Trowbridge’s in Florence on Travel + Leisure list of 50 reasons to love the U.S.A.

Trowbridge’s Ice Cream and Sandwich Bar in downtown Florence is featured as one of the “50 Reasons to Love the U.S.A.” in the July edition of Travel + Leisure magazine. Trowbridge’s is Alabama’s representative on the magazine’s state-by-state guide to summer travel. “Because small-town diners can’t be beat. Florence, Alabama, a well-scrubbed town overlooking the Tennessee River, isn’t retro in that faux-Mayberry sort of way. It’s the real deal. And so is Trowbridge’s, an eight-stool lunch counter where, in 1918, Paul Trowbridge began churning and scooping orange-pineapple ice cream. Ask for their trademark egg-and-olive sandwich, and someone will toast it for you in a stainless-steel press. If you order a white-bread banana sandwich, you get a choice of mayo or peanut butter or both.” – Travel + Leisure. The orange-pineapple ice cream at Trowbridge’s is featured on the Alabama Tourism Department’s “100 dishes to eat in Alabama before you die” listing. http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/50-reasons-to-love-the-usa-south-and-southeast