Last year I got on an old fashioned soda shop kick. I wanted to find genuine old fashioned soda shops in the U.S. I found the Franklin Fountain in the top 10 and her sister company Shane Confectionary I was following on Instagram because it was so cute. It was one of the main reasons I wanted to come to Philadelphia (I wish I could honestly say it was only history). The windows were so cute and this horrible picture is the only one I got. Darn it.
I loved the ambience of the whole thing from the wire chairs outside to the cashiers dressed like they stepped out of a 1950s ad. It was magical.
Serioulsy, every detail I just drank in.
I just have to give large amounts of respect to a company that pays such attention to detail. Everything was perfect.
Samples...
We each got a treat, and this is what I chose. Milk of course.
This scale!
The Franklin Fountain is just a few doors down and it is also amazing (I do wish that it had a soda counter that you could sit at, but you can't have everything (although I will find one).
I had always heard of "Egg Creams" and was determined to have one.
That phone!
She's making my Egg Cream.
This is what an Egg Cream looks like. I got the Philadelphia style one that actually has a raw egg in it. It was better in my mind than what it tasted like, but it was fun to try it!
The ice cream was so perfect until we got it outside. It was so hot that it melted ridiculously fast.
Luckily they gave us these little chinese take out boxes to put our ice cream in.
Eating our caramels before they melted.
These little bits of preserved history were every bit as wonderful as I imagined them to be!
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