Morrone’s Water Ice

I’m from DC and enjoy this place. I come here all the time when I visit. My mom from here and when we come back and visit and since I was a kid I love this place. Super cheap prices. The water ice is banging.

Pretty good water ice. Super cheap prices and large portions. The location is out of the way and the neighborhood didn’t seem very good.

If not for our good Christian values, I would have thrown this garbage back in the face of the man who sold it to me… yuck…we came from out of town and couldn’t find Fred’s water ice… Never again! This is supposed to rep Philly. They should be ashamed.

I can’t believe Morrone’s (pronounced MORE-​O-​KNEES) hasn’t been reviewed yet. The overall brand used to have more presence in West Philly, but I guess times are changing. I think there were at least 2 more locations not to mention the trucks. This was before every Puerto Rican corner store had water ice. I’m glad this spot is still open though. It was my favorite as a child.
Of all the flavors I’ve had here (cherry, grape, lemon, blueberry, lime, to name a few) I don’t think I’ve found anywhere else that has «Tutti Frutti.» Although it’s seasonal, Morrone’s serves as a good snapshot in time of the old West Philly neighborhood (even though 63^rd st is more of a borderline).
I really do have fond memories of this place though. My relationship with my father turned sour a long time ago, but in the early years when we hung out as father and son this was one place I could ask him to take me and he wouldn’t refuse. He wasn’t too keen on rewards. Many years later we are on much better terms, I wonder how nostalgic it would be for us to come back here together.