Square Restaurant

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!

Far West Fungi in San Francisco

We are tourists in San Fran! That's Louise D'Amico with owner of
Far West Fungi!

While in San Francisco for Mushroom Council meetings it was nice to take a break and take the BART transit system downtown to the Embarcadero stop. Just had to visit Far West Fungi at the Ferry Building. Found some mushrooms there that I was not familiar with but the chantrelles, shiitake, maitake, portabella were beautiful. I must say their whites could not compare to our Kennett Square Mushrooms, especially those from our family farm. Several jars of dried mushrooms and also mushroom powder - great cookbooks too! Hope to send SnacknShrooms to Far West Fungi! They will love 'em! Louise and I took notes -

bringing some ideas home to The Mushroom Cap!

Immune boosting foods

Mangoes, Garlic, MUSHROOMS, Salmon, Green Tea, Yogurt, Almonds and Spinach!

Read all about it! Keep your immune system in check!

The Daily Loaf - Mushroom Recipe

Haven't tried this recipe but just reading it makes me want to make it!

Mushrooms in your diet

Interesting how mushrooms are becoming a superfood!

Kennett Square in a bottle

Visiting Kennett Square? Be sure to stop by The Mushroom Cap to see our museum pieces from the original Mushroom Museum that was once located on the strip between Longwood Gardens and our quaint little town - (The Mushroom Cap is just 2.7 miles from Longwood). You may just want to stop by for a souvenir like no other!

If you are a collector of unique items from around the world you may want to add Kennett Square Potpourri to your collection. Inside this one ounce jar is spent mushroom substrate that comes from our family farm located here in mushroom country. Our beautiful white mushrooms were grown in this substrate. The cork jar is glued shut so you don't get the benefit of that often mentioned "mushroom smell" which we have all become accustomed to. Forget the smell - mushrooms are soon to be on the "Super Food" list!

Have fun while you are here! And be sure to ask to taste Kennett Square's Favorite Gourmet Snack when visiting The Mushroom Cap too!

Snow, Snow and More Snow

Since Mother Nature decided to visit over the weekend with a record breaking "weekend before Christmas" snow storm she certainly put the skids on all of us "last minute" shoppers! It was nice to see some borough residents out for a stroll during the storm.

Boots, snowpants, snowsuits and snowbibs were the request of the day at The Growing Tree - children's department! Some got just what they needed, others did not. Our ladies department had a pair of gloves for that one person who forgot hers! Yes, The Mushroom Cap and The Growing Tree are in the same building - never know what you are going to find at 114 W State Street in Kennett Square, PA.

The snow brings back childhood memories of growing up in Kennett Square - sledding down Lafayette Street from Ridge Avenue down to Scarlett - long walk back up but oh, what a ride, sledding in the backyards of homes on Mason Avenue where one of the neighbors made an ice ramp - I jumped on a sled, six others piled on top -I couldn't breathe - scared me to death! The best memory was walking with my Mom to my grandparent's house on Broad Street! Everything becomes so peaceful when there is a significant snowfall.