We're so excited!
We’re always doing sales here and there, but we wanna make it official with deals you can count on all day, every day. Tune in to ESPN tonight at 9pm for an hour-long special on our plans. Just kidding. Daily Sales kick off today with $1 off a half-dozen of Wild Flour’s puffy challah buns when you buy any Hillacres beef, Griggstown turkey or Ashara Gourmet vegan burgers. Peep the rest of the sale schedule after the jump.
Check out Green Aisle today on Meal Ticket’s weekly SNACK TIME round-up:
If you like the fast-paced tension of live auctions and have a love of fancy food, do yourself a favor and follow East Passyunk Avenue’s Green Aisle Grocery on Twitter. They fire out pics of all their latest wares, like these local apricots.
Thanks, MT! And PS: We still have some of those gorgeous apricots in stock.
coolness over capacity
If you follow us on the reg, then you know the Green Aisle guys are Twitter and Facebook geeks. The up-to-the-minute, info-in-a-flash models of these social networking sites lend themselves so well to our business and our products, which change faster than the Relationship Status of Charlie Sheen. And the social networking blog Dopes to Doyennes has noticed:
Tweets keep customers apprised of the newest, the freshest, the most precious, the limited supplies and the promotions that are on offer all day every day. Recent tweets announced a special sale on milk, as well as a delivery of Berks County raspberries, first of the season, and what to look forward in the produce section on Friday (zucchini blossoms!). Frequently they get their hands on something really special from a local chef–Zahav’s hummos anyone? They tweet it, and plugged-in foodies scramble to Passyunk Ave in the hopes of getting their hands on a gustatory gem.
Read the rest of the post here. Then become our fan on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
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When we first moved into our tiny quarters on 1618 East Passyunk last summer, our landlady den mother Angela promised us organically grown plums from her backyard. Actually, she promised us peaches, which is what she calls these garnet beauties in her Spanglitalian accent. Fall moved into winter, and Angela kept talking plums peaches. The weather warmed, and the statuesque tree in her jungle of a backyard started to fruit. Peaches or plums, it was anyone’s guess. Read the rest of this entry »
How good do these bad boys look? They’re from the cocoa-scented kitchen of our neighbor, Fond. Jessie Prawlucki, pastry wiz and better half of chef Lee Styer, is doing these ready-to-bake cookie rolls for us in haute flavors like the chocolate-cherry-and-candied almond you see below. Each roll is $10 and makes approximately 20 cookies.
blame it on the a-a-a-asparagus
Chilled Lavender Asparagus Soup w/Sumac Whipped Cream
Recipe after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
it's ok to be bitter
“What do I do with [insert unusual Green Aisle product here]” is a question we’re often posed by our lovely customers. In this recurring blog feature, we tell you what up with all our weird edibles.
With our stock of Fee Bros. bitters recently replenished, we’ve had people asking what cocktails play nice with celery bitters, a new Fees flavor. For this, we defer to the expert: Colin Shearn, barkeep of our favorite subterranean speakeasy-without-the-snobbery, Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. After the jump, Colin divulges the formula for the only Restraining Order you’ll want to receive. Read the rest of this entry »
Maybe you noticed the last time you passed the store, but the window-box herb garden we planted is really thriving! Our buck-and-pluck program is in effect and, excuse the pun, flourishing. Here’s the dealyo: Just tell us which herbs you’d like, how much and we’ll snip them off to order for about a buck a bunch. Max freshness. No waste. So here’s what growing:
L to R: Cinnamon Basil / Italian Parsley / African Blue Basil
Oregano / Coconut Thyme / Lavender / Garlic Chives
Mexican Tarragon / Lime Mint / Lemon Verbena
