DISQUS

jacobgrier · 5 months ago

For me it's Graeter's in Cincinnati. I didn't grow up there, but I visited yearly and Graeter's was always a special treat.

Bitter · 5 months ago

I'll second the Braum's. Predictably, I'm from Oklahoma.

KPCK · 5 months ago

Steve's Ice Cream shop in Huntington, NY was fabulous. It was a small New England chain that also opened a branch in Huntington (considering how many villagers went to high school, sailed, had ski homes and/or island homes in New England, it was a natural extension). The shop had several simple flavors of ice cream, you then picked what would be mixed in, and the shop would put your ice cream on the marble counter while mixing in your Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (for example). It was delicious, and the place to go. Just a 2 mile walk from my parents' house in Lloyd Harbor, so it was perfect for a teenager.

Ali · 4 months ago

Hey, can you believe another vote for Graeters!? And this one from a South Carolina native. My uncle lived in Cincinnatti but played in the SC Philharmonic. He would drive down for concerts and was a bit of an ice cream dealer. He had a cooler in his car packed with dry ice and Graeters. He took orders and sold some to other members of the orchestra. He would stay with us and bring us several pints. Oh, how I loved those chocolate chunks!

RCarney · 3 months ago

Buebell, from Houston Texas. I'm not a vanilla icecream fan, but their french vanilla was to die for. And a place in Amish country my Dad took me for my first ice cream cones. It looked like a barn and had enormous tremendously tall counters, but that may have been because I was 3 at the time. And, of course, Richmans.
The last time I was there, all the short order cooks in the restaurant had just walked out because they were tired of management telling them what to do and how to do it. What ensued was an I love lucy-esque comedy of waitstaffing woes as the management put their efficiency tips into practice......