Crêpes at Eight Area Restaurants Win Yelp ‘Gold Medals’

POTTSTOWN PA – Eight restaurants across western Montgomery and eastern Berks counties were acclaimed Friday (July 26, 2024) by Yelp for serving “gold medal-worthy food.”

Yelp, a highly followed restaurant and business rating website, identified the eight among its Top 50 contenders in serving the “Best Crêpes Near Pottstown PA.” One restaurant even made its way into the honored Top 10. And, sadly for its growing fan base, one didn’t make the Top 50 at all.

Crêpes, according to the Culinary Institute of America, are “pancakes made by cooking a batter in a very thin layer. Crêpes are typically stuffed, folded, topped, or layered with sweet or savory fillings.” Importantly, the institute adds, “the thinner the crêpe the better.”

Yelp issued its “Best Crêpes” rankings as the Summer Olympics got under way in Paris. The international sporting events prompted its “gold-medal worthy” declaration, and its focus on the primarily French dish.

But the California-based ratings company was less specific in its definition of what was considered “near Pottstown.” Two restaurants earning top-10 designations were in New Jersey, more than a hour’s drive from the borough.

Locals landing among the Top 50

The restaurant closest to Pottstown to earn a Top-10 distinction was Crepe Place V-DaL, 345 Main St., in Harleysville, 18 miles northeast of the borough. It was ranked as Yelp’s Number 2 choice. Its menu features 14 different dinner and breakfast crêpe varieties, as well as waffles, bubble waffles, breakfast sandwiches, salads, paninis, and flat-bread pizzas.

Also making the list, among its Top 50 choices, were these restaurants:

• Brooks Breakfast and Lunch Café, Douglassville, ranked Number 20;
• Sunnybrook Ballroom, Pottstown, Number 23;
• Buttercup Bistro, Trappe, #25;
• Grace’s Cafe in Trappe, Number 27;
• The Energy Station, Harleysville, Number 31;
• Ateethi, Collegeville, Number 35; and
• Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana, Collegeville, Number 41.

Crepe and Shake, a future contender?

Unfortunately, in the eyes of its fans, Crepe and Shake at the High Street Terminal, 300 E. High St., didn’t merit a mention in the top-50 compilation. The restaurant opened its doors in late April, and perhaps is considered too new for Yelp’s consideration.

However, Crepe and Shake offers a distinctive menu of savory crêpe selections: Monte Christo, Mediterranean Turkey, Ham and Swiss, and Mediterranean Veggie.

It also lists sweet crêpes that include Nutella, Banana Bacon Peanut Butter, S’mores, and Caramel Apple varieties. The place is also said to serve great ice cream, its Facebook followers say.

Crepe and Shake currently reports its hours as Thursdays from 4-8 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 8 p.m.

Yelp’s Top 10 List of ‘Best Crepes Near Pottstown’

Here’s the Yelp compilation of 10 recommended restaurants for “Best Crepes Near Pottstown PA,” as displayed Friday:

1. Taste of Crepes, 617 Penn Ave., West Reading PA 19611, (610) 685-2001,
   Its Facebook page
   Ranked First: with an average of 4.2 stars (on a rating scale in which 1 is lowest and 5 is highest), based on 101 reviews;
2. Crepe Place V-DaL, 345 Main St., Harleysville PA 19438, (267) 932-8809,
   Its website
   Second: averaging 4.7 stars on 22 reviews;
3. Rachel’s Cafe and Creperie, 201 W. Walnut St., Lancaster PA 17603, (717) 399-3515,
   Its website
   Third: averaging 4.5 on 494 reviews;
4. Bonjour Creperie Cafe, 790 Edison Furling Rd., Box 495, Furlong PA 18925, (267) 261-6735,
   Its website
   Fourth: averaging 4.6 on 9 reviews);
5. Ma’s Crepes And Cakes, 46 W. Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA 18229, (570) 732-9944,
   Its website
   Fifth: averaging 4.4 on 7 reviews;
6. Ancestor Coffeehouse & Creperie, 119 Springwood Dr. Ste. 500, Lebanon PA, known as its “Cornwall” location, 17042, (717) 675-7527,
   Its website
   Sixth: averaging 4.5 on 53 reviews;
7. T Swirl Crepe, 115 Kings Hwy. E., Haddonfield NJ 08033, (856) 229-7107,
   Its website
   Seventh: averaging 4.2 on 86 reviews;
8. Ancestor Coffeehouse & Crêperie, 2701 Horseshoe Pike, Palmyra, PA 17078, known as its “Campbelltown” location, (717) 675-9911,
   Its website
   Eighth: averaging 4.6 on 18 reviews;
9. Piccola Venezia, 110 S Union St., Kennett Square PA 19348, (610) 345-5629,
   Its Instagram page
   Ninth: averaging 4.6 on 5 reviews; and
10. Le Crepe Cafe, 25 E. Washington Ave., Washington NJ 07882, (908) 283-3229
    Its Facebook page
    10th: averaging 4.8 on 12 reviews.

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