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Is Bassett's Ice Cream @ Reading Terminal Market Still Open?

Food Paradise, Season 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Bassett's Ice Cream @ Reading Terminal Market is listed open on bassettsicecream.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Bassetts Ice Cream's website, checked 2026-09-08, showed a working online ordering and nationwide shipping system. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured Bassetts Ice Cream, the ice cream counter and shop inside Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market, known for milkshakes and scooped ice cream made from its own recipes. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-06-14), Bassetts was founded in 1861 by Lewis Dubois Bassett in Salem, New Jersey, and is described as the oldest continuously operating ice cream company in the United States. The business operates as a retail ice cream counter within the historic Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to bassettsicecream.com, checked 2026-09-08, the site included a functioning online ordering and nationwide shipping system, along with pages for its retail store, flavor gallery, wholesale program, and gift cards. The same check found sections describing the Bassett family's continued involvement in the business, along with social media links and a blog documenting recent flavors and promotions, matching the same Reading Terminal Market ice cream counter featured on the episode.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 1

Episode 7
Air date not confirmed
Title: Ice Cream Paradise · What was featured: Bassetts' housemade ice cream and milkshakes at Reading Terminal Market
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 1 Food Paradise

Season 1: 85 of 114 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. bassettsicecream.com http://www.bassettsicecream.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassetts_Ice_Cream
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Record fp-0053 · checked by Cal Marchetti.