Reading Terminal: A Guide To This Must-Visit Philadelphia Market

Bassetts Ice Cream

Said to be America’s old ice cream company, Bassetts Ice Cream is also the first merchant to have signed a lease to have space at the Reading Terminal Market-way back in 1892! This frozen dessert distributor is also the last remaining original tenant but has also taken its ice cream across the country, in stores, and through mail delivery, and has gone international with their ice cream with retail locations in South Korea. At the Reading Terminal Market, visitors can order milkshakes, root beer floats, and vanilla and chocolate base flavors; their ice cream is made with over 16 percent butterfat.