Coming to Reading Terminal Market: Corndogs and mushrooms
Shibumi Farm is out of Princeton, while Fox & Son is a homegrown effort.
Reading Terminal Market's next merchants, opening next spring, will focus on corndogs and mushrooms.
The market officially unveiled plans Thursday, Oct. 6 for Shibumi Farm and Fox & Son Fancy Corndogs, which will be set up back to back in the former Salumeria stand.
Shibumi Farm, founded four years ago in Princeton by reformed investment banker Alan Kaufman, will sell about three dozen species of mushrooms, some unique in the United States.
Shibumi does a tidy business among the chef community, but wants to get out to the public in a face-to-face (e.g. retail) environment.
Shibumi also will sell mushroom stocks, pastas, vegetarian and vegan pâtés ,and faux-crab cakes made of mushrooms.
I told you last month about Fox & Son, which will sell corndogs, specialty poutines, Birchrun Hill Farm squeaky cheese curds, and "dressed-up" baked potatoes. There will be gluten-free, vegetarian, and other allergy-friendly varieties.