Road Food

Sundae Driving

"Gosh, they just like ‘em all, you know?”

That’s how Charlene Hackerman responds when asked about the most popular ice cream flavor served at the Central Dairy outlet ice cream store in Jefferson City, Missouri.

CentralDairyOutsideWhen pressed, she’ll acknowledge that Tiger Tracks, Moose Tracks, and butter pecan are perennial favorites among their 51 flavors (Tiger Tracks: vanilla fudge ripple with chocolate-covered oreo pieces and chocolate truffle; Moose Tracks: vanilla with fudge swirl and peanut butter cups). And they’re famous for their gigantic banana splits.

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Road Island Diner Plans Grand Opening

OAKLEY, UT—Utah’s first Jersey-built diner will celebrate its grand opening on Saturday, July 26. Keith Walker, the Road Island Diner’s new owner and the man responsible for its restoration wrote Roadside:

The 3rd generation of the Boredemus family from R.I. are flying to Utah for the festivities.They are in their 50’s and have never been West of the Mississippi. The Family had run the diner in Middletown R.I. since 1953. We opened the restored diner a few weeks ago and served 5500 meals in 10 days! The 60-80 year old crowd drive 50 miles into the mountains to reminiscent about the old days when they were young. Many never have seen a true diner but remember drugstore soda fountains and Seeburg wallboxes.

Visit the diner at its new location listed here. (Registration required.)

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Preservation

Sunrise off to Cleveland

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania—The Sunrise Diner left for Cleveland, Ohio today, according to its now-former owner Noel Behan. Thanks to the efforts of DinerForSale.com, the diner landed in the possession of Steve Harwin of Diversified Diners, who will restore the unit for eventual resale.

Noel put the diner up for sale last year in order to make way for the expansion of his adjacent tavern, initially offering it for over $40,000, despite the fact that it cost him $2,000 per day just to keep in on the site.

Noel entertained offers from several parties to move the structure, but no one seemed to have the resources to remove the structure. Even Dan’s Diner Salvage reportedly offered $12,000 for the classic O’Mahony that never materialized and simply delayed Noel’s plans to expand his tavern.

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Steve Harwin featured on local news

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Lucy Celebrates 127 Years With Carnivale

MARGATE, NEW JERSEY—Lucy the Elephant will celebrate her 127th birthday on Sunday, July 20th.  The festivities begin at 10AM and continue throughout the day until our extended closing time of 8PM. 

This year’s “CARNIVALE” celebration will include a moon bounce, a 22’ giant slide, bungee run, and a high striker, as well as tours through the National Historic Landmark throughout the day.  No carnival would be complete with delicacies from the Jersey shore including; hot dogs, sodas, popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, Philly pretzels, snow cones and of course, birthday cake. 

In preparation for her big day, Lucy is scheduled to receive her annual “elephant sized” pedicure on Thursday and Friday, July 17th & 18th.  This year’s pedicurist is Lucy’ volunteer, Jason Tell.  He, along with staff members; Justin Bedsole, Sarah Opuda, Eric Gerner, and Lucy’s Assistant Director, Bob McGuigan, have been scraping off the old toe polish and patching the pachyderm’s concrete toes in preparation for her pedicure. 

Our commemorative tee shirt this year, designed by Lucy’s webmaster, John Conforti, features the National Historic Landmark as America’s Oldest Roadside Attraction.  The shirts will be sold at a special price of $10.00 while supplies last. 

Evelyn Johnson of Ocean City, author of Lucy’s official bedtime storybooks, and the books’ illustrator, John Conforti, will be on hand to sign copies of her highly acclaimed children’s stories. 

Music, food and, fun will be the order of the day as we celebrate 127 years of the World’s largest elephant.  Revenue generated from sales throughout the birthday celebration will help offset the cost removing Lucy’s paint, repairing the rust, and giving her a fresh coat.  The mammoth painting project will cost $65,000.00.

Stop by and say Happy Birthday to Lucy.  Lucy’s summer schedule is Mon-Sat. 10AM to 8PM and Sundays, 10AM to 5PM.

Lucy’s Gift Shop is also open at Atlantic City Outlets, The Walk (next to Starbucks).

Check out Lucy’s all new website at www.lucytheelephant.org

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