Original Carvel Ice Cream Store to Close
The original Hartsdale, New York, location of the Northeast-based ice cream franchise Carvel is closing after 71 years of operation to make way for a retail mall due to the waning hunger for ice cream from local residents. Even if you've never been to a Carvel shop, you've probably reaped the rewards of founder Tom Carvel's advancements in the field of ice cream technology, as he invented the soft-serve ice cream machine. All Cookie Pusses around the world hang their vanilla and chocolate ice cream–layered heads in sorrow.
Wait—you don't know who Cookie Puss is? Read the full story about this ice cream wonder, a "celestial person" in the shape of an upside-down hot air balloon with an ice cream cone for a nose. Watch his amazing ability for interstellar travel in this Carvel commercial from 1982:
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3 Comments:
This is a shame. My family and I have so many good memories of eating ice-cream cones from Carvels, when we lived on Staten Island, NY. It was a ritual to eat pizza from Joe's Pizza and then drive a short distance to Carvel's.
When we moved away we didn't come into contact with the wonderful taste of Carvel's until the 1980's when a few locations opened in the Washington, DC metro area. Later the company sold their frozen products in our grocery stores. It was never the same as when we were young.
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Theresa111 at 2:28PM on 08/02/07
I agree, Carvel ice cream definitely signifies my suburban childhood. Flying saucers, birthday cakes (with extra crunchies)...
Patton Oswalt has a very funny routine on his Feeling Kinda Patton album all about Tom Carvel. I couldn't find a link to the full routine on line, but the whole album is very good.
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marmalady at 9:43AM on 08/06/07
I work at a Carvel on Long Island in Stewart Manor. It is open and doing well. :)
sparksfly21 at 2:42PM on 08/08/07