Farmacia

[percyn]

15 S 3rd St

Philadelphia, PA 19106

(215) 627-6274

http://www.farmiciarestaurant.com/

Was in the neighborhood so swung by for brunch (served Sat and Sun).

Started with some coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice.

Progressed to Mushroom and Caramelized Onions Soup - Surprising lack of Umami for the type of soup it was.

Main entree was the Frittata of spinach and goat cheese - this was really delicious and had bold egg and goat cheese flavors.

The Crab cake sandwich was a good recommendation by our waiter who claimed this was made with fresh crab and it certainly did not seem to have a lot of "filler" and had a decent amount of crab. Served on a toasted brioche.

Diners are offered their homemade(?) strawberry preserve, which was delicious.

[hathor]

I have to ask: do you know why they would choose that name for a restaurant?

[Capaneus]

I have to ask: do you know why they would choose that name for a restaurant?

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The space formerly housed a pharmacy, and the restaurant's concept is farm-to-city, locavore-friendly. Farm/pharmacy.

[philadining]

Actually, the space used to be a novelty shop, hence its former incarnation as the restaurant called "Novelty."

But Capaneus had the rest of it right, the name is just a play on the farm-to-table thing and the idea that the food is good for you.

And just to be nudgey, it's spelled "Farmicia" with an "i" after the "m".