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$15 gift certificate for Metropolitan Bakery

With only a table, a shoebox for a register, and a single rack of freshly baked bread, the likes of which Philadelphians had never tasted before, Wendy Smith Born and James Barrett opened Metropolitan Bakery in 1993. And the lines haven't stopped since. Known for their intense, earthy flavors, crackling crusts, and complex texture, the breads are baked in over thirty varieties at a 10,000-foot baking facility and then delivered to six neighborhood shops and to more than ninety of the Philadelphia area's best restaurants and gourmet markets. Besides selling baked goods, take a peek at the retail shops. Which offer an array of gourmet products such as imported marmalades, specialty olive oils, domestic and imported cheeses, homemade tapenades, and freshly roasted coffee. You also have a choice of locations from Old City, Rittenhouse Square, Reading Market, Chestnut Hill, and Ardmore. With 50 dollars to spend, you'll be loosening those belts in no time. The chocolate cherry bread is, to quote Mike Myers, like buttah.