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BALTIMORE AVE DOLLAR STROLL: More of a "stand" than a "stroll"
There's not much people won't do for cheap food - at least, that's what CP reporter Grace Ortelere noticed after last Thursday's Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll.
BALTIMORE AVE DOLLAR STROLL: More of a "stand" than a "stroll"
There’s not much people won’t do for cheap food — at least, that's what CP reporter Grace Ortelere noticed after last Thursday’s Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll.
With $10 in hand, I began the Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll by walking down Baltimore toward 42nd Street. I kept waiting for some kind of sign — a banner, a slightly different smell in the air, anything. Then, I found it: a line that looked like it went on forever outside of an Indian restaurant. I walked a block up where I hit an even longer line outside a café. Eventually, I came to understand that the Dollar Stroll was less of a “stroll” and more of a “stand.”
I walked from line to line for about an hour and a half, during which I managed to eat two vegan cupcakes (coconut mango and chocolate peanut butter) at the Green Line Café, pork tacos at Jose Garces’ Guapos food truck (it was unclear whether the new truck, covered in used bottle caps, was a part of the Dollar Stroll or just taking advantage of the crowds, as the tacos were $7), Basset’s mint chocolate chip ice cream at Milk & Honey Market and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer at Queen of Sheba.
As is sadly usually the case in our time, you got what you paid for. A woman eating a dollar slice of pizza summed it up best: “I wouldn’t eat this pizza again, but it was worth a dollar.” As two girls walked by the meandering ice cream line, one reacted in annoyance that the other suggested they stop. “I can get ice cream for a dollar every day!” she screamed at her friend.
Fortunately, the weather was perfect. The taco truck was out of most items on its menu, but it provided a nice place for me to sit and stare. There was an interesting crowd which made people-watching a go-to hobby in downtime: bands of Penn students, couples on dates, mothers with strollers and local hipsters who drank PBR and ate vegan dishes with more ease than me. Groups sifted through racks of dollar clothes situated along the route, although to no avail — I didn't see anyone purchasing the particularly dated items on the racks.
I’d go back next month for the tacos then find an air-conditioned bar where I can sit and treat myself to a nicer beer.
I just think it's funny the photo you use is of queen of shebas which has always prided itself of its fast service and great food while you bitch about everything else in west philly... Why not take a photo of the taco truck you had to wait forever for?
My advice, stay the hell out of west philly if you just want to bitch and moan about how things arent perfect.— turtleduck
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