I'll have to agree with PASig that Longacres Modern Dairy in Barto, PA is amazing ice cream.
I often stop by when in the area.

With most brands, another scoop always seems desired. With the good stuff, very satiated with a normal serving. If I get a double scoop of Longacres, I can't eat a meal.

Owowcow in Bucks County has a very good chocolate ice cream.

Tillamook isn't bad for commercial market ice cream. It is my go to brand in stores.

Turkey Hill Naturals is an improvement over their normal stuff.
When I was kid, I liked the variety of flavors Turkey Hill makes.

Never heard of the brand OP mentioned.

Always stop at the Oberweis shops in Gurnee and Joliet when work takes me there.................

I did when I would visit Illinois but this was 10+ years ago. It was high quality stuff. Milk came in a glass bottle which you left a deposit for. Ice cream was high quality, obviously since the milk was high quality. But that was when I could eat dairy.

Always wondered what happened to businesses like that which served a high quality product at a higher price with things being so expensive these days.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Always wondered what happened to businesses like that which served a high quality product at a higher price with things being so expensive these days.

People WILL pay for quality!

Here in Chicago I used to see a Oberweis truck delivering dairy to homes, like the old time milk man we had when I grew up. I have not seen that truck for several years.
You used to be able to buy Oberweis at grocery stores. There lemonade was very good, everything they produced was top shelf but expensive.

Never had the brand you mentioned. On the North shore of Oahu, when I lived there, had a little shop that offered hand made ice cream in exotic flavors. The sweet corn and cheddar cheese was fantastic.

I typically prefer a pistachio gelato, but a smooth creamy ice cream, even soft serve would never be turned down.

We loved Oberweis milk and ice cream when we lived in Illinois. Been 20 years since we lived there but would always stop in one of their stores when visiting.

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Originally posted by armored:
Here in Chicago I used to see a Oberweis truck delivering dairy to homes, like the old time milk man we had when I grew up. I have not seen that truck for several years.
You used to be able to buy Oberweis at grocery stores. There lemonade was very good, everything they produced was top shelf but expensive.

Reminded me of the last time I had seen milk home delivered, www.rosenbergers.com, in 1985. They would be in glass bottles being dropped off into galvanized metal boxes that were lined with Styrofoam.

Many old houses around here had milk shoots built in to the house same with coal or fuel oil access from outside.
By now most of those access points have been remodeled over.

I still remember following the Milk Truck and seeing the melting ice water run out the back of the truck. A polite ask to the Milk Man would get you a chunk of crystal clear ice to chew on for an hour or so. It would last until the GoodHumor truck came by and the kids could beg for enough money from there parents to buy ice cream.

The best fun for kids was when the truck that sprayed the large Elm trees that lined the streets came to spray them for Dutch Elm and mosquitos. You could hear the truck coming blocks away. A quick trip to get your bike and join your friends on bikes to ride through the greasy cloud/fog of chemicals and follow the truck for blocks was the best fun. I also remember all the dead birds laying around afterwords.
None of it seemed to bother anybody's parents.

I chuckle to myself as to where we have progressed to since my growing up days in the 50's.
We had the Milkman, Postman, Laundry man, Ice Cream man, everybody even the small kids knew them and they knew everybody.The local Pharmacist gave my Dad his home phone number so If my parents needed any emergency drugs they could call him at home and they could meet him at the Pharmacy, day or night.
I also remember the Doctor almost always came to the house.
There was no 911. If you had an emergency and needed an ambulance you called one of the local Funeral homes for an ambulance.
I also remember only one kid at my grade school whose parents were divorced. That was the only Mother that worked.
I also remember NO CRIME!
Almost every grown man had fought in WW2. There was no time for nonsense and it was not tolerated for long.
Rant over, back to Oberweis.

^^^
Nice remembrances, similar to my own. Thanks for reminding me of good times! No zip codes, only zones.

How about area codes?
I remember all of Chicago and suburbs were 312.
I have lost count as to how many we have now for this area.

I lived in Montgomery Il. as a kid. It was 312 until around ‘78 and I believe it changed to 708 and then 630.
I believe 312 only covers the loop now, and 773 covers most everything else in the city.

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Originally posted by armored:
How about area codes?
I remember all of Chicago and suburbs were 312.
I have lost count as to how many we have now for this area.

Yep and when states were 3 letters. Illinois was ILL.

Did you ever get the Littlr Lulu popsicles from the Mexican guys pushing the white coolers around? They had some good stuff.

The only Mexicans pushing things around here are pushing a lawn mower.