Too Hot to Cook! The Pop Shop in Collingswood

Too Hot to Cook, Episode 3: The Pop Shop

If it's comfort food or ice cream you crave in the heat, you need to head over to Collingswood, NJ and visit The Pop Shop! The Pop Shop has tons of veg-friendly dishes and some excellent vegan specialties!  It's also family friendly and a good place to take the kids for balloons, ice cream parlor hats and, well, ice cream! (They even have some soy ice cream flavors!)

But, who can resist their Vegan Bettys??

The Pop Shop's Vegan Philly Cheesesteak (seitan, mushrooms, onions, soy cheese) and the fluffy, satisfying vanilla goodness of the Vegan Bettys. YUM.

Substantial and cake-like yet still fluffy these Bettys stay out late and still look good in the morning.  Redolent with warm, sugary vanilla and accented with just the right amount of sweetness, Vegan Betty will lure you in with her charms.

The Vegan Cheesesteak is really good, full of seitan, mushrooms, onions and topped with soy cheese on a fresh hoagie roll.  However, it could use something to moisten it a bit more, veg mayo or just some more mushrooms and onions, and it could use more seasoning.  Salt, pepper, herbs and spices along with a veggie mayo, hot sauce or just some olive oil drizzled on top would make it fantastic!  These things can be added at home, of course, if you do take-out.

Also interestingly, there used to be a *really* long wait for the food, like 45 minutes no matter when you went and how crowded it was...but I haven't had that happen in several months.  I think my favorite manager (Kevin) must have straightened everyone out!

For more on The Pop Shop and their vegan offerings,  including pancake porn, check out this post.

The Pop Shop

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I'm thinking this is the last of the Too Hot To Cook series for now, since the weather has been cool and rainy :-)

Sheriff's Pick: The Pop Shop, Collingswood, NJ

When I stopped by to photograph The Pop Shop in Collingswood, NJ, I got a surprise!

Two wonderful vegan meals, courtesy of Assistant Manager Kevin Sperlunto:

Vegan Philly Cheesesteak (seitan, mushrooms, onions, soy cheese) & Vegan Bettys, both to die for!

Kevin was excited about my blog posts covering veg friendly restaurants in South Jersey and the Philadelphia Daily News Vegetarian Awareness Month Photo Contest.  He made his appreciation clear. Thanks, Kevin!  

The photos of the storefront of The Pop Shop now appear in both the "Vegetarian" Photo Gallery of Philly.com and the "Vegan" Photo Gallery of Philly.com since both words are indicated clearly.  

Congrats, Pop Shop!

The Pop Shop is no stranger to vegan food and is well-known for it's vegan offerings.

The Pop Shop 729 Haddon Ave., Collingswood, NJ 08108

 See that sign in the far right window?

The Pop Shop is beyond vegan friendly. This is only a partial menu of their vegetarian & vegan selections.

There are other vegan items on the menu, and you can make many of the other vegetarian items vegan by adding soy cheese (you can just ask for it). They also have soy milk, which you can add to things like the Pop's Groovy Granola to make it (almost!) vegan.  Kevin explained that the granola does contain honey.  They also have a vegan tofu scramble with shoestring hash browns and garlicky spinach!

Gorgeous Vegan Bettys.  BEST pancakes ever.  

Huge, fluffy, sweet and nutty--I don't know what they do to them!  Add bananas, strawberries, blueberries, chocolate chips, or what have you, but I like mine plain :-)

Vegan Philly Cheesesteak, SO tasty!  

Seitan, sauteed mushrooms, soy cheese, awesome baguette, and BEST fries.  YUM.  You can ask for other veggies on it, too!

 I didn't get to eat many of the pancakes. Why?

 That's a 10/10.  Perfect score!

What does this all mean?

Yup.

Do yourself a favor and stop by The Pop Shop for some Vegan Bettys or anything else on their menu.

 Tell 'em The Sheriff sent ya'!

Homesteadin' it October 1st through October 31st, 2012

We're gonna get back to that big ol' CSA box in just a minute, folks, but visitin' these here veg friendly restaurants is just more fun than a huskin' bee*!

huskin' bee=gettin' together to husk corn and drink that joy juice*!

joy juice=whisky :-)