July 15, 2011
Happy 150th Birthday To Bassetts Ice Cream! Celebrate At Reading Terminal’s Annual Ultimate Ice Cream Festival Tomorrow, July 16
The ice cream festival is a summer event too sweet to miss. (Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC)
A fifth-generation family business and a Philadelphia tradition since 1861, Bassetts Ice Cream Company celebrates its 150th birthday this year, just in time for the Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival at Reading Terminal this Saturday, July 16.
Bassett’s Ice Cream is sponsoring this year’s festival in honor of their birthday, so you’ll be able to enjoy the tasty frozen treat on site where its been sold since 1893.
Bassett’s is the first ice cream brand in the entire country to mark a 150-year anniversary, according to City Paper.
It’s a sweet story behind a brand Philadelphia is proud to provide a home for. Celebrate the legacy this weekend.
The 5th Annual Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival
When: Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch Streets
Cost: Pay as you go
More info: www.readingterminalmarket.org
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