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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, NY		 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 opened in 1965. They have enclosed the front part of their building around the cone. They also have an old neon sign that I have not seen at any other location. There are three Fetter's Dairy Isle locations but I don't believe the 30th St. location has this style building.

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]

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.

More Dairy Isles:
Howdy's Dari-Owl: 1, 2 (Follansbee, WV)

If you know of others, I'd love to hear about them and see photos.

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