those 1966 vines. Older PennLive coverage dates the opening of the winery business to the early 1970s, so the milestone is a 60th harvest more than 60 years of pouring wine. The winery's calendar put its 60th Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. It had pumpkin painting, live music, a food truck, face painting, and an apple-cider wine slushy. The Bucks County Wine Trail included the same weekend in its annual Harvest Celebration, listing the winery at 1521 Route 413.

The next date to remember is the Nouveau release. The winery's calendar lists it for Thursday, November 19, at 11 a.m. It describes a freshly harvested red-grape blend, bottled right away, and suggests it for Thanksgiving dinner. The Wine Trail lists its Nouveau Celebration for November 21 and 22, and it reminds visitors that each winery sets its own schedule and that they should call ahead. If the bottle is meant for the Thanksgiving table, confirm the release date with the winery.

A Hundred Years on York Road

None Such Farm has the longest history on this list. The family's history page says William H. and Elizabeth Yerkes came to Buckingham as tenant farmers in 1926 and bought the farm in 1932. A local banker reportedly told William to make payments whenever he could during a hard stretch. Later the farm grew 400 acres of sweet corn for the Philadelphia wholesale market. It built a seasonal market in 1978 and accepted farmland preservation in 1998. Scott and Rhonda Yerkes and their daughters run it today. This year marks 100 years since that first tenancy.

The biggest change for anyone shopping there in late fall is that the market no longer closes for the season. The market page says its departments are open year-round and that it carries goods from more than 100 vendors. The farm and market sit on opposite sides of York Road. The market is at 4458 and is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. The farm is at 4493.

On weekends the farm address is the one that matters. The 2026 Pumpkin Festival runs the first four weekends of October, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weather permitting. It has pumpkin picking, hayrides, food, and live music, with the last music dates on October 24 and 25. The field is closed on weekdays. The Thanksgiving page describes all-natural turkeys from Sensenig Turkey Farm, house-made prepared foods, and fresh pies. The ordering details posted there are still from 2025, so watch for a 2026 order window.

Peddler's Village Fills In the Rest of the Calendar

Durham Road and York Road account for the season's long histories. Peddler's Village in Lahaska accounts for most of its weekends, and it also has a couple of 2026 openings of its own. Bucks Bespokery, a stationery shop in space #44, held its grand opening March 28. Bucks County Peanut Butter Shoppe, next door in #43, opened June 27 and 28. So the township's two newest food stops sit at opposite ends of the allergy question, a nut-free scoop shop on Durham Road and a peanut butter shop in the Village.

The Apple Festival listing says admission and parking are free and attractions are pay-as-you-go, with some vendors taking cash only. Shops stay open until 8 p.m. on Saturday. The Village warns that parking will be in high demand and suggests arriving early, carpooling, or taking a ride service. October's OctoberFeast has already come and gone. The Village canceled all Sunday, October 11 activities because of expected severe weather.

One local regular is off the calendar until next year. The Buckingham Night Market at Holicong Park held its final 2026 date on September 25.

November, Road by Road

Put together, the next six weeks follow a fairly clear route:

1. Late October weekends: None Such Farm's pumpkin field at 4493 York Road on October 24 or 25, then across the road to the market at 4458.
2. November 7 or 8: the Apple Festival at Peddler's Village. Arrive early and bring cash.
3. Week of November 16: the Nouveau release at Buckingham Valley Vineyards, after confirming whether it's the 19th or the 21st and 22nd.
4. Before Thanksgiving: an ice cream cake order at Humdoo on Durham Road, with 48 hours' notice, and a check on None Such's 2026 holiday ordering.
5. November 20: Grand Illumination in Lahaska, with the switch flipped at 6:15 p.m.

Three of those five stops trace back to 1926, 1966, or 1973. The fourth is in a building that served Durham Road for about 60 years before a pink ice cream truck business moved in this summer.

I'm Steven Dome, and before real estate I spent ten years in architectural metal fabrication. I notice when an old building like 2551 Durham Road gets a second life. If you're wondering what a long-standing property near you could become, or what it might be worth to the next owner, Steven Dome would be glad to walk through it with you. Let's Connect.