Milk & Honey

Now called Logan Square Café under new management.
They have typical café things like sandwiches, salads, and soups.
They also have some pastries that are individually plastic wrapped, so they look like they’re baked elsewhere and brought in. The marble loaf bread was lacking in flavor, but at least it wasn’t dry.
Coffee was standard. They also have bottled drinks to go.
It’s the only stand alone café in the immediate area (right by the visitor center).

The service was very bad and I needed to wait a long, long time before I could get all I bought. However, good place for families to go to.

Love love love this coffee shop! I was in here every morning when I lived in the area. Their vegan banana bread is to die for. All of the employees are very nice and will get to know you if you’re in there frequently. They’re pet friendly which definitely came in handy when I was running late for work and didn’t have time to make two trips. I miss this place so much and will be going back in whenever I’m back in the area.

I love Sister Cities Park and it is so great that there is a café right there to go along with it so I hate to say anything too negative here but I have experienced bad coffee and stale overpriced pastries. The indoor chairs are basically uncomfortable lawn chairs. I would say that Milk and Honey is fine if you are going to hang out in the park but if you are looking for a good café then invest the five minutes to walk down the street to go to Capricio.

An ideal location to sip hot drinks and watch families enjoy the Sister’s fountain and Logan Square. La Colombe coffee ($ 2), healthy salads, sandwiches, snacks and baked goods. Tourists can take advantage of the info desk inside.
Awesome in the winter because it’s allllmost like you’re outside. Plenty of sunlight to keep that SAD at bay.
Clearly a good choice in summer as well. On Thursdays (in summer) they have a BYO wine and cheese event. Parents can mingle and enjoy the scene while kids play in the park.
Chairs aren’t super comfy, so I don’t study here all day. But a good place to have a siesta as you are traversing between center city, museums, and parks.

Unfortunately Milk & Honey is closed. The new Sister Cities Café is still quite nice, serving sandwiches with high quality ingredients for a good price and La Colombe coffee. The location alone still makes this a great place to check out.

Sadly, I learned today that Milk and Honey moved on from this location and now it’s just «Sister Cities Café». Rather than downgrade my star rating because I don’t want it to reflect poorly on Milk and Honey I’ll just write that the quality of food at Sister Cities Café is way below what Milk and Honey once was. The turkey sandwich that I got had cold cheese (despite the sandwich being toasted) and the turkey was an odd brown color. Coffee was good so that’s probably all I’ll return for unfortunately.

I ordered an Arnold Palmer over the sweltering Labor Day weekend. Trying to cut down on the sugar content, I asked for ½ unsweetened iced tea and ½ lemonade. I think they gave me sweetened iced tea though because it was still cloyingly sweet, which was unpleasant on a hot day, rather than refreshing. I think I would have preferred Starbucks or even Dunkin Donuts better. The location and décor of this Milk and Honey location is beautiful and scenic though.

When you don’t regularly walk around specific areas of CC, change can unexpectedly happen. I don’t know when this Milk & Honey Café location opened, but it’s fantastic and such a nice addition to an otherwise bleakly empty section of the parkway parks areas. The fountain nearby makes this a family friendly area, and the outside areas were packed with families. The café itself had most tables taken, and since it was right around lunchtime people were munching down on the café’s several different offerings. I wanted to pick up a treat for later, but they didn’t have any signs indicating what each baked item was so I had to wait until the girl at the register was free to ask. I got two of their cookies to go, and thought about a freshly pressed juice but decided to come back another time to try.
The peanut butter sandwich cookie was fantastic. The two peanut butter cookies are very classic, with small chunks of roasted peanuts throughout and a slightly cakey texture. The sandwich all together had a very yummy, mellow, delicious peanut butter flavor, not too sweet, too. Mmmm. Their chocolate chip cookie was a thin, slightly crunchy cookie, with a deep brown sugar flavor and lots of chocolate chips. Now that my sweet tooth has confirmed their bakery is good, nicer weather will bring me back for that juice I missed out on :)

Ok, first of all, I love this place. The actual location and building and atmosphere of the Sister Cities Visitor Center, where Milk and Honey is located, are excellent. The park is great and the outdoor seating is awesome.
However, for billing itself as a «Café,» in my experience, Milk and Honey just isn’t prepared to serve me coffee. And I don’t have particularly high standards.
The actual coffee is *ok*. Not great but not bad. The problem is that they’re just unprepared for pretty common coffee contingencies. For instance, don’t bother going there for coffee for the office. Last time I went they were out of carriers. Also, they didn’t realize that until *after* they had sold me my coffee. So I had to carry it back in a large cardboard box. Not ideal.
The time before that. No cream. Or half and half. Now, where I come from, that’s kind of important. Sure, they had milk… but for me and a lot of other people, that just doesn’t cut it.
So, alas, I’ve made my last pilgrimage to Milk and Honey. I would advise them to prepare for the end, but knowing them, it wouldn’t make a difference.

We were just looking for a nice place for Saturday brunch when Sabrina’s was way too long a wait. We stopped here as it wasn’t too busy and it was a beautiful day out. Options were pretty standard. Small menu.
I got a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich on challah bread. The sandwich was awesome. The home fries were delicious. It was big and filling, in a good way. I really wished they had put more cheese on it though.
My friend got the croque madame and it was deliciously awesome, melty gooey deliciousness. The arugula salad had a light dressing on it. It was delicious. The brunch came with tea or coffee, which was nice.
The place is almost like dining al fresco… it has floor to ceiling windows in the dining area so you get a LOT of light, which is awesome.

Had a fabulous lunch today at Milk and Honey – myself and my dining partner were both very pleased with our sandwiches. Mine was roast turkey with gouda, red pepper spread, and greens. It was really tasty and served on warm, hearty whole grain bread. It was only $ 7!
The one drawback is the drinks are expensive – only artisinal sodas and hand squeezed juices, so expect to make up for the very reasonable sandwiches with $ 2 – 4 drinks.
Regardless, this is a great spot. I will be back to try their $ 11 brunch deal!

I bought a $ 1.62 English Breakfast and sat in this sunny café on the Parkway (Sister Cities Park is pretty cool) and used the free Wifi for a few hours, in fact. Met with two friends and didn’t get any looks or stares for being there so long. As a patron, I think I would have received about one-​star. A good experience overall.

Milk & Honey on the Parkway can easily be missed, since it kind of looks like part of the parks system. It does house a «visitor’s center» (a table with pamphlets and someone selling museum tickets), but the main attraction is the gorgeous glass building that overlooks the Parkway (and the homeless). I’ve been twice. Once I stopped here with my daughter one mid-​morning and we ordered a flavored soy latte, a chocolate croissant, and the quiche of the day. The latte was delicious, the croissant was fine but nothing original, and the quiche was served with cold spots but was otherwise tasty.
I want to really like Milk & Honey because it’s a great addition to the Philly scene. But the servers aren’t always that friendly; it’s kind of hit-​or-​miss. One day the server was helpful and nice, another day a different server kind of looked annoyed that I was ordering food. And it’s not cheap.
So, I think they could brush up on their customer service and make sure the food is heated properly. And if it were a bit cheaper that’d be even better. I don’t think I’ll come here regularly, but it’ll do once in a while.

wonderful view of the museum district and fountain on the circle from inside, good espresso drinks, good food, friendly staff, cool atmosphere. Pesto panini sandwich was great as was my machiatto.

Great location and good coffee.
I came here two mornings in a row back in October because I was staying nearby. My preference is a triple Americano and they did a fine job of it. The indoors is modern with lots of glass to look outside at the nice park, big buildings and people passing through Sister Cities Park. There is also a little food here in the café but I don’t recall exactly what, besides some simple pastries.
Outdoors is a little garden play area for kids and the Seven Cities Park with benches and a fountain that wasn’t running while I was there. Quite pleasant, though there was an incredibly high number of homeless people passing through. It looked like there was a free breakfast in one of the nearby squares.

It’s a café.
They have bagels, VERY Good Coffee, from what I can tell also hummus, pre-​made sandwiches (which they will panini for you).
This is adjacent to Sister Cities Park. The view is nice, and it’s certainly nicer than what was there. Don’t expect a large pool, or park for your kids to run in. it’s small.
Nice spot to hit before or after the Library, Franklin Inst. that’s what we did! Then goto Mace’s Crossing after!

I love the new Sister Cities Park. I work nearby so sometimes I’ll sit on a bench at lunch. They did such a great job with it! It’s a perfect place to relax in the middle of the city.
Milk & Honey Café is also a great addition to the Parkway. I’ve been there a few times for iced coffee (La Columbe, really yummy!) and bagels (also delicious!), and once for lunch. I had one of the pre-​made caprese sandwiches. I always expect those to be soggy, but this wasn’t at all. Everything is really fresh. And I’ve been eyeing the case of baked goods — they have a great variety and everything looks delicious.
My favorite part is the outdoor seating. There’s plenty of it all around the glass building, and many of the tables are in the shade. And there’s just a lot going on in the park to look at. There are a lot of kids and families around. It has a fun atmosphere!

A lovely — and brand-spankin’-new café at Sister Cities Park.
Not cheap — but on par for Center City — and greatly needed.
Please put in another register and speed up your lunch-​time service.
You’re really on to something here.
Delicious coffee drinks. Quiche. Sandwiches.
(Great ice pops, too!)

I see a lot of potential here.
Milk & Honey café within Sister Cities Park provides an accessible lunchtime option for the center city workforce all with a sense of escape from the hustle and bustle of the center square (the setting within the small park helps, of course).
With its convenient location right on the Parkway, it’s an easy place to grab a quick bite to eat, a rich la colombe brew or even some dessert (cookies, ice cream, brownies, cupcakes!)
I came in for lunch yesterday and it was CROWDED (or at least it appeared to be). It is clear Milk & Honey needs to work out the kinks in terms of crowd control (they only have ONE register at the moment which can add up to a 20 minute wait just for an iced coffee). I tried one of their premade sandwiches (actually they are all premade but you are given the option to toast). My sandwich (the fairmount: gouda cheese, arugula, multigrain seeded bread) was huge and filling. We also sampled the vegan lentil salad which was seasoned with dijon mustard for a little kick. All in all it was a solid lunch choice especially since we could enjoy our meal while basking in the warm sunlight and overlooking the mini boat pond :)
Other things they have:
Homemade quiche, yogurt, boylan sodas, joe T teas/​lemonades, south philly bagels, basset’s ice cream, pastries, paninis, fresh baked breads (zucchini, banana, pumpkin etc.), smoothies, soups.
Being useful:
They accept credit cards
Hours are currently 7am-​7pm
Outdoor and indoor seating