Snow White
The Snow White diner, at 2nd and Market, is a funky reminder that there were days, in the not too distance past, when Old City wasn’t trendy. This morning, I ate at the Snow White with two friends for the first time. We didn’t want anything special, we just wanted breakfast and that’s what we got.
When we walked in, the woman at the cash register glanced at us and said, “Anywhere you want, hun.” The was a lot of staff working this morning and a smattering of regulars. I overheard one waitress comment that it was so hot, people weren’t even coming out for breakfast. We ordered our food, and when I asked for rye toast, our waitress got a pained look on her face and said, “Just so you know, they charge $.85 extra.” I told her it was okay, I’d pay the extra for the “special” toast. The food took almost no time, and I was astounded how terrific it was. My eggs were perfect (over easy, hold the wiggle), the hashbrowns were both soft and crispy and the special-order rye toast was still warm. My friends both ordered sides of sausage, and what came out were two big links of freshly made, expertly seasoned sausage from a stand in Reading Terminal Market (they gave me a couple bites).
For the three of us, the bill for breakfast came to $18.35. For Center City Philadelphia, Old City no less, you really can’t beat it.
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There used to be a Snow White diner on Chestnut: you can still see the old sign on the corner of–19th? maybe? The Chestnut Street location, if my eyes did not deceive me, served as a location shot as the external of Denzel’s law office in the movie “Philadelphia.”
There actually is still a Snow White diner at the corner of 19th and Chestnut, when NoChe went in on the second floor of that building (where Denzel’s office was in that movie), but it’s never open when I’m around, so even though it’s in my neighborhood, I’ve never been there. I had to go to Old City to check out Snow White.