Termini Bros Inc
12 Street & Filbert Street
Reading Terminal Market
Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 629-1790
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
10 Reviews for Termini Bros Inc
The cheese cannoli is the best you can get in Center City. Also, the cheesecake is amazing, perfectly dense and sweet. No need for any fruit topping, it is flavorful enough. I have had their fruit tart and chocolate covered banana as well, both lovely.
My only complaints are I think it is a bit overpriced and there aren't any signs on most the cases so you have to ask what everything is, which can result in a long line.
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The husband was in need of a cannoli and Termini Bros. was offering Gold Medal Italian pastries. After we placed our order, the manager rounded up three new employees for a lesson in filling cannoli shells. I asked if I could watch; I am here to tell you that was a fun and educational experience. A huge bag of ricotta cheese with chocolate chip filling (the original as I was told and no marscopone as someone in Denver had said) was hung from a hook to make piping the filling in the shell easier. So, you pipe in one side, starting in the center and bring to the edge and end with a curl. Repeat on the other side, sprinkle with powdered sugar and viola! a delicious Italian pastry. Just perfect for an afternoon treat and large enough to split.
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5 stars purely for the ricotta cheese cannoli. However 2-3 stars for the vanilla cannolis that are too sweet (like canned frosting), and 2 stars for everything else that's overpriced.
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I've been using the same tired excuse for years now: I played little league with one of the kids in the Termini family and I thought they were kind of jerks. That was many years ago and I might think differently now that I'm not 12 or so.
However, I still think Termini's is overhyped. I would like to say it's the Pat's & Geno's of the bakery world but I know that's an exaggeration. They're ok but I'd much rather go to Isgro's or a true south South Philly bakery like Relli's or Potito's.
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The best cheesecake that I've had in Philly.
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As everyone says, Termini Bros is really, really good. They usually have free samples floating around (when I was there, I think they had 3 - 4 different kinds), they have a great selection, and a helpful staff.
That being said, -1 for paying almost 14 dollars for 2 brownies and a cookie.
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This is what you need to know about this place, especially the South Philly location - it is a staple of Philadelphia and the South Philly store is the first and most famous one.
As someone who comes from a traditional Italian family who additionally, originates in South Philly (after Italy), I can tell you that the goods they sell here are the most traditional and most high quality you can get in Philadelphia or the surrounding areas.
The cannoli are out of this world, as well as the traditional cookies such as the pinnoli cookies.
The place is always packed, but around the holidays, it's obscene. Just make sure you get there at the crack of dawn on Christmas Eve morning or else you could be in line for hours (even though they are working really fast back there), that's how many people pour into Terminis around Christmas time!
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they have so many delectable and old fashion type of desserts. and they have tons of cookie varieties and other countless types of pastries. i adore them.
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I want to be clear about one thing. Although I have tried a bunch of stuff from Termini Bros. the only thing I have eaten more than once is their torrone. As a matter of fact I have bought Termini Bros. torrone every year since it was first given to me by Vincent Termini when he was my student at The Culinary Institute of America back in 1998 or '99. To tell you the truth I can't remember when he was my student Anyway, I've been eating torrone, mostly around Christmas time, since I was old enough to eat solid food Ca. 1956) so I know what I'm talking about. Okay? Screw you if it isn't.
The torrone made by Termini Bros, is the best I've ever seen. I mean, I I could imagine better and maybe there is better, but I've never eaten it. Not here, not in Italy, not anywhere.
Termini torrone is chewy, fluffy, dense with almonds and as fragrant as a night as imagined by Omar Kayan in an opium induced stupor.
Oh my goodness, the cannoli! Just amazing. Simply amazing. There's not much more to say than that.
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