Daily News | John’s Water Ice and outdoor beer gardens mark Philly’s spring reopening
Monday, April 3 will see the reopening of John’s Water Ice at Seventh and Christian Streets, a South Philadelphia landmark since 1945. For the second year, Anthony Cardullo Jr. and his family will also have a shop at 2975 Philmont Ave. in Huntingdon Valley.
Like just about everything else, John’s water ice and gelato prices will rise 50 cents a cup. “Every single product I buy went up,” Cardullo said. The 2023 price of a small water ice will be $2.50. On the plus side, the medium will be 12 ounces because Cardullo’s supplier discontinued the 10-ounce cups.Cardullo’s grandfather, a Sicilian immigrant who delivered heating oil and coal in the winter and ice in the summer, started the business as a line extension.
The big news this season will be an expansion of the family-friendly beer garden at the Philadelphia Zoo in West Philadelphia, due to open by Memorial Day weekend, and an expansion of Uptown Beer Garden on JFK Boulevard at 16th Street. Uptown is due to reopen May 1 with 250 seats but will gain 50 by Memorial Day weekend.at 106 Jamestown Ave. in Manayunk and at 1438 South St. on South Street West. They open for the season Saturday.
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