Photo Essay – The Folger’s New Quill & Crumb Café Opens

Photo Essay – The Folger’s New Quill & Crumb Café Opens

by Larry Janezich

Posted November 22, 2024

Quill & Crumb – the new Folger Library Café – opened at 11:00am on Friday.  The café, located  in the Library’s Great Hall, is all about space and light.  Patrons will feel welcome despite being in a somewhat formal atmosphere with dark wood paneling, huge windows and a soaring ceiling.  The entrances to the café are through the east and west lower terrace entrances. 

The new café will offer lunch, baked goods, snacks, and savories alongside coffee and tea service.  A bar offering beer, wine, local cider, and assorted seasonal cocktails will also be a part of the menu.

Chief Financial Officer Ruth Taylor Kidd, who oversaw the project says, “Since we reopened the building in June, people have congregated in the Great Hall to work or meet with friends. We love seeing this, and we know the café will enhance how we welcome people to spend time at the Folger.”

Quill & Crumb will keep the same hours as the rest of the Folger Shakespeare Library.  The café will be open on Tuesday-Sunday beginning at 11:00am.  On Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, the café will close at 6pm.  On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday it will stay open until 9pm.  On evenings when there are performances in the theatre, the café will stay open through intermission.

Menu highlights include salads, tartines, shareable snacks, wines on draft, seasonal cocktails, and house-made lemonades and iced teas.  For more information about Quill & Crumb, including the latest menu, go here: https://www.folger.edu/visit/folger-cafe-quill-crumb/

The west entrance to Quilll & Crumb just off the theater lobby. Photo from circa 12:15pm on Friday.

Photo, walking from east to west through the Great Hall. This is the lounge area catering to socializing over drinks or a light bite before a performance in Folger Theatre.

The middle area with high-top tables for coffee or a quick snack.

Constellation Culinary Group will manage Quill & Crumb.

The company also manages a number of restaurants and eateries at cultural institutions in the U.S., including Merriweather Café at Hillwood Estate and Stir Restaurant at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The menu features pastries like Lavender Blackberry Financiers and Pain Au Chocolat.

Approaching the east entrance to the cafe – tables and banquettes for leisurely lunches.

Space and light.