Dan Cirucci: Pop Shop Cafe/Cremery

Friday, June 12, 2009

Pop Shop Cafe/Cremery

What's a crab pretzel?

It's a Philadelphia soft pretzel smothered with crabmeat and melted cheese.

Where can you get it?

At The Pop Shop in Collingswood, of course!

The crab pretzel is just one of many unusual items on the menu at at this one-of-a-kind retro diner/soda fountain just a short walk from the PATCO hi-speed line station in South Jersey.

The Pop Shop doesn't try to recreate an all-American 50's diner feel. Instead, it reinvents it.

The place is nostalgic but updated as well.

The Pop Shop seats 85 at a combination of leather booths, 1960-inspired faux wood and metal tables, and the fountain soda fountain. Plus, a brand new party room is set to open at any moment.

The wait staff and soda jerks all don soda jerk hats and custom bowling shirts.

One wall is decorated with the owners’ collection of vintage clocks including classic Westcloxs.

The soda fountain and hostess counter were reclaimed from a condemned 1940’s counter diner in Ottoville, Iowa and retrofitted to fit The Pop Shop. The owners won the soda fountain and hostess counter in an E-bay auction.

There seems to be a story behind everything at The Pop Shop.

But of course none of this would work without a fun, imaginative menu featuring great food. And that The Pop Shop has.

When we stopped at The Pop Shop yesterday we sampled the crab pretzels along with lusciously thick milkshakes, a variety of hamburgers, tuna melts, seasoned fires, and The Pop Shop's very own chocolate bread pudding. Everything was wonderful.

And, yes - The Pop Shop is for everybody. There are veggie items on the extensive menu along with senior citizen specials and a full children's menu. Which is to say you don't have to pig out to enjoy the place. And the owners and wait staff are happy to accommodate your special requests.

The Pop Shop combines a welcoming community-centered atmosphere, moderate prices, and warm service. Their aim is "to be known as a 'friendly place.' "

"The place everyone goes to after games or plays. A place for first dates and play dates. An after school hangout and senior social destination. A place you can take a date or your three-year-old on a Saturday night."

The Pop Shop is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and ice cream from 8 till 9 Monday through Thursday, from 8 till 10 Friday, from 7:30 till 10 Saturday and from 7:30 till 8 on Sunday.

Enjoy!

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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