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Tastee-Freez started selling soft-serve ice cream in 1950. The company had 1,600 locations by 1965. There are now locations in 36 states. Most of the early walk-up stands were remodeled and have become full-scale fast food restaurants. For more about Tastee-Freez, see their website.

Tastee-Freez
Moorhead, MN		 Tastee-Freez
Berwyn, IL
These Moorhead and Berwyn locations are nice, intact examples of early Tastee-Freez buildings and signs. The Moorhead location opened in 1963.

Tastee-Freez
West Chicago, IL
This West Chicago location was built in 1955.

Tastee-Freez
Chicago, IL
2001 2010
This Chicago location has gone through some significant changes in recent years. The walk-up window portion of the building was enclosed by 2007. The rooftop sign disappeared sometime after that. The building was vacant when the second photo was taken. For more, see this website.

Tastee-Freez
Chicago, IL		 Shelly's Freeze
Chicago, IL
This Chicago location evidently had a rooftop sign originally. This pole sign is a later addition.

Shelly's Freeze is a former Tastee-Freez.

Jim's Tastee-Freez
Delmar, NY
The Jim's Tastee-Freez sign is lit at night. For more, see this website.

Tastee-Freez [gone]
Davenport, IA
This Tastee-Freez was built in 1954 and was the last operating Tastee-Freez in Iowa. The neon signs were lit at night. These photos are from 2010. This place closed in 2012 and the signs were removed. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

Tasty Freeze
Marshalltown, IA
This Tastee-Freez was renamed and reworked their sign slightly to "Tasty Freeze".

Uncle Ken's [gone]
Willimantic, CT		 Albone's Double Dips
Medina, NY
Uncle Ken's, a former Tastee-Freez, was here for many, many years. The building and sign were demolished in 2006.

Albone's Double Dips would have had a classic neon rooftop sign when it was originally a Tastee-Freez.

former Tastee-Freez
Coraopolis, PA
This Coraopolis location was still a Tastee-Freez around 2001 (first photo). By 2008, the plastic panels had been changed to "Shake & Twist". The second photo is from 2012.

Frey's Tasty Treat
Lockport, NY		 former Tastee-Freez
McKees Rocks, PA
The original Tastee-Freez building at Frey's Tasty Treat was widened at some point.

This former Tastee-Freez in McKees Rocks is now a Shake & Twist location.

Tastee Treet
Sparta, WI

2007:
2012:
The Tastee Treet occupied a former Tastee-Freez building. The signs had been altered when the first two photos above were taken. By 2012, the signs had been removed and the building was repainted. The business is now Diamond D's Pizza & Tastee Treet.

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