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Dairy Isle

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The Dairy Isle chain was based in Wooster, OH. These ice cream stands featured giant cones as the building's central element. The design was created by Clarence S. Shank and patented in 1957. The buildings were shipped as prefabricated kits to be assembled on-site by the owner.

Dairy Bar
Fonda, NY		 Young's Drive-in
Mount Vernon, OH		 Gran Gran's
Buffalo, NY
Gran Gran's was previously named Munchies and later Mr. Kones.

Dairy Island
Newburgh, NY		 Dairy Inn
Saegertown, PA		 Dairy Ace
Circleville, OH
The Dairy Ace became Ritter's Scoops after this photos was taken.

Kone King
West Seneca, NY		 Coneheads
Oneida, NY
The Kone King opened in the 1950s as a Dairy Isle. It has been Kone King since 1976. For more, see their website.

Coneheads opened in this building in 1976. For more, see this website.

Fetter's Dairy Isle (west side)
Newark, OH		 Fetter's Dairy Isle (east side)
Newark, OH
Fetter's Dairy Isle west side location opened in 1965. The front part of the building has been enclosed around the cone. This neon sign appears to be unique to this location. The east side location must be owned by the same family. There is a Heath Dairy Isle location in town but it has a more modern building (no cone).

former Dairy Isle
Lorain, OH		 Dairy Isle
Toronto, OH
This former Dairy Isle in Lorain is now known as Mr. Twister.

This Dairy Isle in Toronto still uses the original name.

Dairy Dell
South Boston, VA		 closed stand
Ovid, MI
The Ovid photo is from 2005. By 2011, the building housed M21 Auto Sales and the cone had been removed.

[photo of Dairy Dell thanks Robby Delius]

former Dairy Isle
Follansbee, WV
This former Dairy Isle is now known as Howdy's Dari-Owl. Before 2010, there was a more realistic looking owl painted on top of the sign. This photo is from 2012. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Dairy Korner
St. Joseph, MI		 Custard Spot
Shelby Township, MI

Burk's Igloo
Hamtramck, MI		 Country Ridge Dairy Isle
Cochranton, PA

Singers Kreemy Deelite
Oil City, PA		 K&K Dairy Corner
Belle Center, OH
Bidinger's Ice Cream
Wadsworth, OH		 closed stand
Medina, OH		 Miller's Drive-in
Bellevue, OH
Rosati's Frozen Custard
Northfield, OH		 Gilligan's Island
Sherburne, NY
Gus's Dari-Bar
Marion, IN		 Mallory's Southern Delight
Marion, IN
Weir's Dairy Bar
Salisbury Mills, NY		 Dairy Supreme
Edinboro, PA
Weir's Dairy Bar opened as a Dairy Isle in 1956. For more, see their website.

The Dairy Supreme has one of the nicest cone repaints that I have seen. For more, see this website.

former Dairy Isle
Cleveland, OH		 Colleen's Drive-in
Arrington, VA
This former Dairy Isle in Cleveland was vacant when this photo was taken in 2011.

The Arrington Dairy Isle has been Colleen's Drive-in since 1964.

Strickland's
Streetsboro, OH		 King Kar Motors
Austintown, OH
This Strickland's location is another former Dairy Isle. It was previously the Coney Shoppe as evidenced in the left-hand photo. Before that, it was called "Smiley's". I don't know what became of the wonderful rooftop sign. Strickland's Frozen Custard was founded in 1936 in Akron, OH. Today, they have 13 locations in Ohio, two in Colorado, and one in California. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

This Austintown Dairy Isle has been home to King Kar Motors since 1968. The top of the cone was removed and the roof was built up. [photo thanks Shawn Reagle]

Rauscher's Dairy
Linesville, PA		 5th Ward Dairy Isle
Meadville, PA
The Rauscher's Dairy building is down to half a cone.

The 5th Ward Dairy Isle is missing the giant cone entirely.

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