Food & Drink History
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Beecher's Handmade Cheese at Pike Place Market
Beecher's Handmade Cheese opened its flagship shop in Pike Place Market in 2003, founded by Kurt Beecher Dammeier. The shop produces cheese in a glass-walled production room visib…
Modern Pastry - North End Italian bakery tradition
Modern Pastry at 257 Hanover Street is a long-running North End Italian bakery known for its cannoli, sfogliatelle, and other traditional Italian pastries and confections. The sho…
Ninfa's on Navigation (Mama Ninfa's original restaurant)
Ninfa's on Navigation was opened by María “Mama Ninfa” Laurenzo in 1973 at this location. The restaurant is widely credited with popularizing fajitas and the tacos al carbón style…
Parker House Hotel - birthplace of culinary legends
The Parker House (now the Omni Parker House) opened in 1855 and claims to be the birthplace of the Parker House roll and the Boston cream pie, culinary inventions attributed to it…
Reading Terminal Market and the city's public-market history
Reading Terminal Market opened in 1893 beneath the Reading Railroad train shed and has operated as a public indoor market since that time. The market has long been a major outlet…
Sweet Home Café at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
The Sweet Home Café opened with the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016 and was created to showcase the history and diversity of African American cuisi…
Termini Brothers Bakery (South Philadelphia)
Termini Brothers Bakery was founded in 1921 by the Termini family and became known in Philadelphia for its Italian pastries, especially its cannoli. The bakery's South Philadelphi…