Old fashioned ice cream parlors

[TheTed]

All this warm weather has me ready to find an old time ice cream parlor. Any suggestions? Do we have any of those in Tulsa, surrounding areas, or even the region.

Something like this.

[TUalum0982]

Steves Sundries on Harvard and the BA.  In the back of the store is something similar to the picture above.  Havent been there in years though.

[joiei]

Steves Sundries on Harvard and the BA.  In the back of the store is something similar to the picture above.  Havent been there in years though.

Maybe you should break down and go check it out.   
http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/Steve%27s%20Fountain%20Menu.htm
Give it a try instead of your favorite drive through for breakfast one day this week.   Eat Local.

[TheTed]

I haven't been to Steve's in quite a while either. While it's nice, there's gotta be a real old-fashioned ice cream parlor somewhere within a couple hours drive of Tulsa. Some place with a dizzying array of ice cream options.

Crown Candy Kitchen in St. Louis is a favorite of mine.
http://crowncandykitchen.net/

[waterboy]

Is there still the one on Main Street in Broken Arrow? Can't remember the name but it was on a corner.

[sgrizzle]

Maybe you should break down and go check it out.   
http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/Steve%27s%20Fountain%20Menu.htm
Give it a try instead of your favorite drive through for breakfast one day this week.   Eat Local.

Would love to but they are yet another place that doesn't open soon enough. Even if you worked 8-5 you wouldn't have time to eat there.

[TUalum0982]

Maybe you should break down and go check it out.   
http://www.stevessundrybooksmags.com/Steve%27s%20Fountain%20Menu.htm
Give it a try instead of your favorite drive through for breakfast one day this week.   Eat Local.

maybe you should learn a little bit of respect and quit assuming things.  First and foremost, I work about 55hrs a week, I am up every morning around 445am and usually dont get home until about 4 or 430.  Secondly, I dont live or work anywhere near Steves.  Thanks for your opinion though. 

[AngieB]

I saw no disrespect in joiei's response. Sheesh, punchy. 

[Hoss]

I saw no disrespect in joiei's response. Sheesh, punchy. 

Agreed.  Unless you put out there that you are a workaholic, no one's the wiser.

[guido911]

I saw no disrespect in joiei's response. Sheesh, punchy. 

When I first read what joiei wrote I thought it was a bit off-putting. Kinda like TU was resistant to the idea of trying that place. But since this guy doesn't have a history of mindless attacks, I didn't give it any further thought.

[TUalum0982]

When I first read what joiei wrote I thought it was a bit off-putting. Kinda like TU was resistant to the idea of trying that place. But since this guy doesn't have a history of mindless attacks, I didn't give it any further thought.

just the way it was written, irritated me and rubbed me the wrong way.  And for the record, I do patronize local establishments such as jamils, hanks hamburgers, Freeway Cafe, Freddies, just to name a few.  Again, Steve's is no where near where I live or work, and the hours they operate, make it difficult for someone like myself to actually make it in there. 

[DolfanBob]

I've been to Steves for hard to find magazines, just never had a thought about eating there.
Oh wait. I did get a sandwich to go one time. Not much to impress, but then again it was just a sandwich.

[TeeDub]

Is there still the one on Main Street in Broken Arrow? Can't remember the name but it was on a corner.

Petrik's...    That has been gone for years.   Now it is the Angus Inn.   Great steak place.

[Conan71]

I miss Swenson's.  Even though it was a franchise chain, I liked the product.

Unfortunately, the closest thing you might find to an old-fashioned creamery would be Maggie Moo's or Cold Stone Creamery.

The back counter at Steve's is a soda fountain, FAIK, they don't serve ice cream, at least not home-made if they do.  I was a carrier for the Tulsa Tribune about 35 years ago and picked up and folded my papers in front of Steve's every day.  NPC had a field distribution office in the back of the strip center.  I used to get a slice of apple or Boston Cream pie and/or a cherry phosphate soda just about every day before I'd start off on my paper route.  I loved that place, when I was a kid, it was our convenience store.

[sgrizzle]

I miss Swenson's.  Even though it was a franchise chain, I liked the product.

Unfortunately, the closest thing you might find to an old-fashioned creamery would be Maggie Moo's or Cold Stone Creamery.

The back counter at Steve's is a soda fountain, FAIK, they don't serve ice cream, at least not home-made if they do.  I was a carrier for the Tulsa Tribune about 35 years ago and picked up and folded my papers in front of Steve's every day.  NPC had a field distribution office in the back of the strip center.  I used to get a slice of apple or Boston Cream pie and/or a cherry phosphate soda just about every day before I'd start off on my paper route.  I loved that place, when I was a kid, it was our convenience store.

Cold Stone closed due to failure to pay rent and Maggie Moos became "Stadium Subs and Cream" and nothing spells failure like haphazard changing and diversification of the product line.