The markets around town offer a huge variety of food and drink and are a lot of fun to boot. Fitler Square has a small one on Saturdays. Karen and I have gotten fresh fruits, veggies, bread, and once a beautiful Thai basil plant that’s now taking over her garden. Reading [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Desserts'
Headhouse Square Farmer’s Market
October 16th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Tags: Bella Vista · Desserts · Grocery · Market · Mexican · South Street
Ants Pants has Liquid Gold for Sale
October 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The point of this site is to share all of the great things that we find around Philadelphia. I love it when I find something that fits this perfectly. It’s a lesser-known little neighborhood spot with its own flair and a really really killer treat that I want EVERY DAY.
Tags: Breakfast · Brunch · Café · Desserts · Fitler Square · Sandwich · South Street
Philly Food Guys review Franklin Fountain
September 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
They beat me to it. The Philly Food Guys have an excellent review of the old-timey ice cream parlour Franklin Fountain . Apparently I have to stay one step ahead of these guys.
Upcoming posts for FindingPhilly will include a hidden treasure trove of books, some sing-along, paint, mirrors and stickers…
Tags: Desserts · Novelty · Olde City · Site News
The Icing On The Cupcake
August 28th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Brown Betty Dessert Boutique
1030 N. 2nd Street # 601 (Northern Liberties Walk)
215. 629.0999
Elizabeth Ruthie Hinton passed down a valuable gift to the women of her family in her vintage cake and pie recipes. I have always had a weakness for a good cupcake. And since baking sweets does not come easily for me, I [...]
Tags: Bakery · Café · Center City · Cupcakes · Desserts · Northern Liberties · Reading Terminal Market
My photo in Schmap Guides, upcoming posts
August 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Quick update:A photo of mine has been included in the latest edition of the Philadelphia Schmap Guides
Link Here (it’s the photo of the bike at El Vez). It’s pretty nice of them to ask permission and then credit me and link to my photo on Flickr. Now if only they’d get a Mac client [...]
Tags: Bakery · Chinatown · Desserts · Site News
Italian Bakeries in South Philly
June 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
I’ve been promising this post for a long time. It was pretty damn annoying to write the whole thing and have wordpress somehow lose it in the ether between here and there. So this post, while written with love and tenderness, is going to be a bit shorter than originally planned. What [...]
Tags: Bakery · Desserts · Italian · South Philly
New Harmony Bakery
February 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
It was bitter cold today in Philly but Karen and I decided to have an adventurous day anyhoo. We walked straight north with our minds set on visiting Chinatown. Just as it was getting too cold to talk we ducked into The Curtis Center to check out the Dream Garden Mosaic, a famous [...]
Tags: Adventurous · Bakery · Chinatown · Desserts