22 Philly restaurants, bars, and bakeries with pumpkin spice and everything nice
Satisfy your pumpkin spice cravings at these spots around the city.
For Mardhory Santos-Cepeda, her grandmothers are the inspiration and foundation of her cooking. One of the pastry chef’s earliest memories of her grandmother Alcineia is her pumpkin and coconut preserve with cinnamon and cloves.
“I can still picture her making it step by step with so much care,” she shared. “And at the end of the day, she would serve it with a slice of cheese and we would all, children and adults, sit on a long table enjoying it together.”
It’s the same heart-warming moment that Santos-Cepeda looks forward to invoking in her guests when they bite into her fall offerings at Kouklet Brazilian Bakehouse in South Philly.
As fall winds turn leaves crisp and yellow-red, pumpkin spice restores its stardom at Philly bakeries, cafes, bars, restaurants, and Starbucks — the coffee giant’s Pumpkin Spice Latte, which hit shops in August, turns 20 this year.
Neighborhood spots throughout the city are going all in this season — warming the air with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves, and whipping up treats with pumpkin spice and pureed pumpkin.
Whether you are looking for beer, pie, coffee — even mac and cheese — we have the spots for you. Here are some places to satisfy your pumpkin cravings in and near Philadelphia:
How about a pumpkin macaron ($2.50) with a side of pumpkin doughnut ($3) paired with a white chocolate pumpkin mocha ($5.50)? At Oui, you’ll fill all your pumpkin needs. The Old City pastry shop offers those treats along with pumpkin-decorated cake pops and sugar cookies. And you can enjoy your treats with views of the leaves falling on North Third street.
📍160 North 3rd St., 📞 215-922-1269, 🌐 ouisicafe.com, 🕑 Monday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
If you’re looking for a caffeine buzz and a taste of pumpkin pie, La Colombe now has its own version of PSL.
The creamy, seasonally spiced draft latte ($6.75 for 16-ounce, $7.56 for 24-ounce) is on tap at all its locations, from Dilworth Park to Fishtown, offering the autumnal beverage for the first time.
📍1335 Frankford Ave., and other locations, 📞 267-479-1600, 🌐 lacolombe.com, 🕑 Daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Stop by this Irish pub and restaurant on Walnut Street for a pumpkin spice espresso martini ($15), made with vanilla vodka, espresso, coffee liqueur, and homemade pumpkin spice syrup, topped with grated nutmeg and coffee beans.
📍1116 Walnut St., 📞 215-627-7676, 🌐 moriartyspub.com, 🕑 Monday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. (kitchen closes at midnight), Sunday noon to midnight (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.)
In Chestnut Hill, you’ll find individual pumpkin bundt cakes. They’re mini pumpkin sponge cakes with pumpkin infused cream cheese icing for $5.
There’s also pumpkin butter cake bars ($4), pumpkin hand tarts ($5), pumpkin crumb cakes ($5), and pumpkin chocolate chip waffles ($5). And don’t forget about the pumpkin pie sticky bun ($3) filled with a homemade pumpkin pie filling and decorated with their signature pumpkin spice-infused cream cheese icing.
📍8221 Germantown Ave., 📞 267-521-BUNS (2867), 🌐 barrysbuns.com, 🕑 Thursday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dive into bolo de rolo de abóbora com especiarias ($6), a spiced pumpkin cake roll with its thin layers of sponge cake oozing with pumpkin spice white chocolate ganache. Orsonho de abóbora com especiarias ($5), the spiced pumpkin Brazilian-style sourdough doughnut stuffed with spiced pumpkin condensed milk custard and topped with pepita brittle.
📍1647 E Passyunk Ave., 📞 973-664-7076, 🌐 kouklet.com, 🕑 Friday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This West Philly ice cream shop whips up small batches of artisan cream and fruit bars, plus handcrafted pies. The pumpkin s’mores pop ($5) is a smooth and creamy pumpkin popsicle sweetened with condensed milk spiced just right. Plus, the homemade chocolate chip graham marshmallows and added graham cracker crumble make it a sweet, crumbly pop. While you’re there, try the pumpkin spice latte sandwich with pumpkin and coffee ice cream between two cinnamon sugar cookies ($5).
📍265 South 44th St., 📞 267-499-3934, 🌐 lilpopshop.com, 🕑 Tuesday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday to Sunday noon to 9 p.m.
What do you get when you add pounds of pumpkin and a blend of spices to an ale? Urban Village’s Stingy Jack.
Created by Dave Goldman and Tom Revelli, this Northern Liberties brewpub brews on site. The 8% abv pumpkin ale ($8 for 12-ounce, $4 for 8-ounce, $2.50 for 4-ounce) tastes similar to pumpkin pie. There are also four packs to take home for $16. Keep an eye out for their fall menu for possible pumpkin eats.
📍1001 N 2nd St., 📞 267-687-1961, 🌐 urbanvillagebrewing.com, 🕑 Kitchen: Sunday to Thursday, noon to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 11 p.m. Bar: Sunday to Thursday, noon to 11 p.m.; Friday to Saturday, noon to midnight.
At Craftsman Row Saloon in Center City, you can score three pumpkin treats. Start with the butternut pumpkin squash bisque with roasted pumpkin seeds atop ($10), then dig into the Haunted Mac ($14.50), a four-cheese mac and cheese with pumpkin, toasted breadcrumbs, and pumpkin seeds. Wash it down with the Pumpkin King Margarita (tequila, spiced pumpkin, ginger and lemon served in a pumpkin, $15) in October.
📍112 S 8th St., 📞 215-923-0123, 🌐 craftsmanrowsaloon.com, 🕑 Wednesday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Thursday 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 11 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 9 p.m.
In Kensington, warm up with Bà Ngoại’s porridge made with jasmine rice, veggie broth, kabocha squash, scallions, crispy shallots, and lime — a play on the Vietnamese pumpkin soup, canh bí đỏ, which uses kabocha squash as well.
“Since pumpkin typically isn’t found in Vietnamese cooking and is hard to come by in Asian markets, kabocha squash is more often used in Vietnamese dishes,” explained Tina Huynh, the cafe’s marketing director. (It costs $6 for a cup and $10 for a bowl of porridge.)
End your visit with the Bí My Cà Phê Sữa, a spiced bí ngô (pumpkin) version of the traditional Vietnamese coffee, cà phê sữa. It’s made with house pumpkin spiced purée and topped with pumpkin cold foam.
📍3400 J St., 📞 215-690-1268, 🌐 capheroasters.com, 🕑 Wednesday to Monday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m..
For Carol Ha of Okie Dokie Donuts, the fall season is all about the “warming spices.”
“They warm up everything that they’re mixed in,” Ha shared. “The cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and clove — it just has a really nice harmony, especially with things like pumpkin and apple. I think that’s why pumpkin spice season makes people go crazy.”
Starting the first Wednesday of October, find pumpkin cardamom and pumpkin glazed doughnuts for $3.50, plus upcoming weekend specials.
📍1439 Snyder Ave., 📞 267-237-3786, 🌐 okiedokiedonuts.com, 🕑 Wednesday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Devour the pumpkin cream-filled doughnut for $5.74.
📍3816 Chestnut St., 📞 215-240-4590, 🌐 parisbaguette.com, 🕑 Daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Whether you’re in Fishtown or Brewerytown , you can get this version of the perennial pumpkin spice latte hot, iced, orblended ($6.48 for 16-ounce, $7.56 for 24-ounce). If you’re hungry, order a pumpkin bagel with apple cinnamon cream cheese to wash it down.
📍1526 Sansom St., and other locations, 📞 215-964-9974 🌐 bagelsandcophl.com, 🕑 Daily 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Whether you’re in Fishtown or on South Street, you can pick up a vegan pumpkin loaf with an orange glaze ($5), pumpkin cheesecake ($9.50), and pumpkin cupcakes ($3.75) decorated with icing and fun sprinkles. Cinnamon Roll Saturdays will feature pumpkin as a rotational filling flavor, and the shop will also have a made-from-scratch pumpkin syrup for all the latte orders. Note: The store is window-only service through this year.
📍1255 Marlborough St., 📞 215-203-1980, , 🌐 ramonasusansbakeshop.com, 🕑 Tuesday to Friday noon to 7:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (until September 18, then it is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Get your hands on the Pumpkin Cake Roll again this year The sweet pumpkin ice cream with spiced sweet cream cheese and cake is $7 for a single with up to two flavors, $8 for trio with up to three flavors, $12 for pint, plus $1.50 for buttercrisp waffle cone or bowl. Enjoy at all locations.
📍1322 Frankford Ave., Unit 101, and other locations,📞 215-376-5727, , 🌐 jenis.com, 🕑 Daily 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
ReAnimator’s pumpkin spice latte ($5.50) nails the autumnal vibes when paired with a side of ricotta and jam toast at the day cafe by the teams of Yowie, ReAnimator, and eeva. Enjoy the fall favorite at the spacious, sunny South Street hotspot, then shop at Shannon Maldonodo’s whimsical retail boutique next door.
📍226 South St., 📞 215-398-5965, 🌐 wimcafe.com, 🕑 Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday to Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
How about ginger snap cookies layered with pumpkin-spiced ricotta and drizzles of chocolate espresso sauce, topped with whipped cream and chocolate covered espresso beans? The Pumpkin Spice Ice Box Cake ($15) is the perfect Philly dessert for the fall. According to owner and James Beard-semifinalist Angela Cicala, the icebox cake’s roots are set in Philly beginning in the 1920s when the Nabisco brand put a recipe for icebox cake on the side of their wafer boxes.
📍699 N. Broad St., 📞 267-886-9334, 🌐 cicalarestaurant.com, 🕒 Tuesday to Thursday 5 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5 to 10:30 p.m., Sunday 5 to 9 p.m.
Try the pumpkin spiced pudding brulee ($8) with Japanese kabocha pumpkin at this Vietnamese favorite. It’s served with a scoop of coconut ice cream topped with roasted coconut flakes and a sprinkle of pumpkin spice.
📍712-14 South St., 📞 215-800-1533, 🌐 banhmiandbottles.com, 🕑 Monday to Thursday 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The Phoenixville distillery has a Spiced Pumpkin Dark Rum. It’s an 80-proof dark rum flavored with autumn spices and a pinch of cane sugar, distilled and bottled on-site. The small-batch, spiced sipper boasts tasting notes of pumpkin, caramel, baking spice, nutmeg, and vanilla. Get a bottle for $45 at Bluebird Distilling and sister store Char & Stave, beginning at the end of September.
📍100 Bridge St., 📞 610-933-7827, 🌐 bluebirddistilling.com, 🕑 Monday to Sunday 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Buy a bag of Rumpkin Spice Coffee from Char & Stave for $23, the coffee roastery, full-service café-by-day and cocktail bar-by-night by the Phoenixville grain-to-glass distillery, Bluebird Distilling. Perfect for pumpkin spice latte lovers, the beans aged in barrels using the distillery’s spiced pumpkin dark rum offer a fall flavors with each sip.
📍21 Rittenhouse Place, Ardmore, 🌐 charandstave.com, 🕑 Monday to Thursday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to midnight, Saturday 8 a.m. to midnight, Sunday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Get notes of pie crust, cinnamon and ginger, and creamy brown sugar glazed pumpkin with Faber’s pumpkin spice flavored vodka. Mix the fall-themed liquor for pumpkin spice espresso martinis, boozy pumpkin spice lattes, and more. Buy the vodka online for $16.59 and pick up at 1431 N. Cadwallader Street,
📍1431 N. Cadwallader St. (pick-up location), 🌐 faberspirits.com, 🕑 Wednesday to Sunday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The South Street restaurant’s cafe serves a variety of fall drinks for you. There’s the pumpkin spice latte ($5), pumpkin spice hot tea ($5), black tea with pumpkin spice syrup ($4.50), and pumpkin spice soda made with homemade pumpkin spice syrup and seltzer ($4). All pumpkin spice offerings are made with real, organic pumpkins and no artificial flavoring.
📍1524 South St., 📞 267-319-1366, 🌐 rexphl.com, 🕑 Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 pm.
Find a pumpkin spice espresso martini on tap ($13) at this Old City restaurant and bar. Enjoy the original or add on the creamy pumpkin spiced latte version and pair it with a pumpkin spice whoopie pie ($8) made with spiced cake cookies and marshmallow fluff.
📍140 North Christopher Columbus Blvd, 📞 215-375-7744, 🌐 fringebarphilly.com, 🕑 Wednesday to Thursday 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., Friday 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.