

“Given that, the original shape is, likely, gone forever. “Recreating a custom machine of this sort is simply not possible for a small company such as Panorama Foods,” the statement reads.

This has been the number-one topic at this restaurant for the past six months.”Īmazon and the cracker company’s website have been bombarded with scathing reviews from customers who aren’t pleased. He ended up with Westminster Crackers, which are small, come wrapped in packets of 10 or so, and taste more like saltines. Then, in the fall, the company that produced the crackers stopped making them, forcing businesses like Mink’s to scramble for a replacement. It didn’t break into hard crumbs when cracked over soup. The taste changed and the texture was softer, like a regular cracker. The shape morphed from spherical to rectangular, said Sam Mink, owner of the Oyster House at 1516 Sansom St. Often served in large glass goblets on the bars of oyster houses, the crackers were as much a part of the city’s fabric as soft pretzels.īut about a year and a half ago, owners of local establishments say, the cracker they knew began to crumble. For decades, patrons at Philadelphia’s seafood houses happily nibbled on crunchy, biscuit-like orbs known as oyster crackers, piling dabs of tangy horseradish on top.
