Bacchus Market & Catering

I think this is a pretty good place over all. It might be a bit pricey but in my opinion, not overly so. I had a turkey club on wheat bread and thought it was very good and prepared in a reasonable amount of time. It would have benefited from toasting the bread but that is a minor point. They have a lot of gourmet items here including coffee, chocolate, chips, and a lots of prepared foods. It is in a great location and when it is warm, there are a few tables outside. Spruce can be a busy street but it isn’t as bad as Lombard or Pine which are totally insane in terms of the traffic. As a result, this can be a quiet little place for a neighborhood bite to eat or a coffee in the morning or at lunch. FYI, they are closed on Mondays.

Bacchus catered my mother-in-law’s bridal luncheon and I couldn’t be happier with the experience! Tracey worked with me to create a custom menu, the food was ready right on time when I picked up, the food was fresh and delicious, and guests kept asking where the food was from! Our summer menu of poached salmon, BBQ chicken, kale and wheat berry salad, summer corn salad, and pesto pasta salad was perfect and the quantities Tracey recommended were right on target. I will be remembering Bacchus for future showers, luncheons, and other parties I host!

Wow. Just wow.
I was secretly surprised with dinner after a long day of work. On my plate was beef brisket, lemon herbed potatoes, and a kale and wheatberry salad. The meal was absolutely delicious! It felt like a homecooked meal.
The beef was tender, full of flavor, and easily went well with the potatoes. The shining moment was the kale salad. Kale yeah! I love kale. This kale salad had texture, color, and most of all, taste. It had all sorts of cool stuff: baby corn, almonds, and wheatberries. Dressing was light to showcase every ingredient.
It was a hearty meal, and dinner for two was about $ 30.
I definitely want to order from this place again. And again! Very impressed.

Our family has had bacchus cater several important events over the past few years. Each one was outstanding and exceeded our expectations.
Most recently, tonight as a matter of fact, they catered a party at our home as we celebrated the confirmation of our son. The compliments came fast and furious!
And for context, I am a formally trained chef and have worked in the best restaurants.
Well done Bacchus!

Terrible slow service even in the morning. Nothing special in the store. My sandwich was all burnt at the bottom. Had to take it off half of the sandwich to be able to eat it.
Would never come back!

This place is cute, and nice to have in the neighborhood, but food goes down as the day goes on. With one excpteion — my wife loves their cake pops!
We had them cater with small sandwiches after reading a positive review previously, but were disappointed. It was timely, and we admit it was on short notice, and they worked with us, but it was rather tasteless unimpressive. Very few ended up eaten, and many were left with only a bite taken.

I wanted to grab a quick bite to eat on my way over to the river.
I mixed two kale and quinoa salads in a medium container (about .6 lbs) and it wasn’t too expensive… like $ 6. Not bad for a dinner.
The salads were SO GOOD, though. One was kale, quinoa, butternut squash, and parmesan. The other was kale, quinoa, watermelon, and feta. Sure, they may not mix well, but I’m trying to save the Earth or something by getting one container. Either way, they were quite scrumptious.
My friend got a turkey and brie sandwich which was also excellent. I highly recommend this market if you’re in the area.

This review is solely based off of their lemon squares, which are the only things I have purchased at Bacchus. That being said, I love, LOVE their lemon squares and will be very sad not to have them when I move after graduation. They’re tart, without being too tart, and are sweet, without being too sweet. These are definitely my favorite lemon squares.

great service! great food!

A friendly, yummy local market with an amaizing selection for its petite size. Highly recommend the gourmet, made to order grilled panini sandwiches — order, fresh bread topped with cheese, meats and or vegetables of choice with a yummy sauce topping, or satisfy that craving with their extensive selection of prepped foods, including cookies and chocolate dipped pretzels. Great customer service here and extensive selections make it an all around pleasant spot to pick up a quick bite, cup of joe, or satisfying culinary treasure.

Delicious gourmet cuisine. Highly recommend the grilled panini sandwiches that are made to order, fresh bread topped with cheese, meats and or vegetables of choice with a yummy sauce topping. Also good selection of prepped good, cookies and dark, chocolate dipped pretzels. Nice people here make it an all around pleasant spot to pick up lunch, dinner or a snack. Go ahead, you deserve it !

I go to Bacchus probably about 3 times a week on average. (I work in the neighborhood.) The staff is courteous and friendly, and when you’re a regular, chatty as well. Tracy, the owner, runs a tight ship, too, and cares about her customers. There is usually a mix of different foods (including vegetarian options and gluten-​free options if either/​both is a thing for you), including regular dishes (e.g., the paninis, chicken and black bean burritos, greek salad) and other new stuff they’re trying out. Beverages include a variety of coffee (beans from La Colombe), bottled juices and sodas. They have a pretty good cheese selection, too, if you’re in the neighborhood, have company coming over, and need an appetizer quickly.
Bacchus also does terrific catering. About four or five years ago, my folks finally got tired of running around like lunatics for the holidays when hosting, and decided to let Bacchus do the heavy lifting. Their holiday catering menu is fantastic. Check out the mushroom tartlets (assuming they’re on the menu again this year) and spinach phyllo turnovers for appetizers. And I don’t know what they do with their turkey breast, but it’s freakin’ addictive.
One bit of warning for folks — credit cards are accepted only for orders over $ 10.

We stopped in here for a bite on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and decided to share a sandwich. Before we ordered, one of the employees informed us that they were out of panini rolls but they could use multigrain bread. Fine with us. We ordered a turkey, brie, and apple butter sandwich. Sounded delicious on the menu, and while it was okay, it was nothing fantastic. It was NOTHING worth $ 8.95! I saw the size of the sandwich as she made it, and when I saw the price she rung up on the register, my mouth literally dropped open. We opened our sandwich to find half of it stuck to the foil, and some of the turkey cold. The ingredients were good, but nothing spectacular. For $ 10 and change for a tiny sandwich and bottle of water, we won’t be back.

I love love love this food. Tracey, the owner, is MORE than accommodating and very willing to work with each and every customer. I just graduated from grad school and used her to cater my party, and the food was PHENOMENAL. I didn’t like the way a few of the things on the menu on the website sounded, so she changed them to suit my tastes better.
Everything she makes is so good, you don’t realize how healthy you are eating as well. All of the salad, chicken, salmon, and other side dishes were just so good!
Please please use Bacchus if you have a party or anything else you want to have catered. The guy who came to deliver the food clearly looked like he and Tracey had been up all night cooking (which they had, considering it’s graduation season… and, he said so :)), but he was so nice. He went through everything I had on the menu and showed me each food item, explaining if there was a sauce that went with something as well.
I cannot recommend Bacchus enough!

I’ve had the pleasure of using Tracey’s company to cater two events at my house. She’s been amazingly flexible, helpful, and proactive every time I’ve worked with her. I’ve been able to host 50 person dinner parties for less than $ 20 per person, when I was looking to save a few bucks. My guests thought I’d easily spent twice that. The food is exceptional. Tracey’s team is very professional and helpful. Finally, Tracey is a dream. I hope you’ll use Bacchus when you have the chance, either to cater an event for you or pick up a quick meal.
We should really be supporting more local, exceptional businesses like Tracey’s. I plan on continue to do so!

This place is awesome. I just moved into the neighborhood and I swear I eat here 2−3x a week.
They have great fresh salads, with dark greens, which are surprisingly hard to find. I find them better and lower priced than others nearby (see my review for Healthy Bites).
Every sandwich /​panini I’ve had has been great. The gazpacho available during the summer is fantastic. The cookies are nice and soft, not all crusty and over-​baked like some places. The brownies are great, too.
And I find them super nice, if sometimes a bit slow, though maybe it depends on who’s working. It’s certainly a welcome departure from many of Philly’s quick-​bite-​type establishments where I feel like I’m annoying them with my patronage.

If catering, this place is awesome, if buying food for just your household, it’s overpriced and not as amazing as the catering (the opposite I feel is true for Tastebuds… catering, not so great buy reg food muy bueno). I have been to two parties catered by Bacchus… always delicious and eclectic appetizers and dishes abound! I went there over the summer, got a smoothie that was neither smooth nor tasty and on another occasion, tried an orzo that had very little flavor.
Additionally, the cashiers I encountered never seemed happy to have to deal with customers (or people in general). I agree with Ben D.: a little smile can go a long way! I give this place 3 stars for great catering but not so great in-​store food and peeps.

I love Bacchus. I live a stone’s throw away and find myself in here constantly for La Colombe coffee, a bagel with cream cheese and tomato, or the turkey, brie and apple butter panini (YUM). It’s sad that they are closed on Mondays though when I need my coffee the most. Also, I don’t understand why they don’t sell sandwich rolls or fresh bread.
Other Unilocalers are right that it’s pricey for some items but they use high quality ingredients. It’s also good for grabbing a gourmet dinner when you don’t want to cook. I picked up a chorizo, chicken, and sweet potato burrito last week for $ 5.25 and it was delicious.
FYI — $ 10 minimum to use your debit card ($ 15 for a credit card — makes no damn sense). Pain in the butt as I rarely carry cash so I do find myself not going as often as I would normally go if they didn’t have the minimum.

I will be ‘backus’ to Bacchus! This little food shop is so charming. My roommate and I are new to the neighborhood and the staff greeted us warmly and even gave us free coffee cups!
The Snickerdoodle La Columbe coffee is exactly what I want in a cup of joe. The staff was super helpful/​friendly. He even googlemapped something for us while toasting our bagels.
The vegetarian pizza that the chef was making in the back looked downright delicious… The overall presentation made me want to stroll around, drink coffee, have a few little nibbles and repeat!

After an unfortunate experience at the Institute, I have to remind myself about Bacchus.
During the Tweed Ride’s stop in Tanney Park for lunch, a few old time-​y guys and gals and I went searching for a place to pick up some lunch. Bacchus was on our way to get some old time-​y brews, so we stopped in to check out the menu and decided to come back in on our way back to the park.
A woman who is either the owner or manager (I think?) was very excited to have us there because of our vintage garb. She was so nice and more excited than we were about the Tweed RIde. She graciously and happily took our orders, allowing me to substitute brie for cheddar on my roast beef pannini. «You can have anything you want, baby!» she said. The guy that rang us up was also incredibly nice. He complimented my choice of beer (Ommegang Dubbel).
After such a pleasant experience in the store, we were extremely happy to find that our sandwiches were DELICIOUS. Like, one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever eaten. I applaud my own choice of Stewart’s Cream Soda (purchased at Bacchus) and the Dubbel (purchased elsewhere).
I hopped back on my trusty metal steed with the rest of the gang with my stomach full and my body happy.