Pizza Brain & Little Baby's Ice Cream

Pizza Brain, located at 2313 Frankfurt Avenue in Fishtown offer an effective remedy for not only your hunger, but also your culture, being the home of the nation’s first Pizza museum! Originally starting simply as an art exhibit for the “Guiness-certified largest collection of pizza related items” that later turned into a pizzeria itself. Walking into “the brain” (local nickname), you might experience some sensory overload with every inch of the restaurant being covered in pizza memorabilia. Team Pizza Brain along with it’s conjoined neighbor, Little Baby’s Ice Cream, feature some of the most unique and innovative slices and 

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The menu at the brain is divided between slices with a red base of rich, fresh crushed tomato sauce or white base slices with roux Béchamel (a buttery, creamy base, with garlic and olive oil). Pies range from about $11 to $22, and varying individual slices are either $3 to $4, making it relatively cheap option for some quality food. With their wacky names, my favorite of the red base displayed on the left is the “Forbes Waggensense”, consisting of house-made smoked pepperoni, mozzarella, fontina, grana padano cheeses, and fresh basil. My recommended white base is the “Lucy Waggle” also consisting mozzarella and grana padano cheeses, fresh thyme, sweet date, crisped prosciutto, and fresh arugula providing a unique sweet and savory flavor.

While it is hard, saving belly room for Little Baby’s ice cream is an absolute must for treating your sweet tooth symptoms. All the flavors at Little Baby’s are very unique such as everything bagel, balsamic banana, or early grey sriracha among many.  On my most recent visit, I was recommended the peanut butter maple tarragon flavor, nestled between a both a chai snickerdoodle and sugar cookie. I must say the combination of flavors was interesting but what makes Little Baby’s great are the endless possibilities.

One thing that cannot go unmentioned is the “secret” slice called the “Franford Avenue Taco”. This slice pushes the envelope consisting of a classic Pizza Brain slice topped with Little Baby’s pizza flavored ice cream.  While this is a bold challenge, experiencing the awesome combination is strangely well worth it, while being somewhat messy.

It is the risks and uniqueness of both Pizza Brain and Little Baby’s that puts them a slice above the rest. So if you need to heal your cultural and culinary ailments, this tag team are experts at their craft.