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Meal Ticket just got back from Adam and Andrew Erace's Green Aisle Grocery (1618 E.� Passyunk Ave.), which officially opened to the public earlier today. The spot, which we first mentioned back in June, is a one-stop shop of sorts for greater-South-Philly home cooks and locavore types, as they carry a wide array of products sourced from the area in addition to harder-to-find boutique products (they're the only spot in Philly to snag Q brand tonic waters, for example). Nearly all the produce they're carrying is grown locally; they also have a number of products sourced from restaurants, including hummus from Zahav, barbecue sauce from Pub & Kitchen and (coming soon) fresh pasta from James. Bread and sweets come from the likes of Wild Flour Bakery and E of Foodaphilia. Vegetarian/vegan customers are accommodated, too, as Green Aisle's stocking stuff like Ray's Seitan and soups from Miss Rachel's Pantry. (They're also about to stock Stumptown Coffee, joining the likes of Honest Tom's, Hub Bub and Savona as one of the few local places to get it.)
Adam, who's Philadelphia Weekly's restaurant critic, tells us he was initially paranoid about how running his own business might compromise his anonymity, but at this point he's decided not to stress about it too much � after all, he and his brother have got a business to run. He does, however, admit that it's "weird to be on the other side of it" � usually it's him who's bugging budding local food-biz owners for details, but now he's the one getting bugged by people like us.
UPDATE: Here are the correct current hours, our bad: Mon.-Thu., noon-8 p.m.; Fri., noon-9 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Also, Green Aisle is currently cash only.
Sort of like Pumpkin but greener and South Phillier! Awesome.
I am sooooooo excited about this!!!
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