List of frozen custard companies
This is a list of notable frozen custard companies that manufacture or purvey frozen custard. Frozen custard is a cold dessert similar to ice cream, but includes a significant amount of eggs, and typically has a denser consistency.[1]
Frozen custard companies
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- Abbott's Frozen Custard – a franchise founded and based in Rochester, New York
- Andy's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain with locations in fourteen U.S. states, based in Springfield, Missouri
- Bop’s Frozen Custard – a chain founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 2004 with locations in Mississippi and Alabama
- Carvel – an ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands, founded in Hartsdale, New York
- Culver's – a casual fast food restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
- Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers – an American fast-casual restaurant chain based in Wichita, Kansas.
- Gilles Frozen Custard – a brand of frozen custard that originated at the Gilles Frozen Custard Stand established in 1938; the oldest frozen custard stand in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[2][3]
- Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard – chain based in Golden, Colorado with locations in Colorado and Wyoming
- Goodberry's Creamery – based in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- J’s Creamery - based in Lubbock, Texas, family owned since 2003.
- Kopp's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area that specializes in frozen custard and large "jumbo" hamburgers
- Leon's Frozen Custard – a family-owned drive-in established in 1942 and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[4]
- Meadows Frozen Custard – franchise based in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, most locations in the Mid-Atlantic United States, with one location in Canberra, Australia
- Rita's Italian Ice – Italian ice chain located in the Mid-Atlantic United States which also serves frozen custard, based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Shake Shack – an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City[5]
- Shake's Frozen Custard – franchise founded in Joplin, Missouri and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Ted Drewes – a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Wahl's – several locations near Rochester, New York
- Zesto Drive-In – sublicensed trademark used by several U.S. restaurants and franchises, founded in Jefferson City, Missouri
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Brienza, Laura (2015). Discovering Vintage Washington, DC: A Guide to the City's Timeless Shops. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 63. ISBN 9781493013418. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ Stern, J.; Stern, M. (2009). 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-547-41644-1. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- ^ "The Story of Milwaukee's Big 3 Frozen Custard Emporiums". Milwaukee Magazine. May 30, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Walker, Don. "Here's the scoop: Leon's Frozen Custard is alive and well". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 23, 2012. Accessed May 19, 2016.
- ^ McCann, K.; Tanzilo, R. (2016). Milwaukee Frozen Custard. American Palate. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-62585-717-0. Retrieved November 14, 2017.