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
Moved to Florida from Florence approximately 45 years ago. You may think I would look at West Palm Beach as my home…..WRONG! Florence will always be my home & one of the reasons is Trowbridges….no lie. Depending on the time of day we would arrive for our not too often visits, it was & is the first place we head. I think I would just go ahead & die if I knew as a certainty I would never get to eat there again. Am hoping in next couple of years to be able to move back to Florence & you can bet your sweet bippy that you’ll find me everyday around 1pm stuffing a hot dog AND an egg & olive sandwich in my face. LOVE LOVE LOVE that place !
Thanks for sharing about Florence! I’ve heard so much about Trowbridges and have yet to get there myself. It is high on my list of things to see this spring.