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| New York Ice Cream (page 1) |
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| Big Dip North Syracuse, NY |
Arctic Island Ice Cream Syracuse, NY |
Whitebrook Dairy Bar Wilmington, NY |
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The Big Dip looks like it might inhabit a former Carvel building. Possibly, another chain took over several Carvel buildings and came up with these giant cones to replace the original Carvel cone signs. I have only seen a few of this style giant cone outside of New York. There was another cone like this in Fort Ann, NY. Another possibility is that these locations were part of a chain that was inspired by Carvel. For more, see this website.
Arctic Island Ice Cream claims that it has been selling homemade ice cream here since the late 1940s when it was known as the Valley Dairy. However, this building is very Carvel-like and might have been a copycat design. In 2007, this stand was nearly demolished for a gas station. For more, see this website. The Whitebrook Dairy Bar opened in 1968. This is another Carvel-like building and the rooftop cone appears to be the same as the ones at Big Dip and Arctic Island. |
| Jolly Cow Drive-in Lake Katrine, NY |
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| The Jolly Cow Drive-in is another building like those above with the same style cone on the roof. For more, see this website. |
| Mary Jane's Dairy Bar Newburgh, NY |
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| Mary Jane's Dairy Bar has been here since at least the 1960s. |
| Dave's Ice Cream Batavia, NY |
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| Dave's Ice Cream has an interesting mix of building styles. The slanted roof looks like the other Carvel-like building shown above. However, the building at the right looks like it might be older - maybe 1940s. Its shape also suggests that it might have been part of a gas station. So, possibly the stand was originally built to incorporate the earlier building as a dining area. Does anyone know the history of this place? For more, see this website. |
| Farmer's Daughter Drive-in Saratoga Springs, NY |
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| The Farmer's Daughter Drive-in opened in 1969. This building also features a slanted roof like those above. The left part of the building was probably added for an indoor dining area. |
| Rookie's Cookies & Creme Fort Edward, NY |
Jones Humdinger Binghamton, NY |
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Rookie's Cookies & Creme might be related to the stands described above. The cone is the same so perhaps the building was remodeled or rebuilt. Or maybe the stand is newer and the cone came from somewhere else.
Jones Humdinger had another location in Cortland, NY with this same building style and sign. It is now Leiby's Ice Cream. I'll bet that these were originally related to those slant-roofed stands above and that they had the same giant cones on their roofs. |
| Sammy's Ice Cream Ontario, NY |
Glen Dairy Bar Watkins Glen, NY |
North Pole Cone & Grill Geneva, NY |
Churi's Ice Cream Parlor Rochester, NY |
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Sammy's Ice Cream features an igloo-shaped stand. Their cone looks just like those shown above.
The Glen Dairy Bar opened in 1948 and was remodeled in 1999. This cone was probably located on the roof like the others shown above. It is now installed next to the road. The cone at North Pole Cone & Grill is similar but not the same as those above. Churi's Ice Cream Parlor features an unusual combination: Thai food and ice cream. They have been here since 2003 but I suspect the giant rooftop cone is from a previous occupant. It doesn't appear to be the same style cone as those at the Big Dip or others shown above. |
| Ice Cream Caboose Groton, NY |
American Grand Stand Dairy Bar Deposit, NY |
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The Ice Cream Caboose stand is housed in a retrofitted Lehigh Valley caboose. Other than that, the ice cream is nothing special (Hershey's hard ice cream and Crowley's soft-serve). There are quite a number of ice cream stand cabooses around - I guess I should start a list. For cabooses that serve as motels, see this page.
American Grand Stand was previously known as Wheeler's Coney Island Drive-in. It opened in 1948 with soft-serve ice cream and Hire's Root Beer. In 1949, the stand added hot dogs and in 1950, hamburgers and French Fries. The cone on the roof appears to be the same style as those above. |
| Orbaker's Drive-in Williamson, NY |
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| Orbaker's opened this stand in 1932. They are open year-round, featuring ground steaks, burgers, red hots & white hots (hot dogs with homemade hot sauce), and ice cream. The giant cone seems to be the same as the ones at Big Dip and other stands shown above. |
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