Chloe’s Corner

Every town needs a place like this! Quick pit stop for all your random junky cravings all in one spot! I’m guilty for craving cheese fries at any hour of the day and I love that I can stop by here for a quick snack for super inexpensive. It’s in a great spot on Main Street with all the bars. The only thing that would stop me from going here is if we move out of town!

Not too sure about the hype for Chloe’s corner. My biggest gripe was the cookie cone I had with my simple vanilla ice cream. It was the driest and blandest (yeah I made that up) piece of work ever. Even the ice cream didn’t make that desert even slightly soggy. I can say the ice cream isn’t bad but my cone can’t taste like a paper cup.

I moved from Philly to the West Coast decades ago, but when I come back with the kids, this is where I go to show them how fun life here can be. Fantastic menu of ice creams, wooder ice and other treats in an absolutely perfect setting!

A cute local water ice/​ice cream stand. Since it’s the fall they have less flavors available. I still prefer Rita’s because they’re cheaper, but I do like that at Chloe’s, you can make a gelati with ice cream not just soft serve. They make their gelati in opposite order of Rita’s, it has the water ice on top and bottom and the ice cream/​soft serve layer in the middle.

The other day I was in Northern Liberties and craving a typical philadelphia snack — water ice and a soft pretzel. We went to the Rita’s on 2^nd and they were not only «out of pretzels for the season» but were also out of lemon water ice. (Sorry, but — Where they do that at?!?)
My husband and I were in route to Manayunk for an afternoon of furniture hunting, so we figured we’d stop at the little frozen treat hut (I don’t know how else to describe it) smack dab in the middle of Main St. This was my first time at Chloe’s Corner — but I really appreciated the delicious creamy water ice — I opted for the basic cherry /​lemon mix and it was absolutely delish! The pretzel was also particularly yummy — b/​c it was parts typical philly pretzel and parts buttery amish country soft pretzel. Either way — I was totally satisifed, and am looking forward to my next «furniture shopping» trip to Manayunk, so that I can grab another water ice and pretzel combo!
Oh — my husband also ordered the soft serve in the waffle cone … super rich and creamy, and totally rivaled Rita’s custard.
**CASH ONLY**

I really like Chloe’s waterice. Watermelon and blue raspberry are my favorites. I try not to wonder why is it always blue raspberry and not red raspberry, but that’s a question for the industry and not just Chloe’s. The prices are great and I recommend if you really want a large, why not drop the extra half buck and get a pint?

We stopped in late on a Wednesday after a concert in the city for some bad decision snacking on the way home. I had the cheese fries which were magically covered with cheese from the top of the cup to the bottom. Don’t be mistaken, you will need a fork! My husband had a cheesesteak. He liked it, but maybe since it was an off night of the week and early in the season (it was May), they literally had to fire up the grill when we got there. It took a little while for it to heat up and then for them to cook the meat. By the time his sandwich came out I was already halfway through my cheese fries and searching for a second bottle of water. I’m fairly certain I felt my arteries clog up a little that night, but in the moment, it was totally worth it.

This place is awesome! I have been looking for a good ice cream place and this is the one. It was good service and tasted good.

Nothing too impressive, but it was the start of the season when I visited. I think they can improve. The ice cream was alright, and the kids working it were nice, even when they couldn’t get the register to open. I’ll probably stop by on a walk on a nice day, but I’m not making any trips out to see them.

I’ll give it props for having Bassett’s ice cream, a good start. But that goes downhill pretty quickly when I get served a different flavor than I ordered. I didn’t want to make a fuss about it since the girl was obviously new and we had already waited 10 minutes for her to make a chocolate milkshake. The ice cream was still good.
It’s also pretty overpriced. $ 6 for a milkshake, $ 4.50 for a cone, and we asked to get just a spoonful of vanilla for the dog and was given a cup and charged $ 2.50 for that too! All in all, our ice cream cost us $ 12. Wayyyy too much.
I haven’t eaten their food, but prices don’t seem to be much better for that either. Cheesesteaks start at $ 8 without any add-​ins.
Seems like a great place to go during the summer, and I can ignore the fact that they only had one person working and she was obviously very new (although you’d think they’d know better than that), but not at that price.

I know this place simply as the «late night food tent» or the «drunk tent». The deal with this place is pretty simple. They have burgers and hot dogs and typical food you might find at a baseball game for example. So it is all pretty standard food, not the most delicious stuff you’ve ever had but not bad. However after you go to the bar and drink yourself into a stupor and get some grub from this place afterwards it is magically transformed into the best food you’ve ever eaten in your entire life! Or at least it will seem that way at the time!
Given the late night hammered drunk clientele, its a good spot to late night people watch, you are pretty much guaranteed to see some shenanigans or a drunken fight etc. One time a drunk guy actually ran by and grabbed a hamburger off my table and ran away into a cab! Luckily the cab hit a red light and I was able to run the guy down and get my burger back and was greeted by a round of applause upon returning to my table with my burger.
Awesome late night grub!

We were in the mood for Frozen Treats after Bikerace on Sunday. We tried to go to the new ‘Whirled Peace’ Frozen Yogurt shop on Main Street. We walked in and the girl working there said «we are closed… the machines are still on though. «So we are like, so are you open or not? She said «we are not open, but the machines are still on, so.»
My one friend who was visiting thought this was pretty weird and rude and so we walked out. What a good decision! We went down to Chloe’s corner for the first time and it was open and stays open till 11pm! I had thee most delicious ice cream! I had a scoop of red velvet cake with big chunks of cake in it and a scoop of raspberry truffle with chocolate jimmies. My friends got exactly what they wanted too. Chloe’s rocks and I will definitely go back there again.

I had coconut cream water ice here for the first time and it was okay. The boyfriend couldn’t stomach his orange vanilla, and I can’t stand orange, so that went in the trash after a couple of bites.
My coconut cream took a while because they couldn’t find it. It was under a frozen turkey (not one of the flavors on the menu). Because that’s how they roll in Manayunk.

The Tent at Chloe’s Corner is the best late night food spot around. I will only park in the lot behind it so I have to walk past The Tent on my way back to the car. Burgers, hot dogs, fries and mozz sticks… who could ask for more after midnight? Service is good, prices aren’t bad. Can’t ask for much more. I love it. Only reason I’m giving it a 4 star and not a 5, I’ve never actually been to Chloe’s Corner ice cream shop, but judging from the reviews here, it sounds pretty good. Hope to update soon once I try that!

I love you and your delicious water ice … not only are you homemade but you’re really cheap! I wish you were open all yr long but then I wouldn’t appreciate you as much … now that I write this I think I’m going to get off my ass and go visit you hahah

I love gelati, and I consider myself a connoisseur of soft ice cream/​custard. IMHO, a Philadelphia water ice place can either do it right or do it wrong. A recent visit from west coast friends was the perfect excuse to head to Manayunk for a late lunch and a mango/​vanilla gelati. And it was good.
Flavor selection is decent, and prices are right. What more could one ask of her gelati provider?