A Taste of Philly

Disappointing. The pretzel was cold and stale and tasted like chicken (not in a good way). Service was weirdly distant and distracted. Wish I would have bought some frozen pretzels from the grocery store instead.

I had just finished my gelato and was in need of something salty to balance myself out. My boyfriend LOVES soft pretzels so we knew immediately we would be stopping here to feed his pretzel craving and my salt craving.
Unfortunately, we were here near the end of the shop’s being open and as a result, the quality of the pretzel suffered. It was kind of hard and not warm. When I think of pretzels, I think of them as soft and warm. We split a bag of pretzel nuggets (12 for $ 2). I think if we had been there earlier in the day, we would have gotten fresh and delicious (er) nugs.
The prices are great if you’re craving something small: $ 1 per pretzel. I’m pretty sure even the specialty pretzels were under $ 3. Give it a whirl!

I love Taste of Philly and frequent this location for a tasty Bavarian mid-​day snack. They are an inexpensive and scalable item ($ 1 a knot). Its nice since you can buy as few or as many as you need. I like to pick them up if I am going to a party or am hosting some even where snacks are in order. The pretzels are also always fresh, I have never experienced an old or stale product from this place. They do offer some other pretzel based snacks adding different ingredients/​preparations but I always go for the standard. They have Gluden’s brand mustards and this is probably the only thing keeping them from five stars in my book. Gluden’s is good mass produced consumer grade mustard (and they offer several varieties and its always free with plastic to-​go containers which is great). With a nice fresh pretzel though I would prefer something a little more strong (like St. Elmos Shrimp Cocktail strength). If you have ever eaten at Rathskellar and ordered pretzels then you know what I mean, the mustard there will clear your sinuses. The Taste of Philly pretzels are superior in every way but they are missing that one authentic condiment to hit it home. I am probably of a minority that likes really spicy mustard so I will abandon my first world woes and get back to Taste of Philly. I’ve grabbed one twist for a snack on my way through and three twists and made a meal out of it. They always taste excellent and I am always left satisfied… if only they had that really spicey mustard.

I really don’t understand what the hype is about this place. Their pretzels are nothing special. I have gone here numerous time in the City Market (and always wonder why) and every time I get a hard cold pretzel. Yes, they have a pretty decent selection, but what does that matter if none of them are good. To be honest I’d rather buy a box of frozen Super Pretzels from any grocery store in town. However, I do like the variety of mustards that they offer. I’m not a big fan of having a minimum purchase price for credit cards especially when the prices are so low to begin with. Maybe one day this place will blow my mind, but I don’t see it anytime soon.

I generally like pretzels of all kinds. Sweet, salty, soft, crunchy, warm, with chesse… clearly I am not picky. They had three different kind of pretzels. A single pretzel, a braided pretzel bread thingy, and three pretzels stacked on top of each other. I opted for the braided pretzel thingy because I like pretzel bread. I should mention that they had a stand outside at the farmer’s market on Wednesday. I don’t know if they are normally inside on a daily basis or not. Therefore, the fact that the pretzels were all just in a box and were not warm may or may not be because of the aforementioned. In any case, I think I would have liked this particular braided pretzel thingy warm. Don’t get me wrong, it was moist and the honey mustard dipping sauce was delicious bu-​bu-​bu-​but I wish I had brought my microwave with me to warm it up. Which is exactly what I did with the half I did not eat later in the evening. Loved the various mustard dipping sauces that you could use and they are pretty inexpensive. If you get the braided pretzel thingy (new favorite term) or the three-​tier pretzel you could easily share with a buddy. Overall, a decent pretzel that held my belly over until lunch.

Really good tasty soft pretzels and multiple mustard options. You can get your pretzels as a chain of three pushed together, or one by itself. I think the also offer some other pretzel options, but I’ve never needed anything other than the plain on chain of three. Also this is a great location to get a pretzel and take it upstairs to Tomlinson Tap Room.

If you like pretzels you’ll love A Taste of Philly inside the City Market! Yum Yum! You can pick from 4 different mustards or eat plain if you prefer. I really like the bag of pretzel pieces, easy to eat between haircuts. Tell Patrick I sent you and Brenda says hello! Very clean, fresh and always friendly service, check them out!