In the book Greetings From Kennett Square A Sesquicentennial Tribute 1855-2005 by Joseph A. Lordi & Dolores I. Rowe dated 2004 I found some interesting facts.
The Mushroom Cap is housed in the building in the picture that has a sign above that reads: Square Restaurant. In the early 1930s it was The Dutch Kitchen. The Dutch Kitchen was well known for steak and mushroom dishes, as well as pastries, cakes and pies. Prepared mushrooms from the Dutch Kitchen became well-known in food stores along the Eastern Seaboard and, according to the Kennett News and Advertiser of December 18, 1942, this helped establish Kennett Square as the world's mushroom center.
Since that time it was C & B 5& 10 and Department Store, Murray's Variety Store, Kennett Radio and now The Growing Tree and The Mushroom Cap.
There's a bit of KARMA here! Who would have ever thought that The Mushroom Cap would be in the same location that helped establish Kennett Square as the Mushroom Capital of the World through prepared mushroom dishes! I'm sure Mr. Blokzeyl had no idea that he helped create a brand for Kennett Square so many years ago! I am so excited to have created Snack N Shrooms some 67 years later in the same building! Mr. Blokzeyl would be so proud to see Kennett Square, Mushroom Capital of the World painted on the water tower at the East entrance to town.
If you come to The Mushroom Cap you will see a small metal arrow sign that says: Square Restaurant hanging near the counter............
Yes, things do happen for a reason!
