The Franklin Fountain

116 Market St
Philadelphia, PA 19106

(215) 627-1899

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Sundaes

The Franklin Mint
mint chip and vanilla ice creams striped in chocolate syrup, fluffy marshmallow glaze and crème de menthe finished with home-made whipped cream and a mint green maraschino cherry. our own breath freshener!

Homemade Hot Fudge
two dipperfuls of philadelphia vanilla bean ice cream suffocated in franklin fountain hot fudge and topped with our fresh whipped cream and a cherry a true american icon. wilbur's dark chocolate is churned smooth with fresh local milk, cream and butter, then cooked on-site in our antique copper candy kettle. honest ingredients are the best policy for flavor.

The Lightening Rod
a dark chocolate brownie surmounted by coffee ice cream bathed in a shot of espresso and peppered with chocolate covered espresso beans, white chocolate shavings and finished with a salty pretzel rod. will surely electrify even the most enervated.

Mt. Vesuvius
a mountain of chocolate or vanilla ice cream erupting with chocolate brownie pieces, cascading with hot fudge and blanketed in malt powder. a dollop of whipped cream indicates her smoking signal. a true display of pomp-eii circumstance.

Southern Sympathizer
rum raisin and pistachio ice creams with pecans and pistachios smothered in hot caramel and studded with praline brittle. this franklin fountain original is as pretty as a sweet-talking louisiana girl in her sunday best.

Peach Melba Parfait
fresh peach ice cream doused with raspberry puree, sprinkled with diced almonds and finished with a collar of ruffled whipped cream. following soprano nellie melba's performance of wagner's "lohengrin" in 1893, french chef auguste escoffier was moved to create an exquisite dessert for dame nellie. this is a variation on escoffier's famous dessert.

The Stock Market Crunch
rocky road ice cream coated in thick peanut butter sauce and paved with crumbled salt pretzels. william dreyer and joseph edy concocted the first batch of rocky road ice cream in 1929 following the great stock market crash to give consumers something to smile about during the impending depression.

Broken Hearts
(recipe taken from the dispenser's formulary, 1910) "put a slice of brick vanilla ice cream on a 6-inch plate. cover the ice cream with fresh, sweetened, and slightly mashed strawberries, and over these put sweetened whipped cream; top off with two whole strawberries and serve with two nabisco wafers. sells for 20 cents. (f. varney).

Coney Island
a sensual body of rich chocolate ice cream melting under pure marshmallow madness and dressed with colorful orange flower marmalade. this seductive sultana is crowned with a sliver of candied orange rind, a tart a-peel to her patron's darker side. watch out, she'll take you for a rollicking ride!

Featured

Maple Leaf Rag Sundae
featured in the new york times dining section, in an article titled: "for soda, the genie is out of the bottle: a bid to revive the ways of the soda fountain." sundae banana ice cream, maple walnut, fresh crushed pineapple & whipped cream (all ingredients house made).

Splits

Dr. Dovey's Classic Banana Split
in a proper banana boat is placed a banana, split lengthwise with one scoop each of vanilla, strawberry and chocolate ice creams covered in crushed pineapple, strawberry topping and chocolate syrup, garnished with whipped cream, chopped nuts and two marashino cherries. originated in 1904 by pharmacist david strickler in latrobe, pa. an apprentice, howard dovey, brought the banana split to philadelphia where he attended medical school. dr. dovey is credited with popularizing the famous dessert by instructing philadelphia soda dispensers on how to make a split properly. we hope he'd be proud of ours, served in an authentic period dish.

Tarzan Of The Apes
this swinging swashbuckler was born in 1912 by a middle-aged pencil sharpener salesman named edgar rice burroughs. as the story goes, a supple young man (a generous serving of vanilla) with ape blood (chocolate syrup) is raised on tropical fruits (bananas & berries) and crowned king of the jungle (whipped cream headband). this dessert's intelligent design makes for a slippery slope and can split audiences right down the middle!

Banana Split For My Baby
a smaller variation of the american classic, inspired by louis prima's 1949 tune for that waist-conscious lady or man. a banana sliced into coins laden with vanilla and peanut butter ice creams coated with wet walnuts, peanut butter sauce, spanish peanuts and finished with whipped cream and one cherry.

From The Fountain - Soda By The Glass

Soda By The Glass
choice of twenty-five flavors! regular & large.

From The Fountain - Phosphates

Choice of twenty-five flavors!

Japanese Thirst Killer Phosphate
orgeat (almond), grape juice, & angostura bitters with phosphate.

Egyptienne Egg Shake Phosphate
orange & rose rising with a golden egg representing the sun god re. bejeweled with a sweet date.

Jamestown Julep
a traditional southern julep with mint & lemon, a dash of madeira wine and garnished with candied lemon peel.

From The Fountain - Ice Cream Sodas

Root Beer Float
a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream bobbing atop a tall frosted mug of our own formula spicy root beer.

Ladies Choice
raspberry soda infused with peach ice cream & sweet cream.

Coca Cola And Ice Cream
vanilla ice cream bathing in coca-cola from our 1905 draft fountain.

Cherry Bomb
a ball of chocolate ice cream dropped in a cherry soda.

From The Fountain - Milk Shakes

Regular & large.

Thirst Ades
made with pressed whole fruit! lemonade, orangeade, lime rickey, limeade.

New York Egg Creams
vanilla or chocolate (fox's).

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