236727 Wed Sep 05 09:21:31 -0700 2001 14 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1255076 I was driving around NYC the other day (A rare occasion), and got to wonderin' if there is an untouched ice-cream parlor standing in the NY Metro Area. I'm obviously not talking about Johnny Rockets, or some such pre-fab outfit (though they have good malts).. Out of all the ice-cream parlors that must have dotted Queens, B'klyn, Bronx, does one stand defiant to the Hagen Schmagens of the world? Wed Sep 05 09:21:31 -0700 2001 0 Eric Lippe 1 1255077 Eddie's Sweet Shop on Metropolitan Ave in Forest Hills is a beautiful old place. If not the BEST ice cream, it does have all the right smells and atmosphere and does a very good banana split, egg cream, or ice cream soda. Used to be a grandpa in the back in charge of the whipped cream (while he watched the Mets). Wed Sep 05 09:34:14 -0700 2001 1255076 0 lucia 2 1255081 I've never eaten there, but there is Jahn's on Hillside in Richmond hill, which is more old fashioned than the Bayside location. Does Metro Soda Fountain in Kew Gardens count? My personal vote is for Eddie's Sweetshop in Forest Hills. Wed Sep 05 10:04:28 -0700 2001 1255077 0 Jayask 3 1255095 That Jahn's, while historic and nostalgia-laden, is disgusting...cherish with any memories you have and don't go back!! Eddie's is the place in Queens (Metropolitan Ave. between Continental and Ascan Avenues) but I remember a spot in Bay Ridge Brooklyn, on 3rd, 4th, or 5th Ave. in the mid eighties...similar deal to Eddie's, they also made chocolates, but the ice cream and toppings were better...can't remember the name and who knows if it is even still there?! .also Hinsch's on 5th Ave. near 86th St. in Bklyn is still there, across from the public parking garage...haven't been in so long, can't opine... Wed Sep 05 14:35:05 -0700 2001 1255081 0 Jill-O 4 1255099 I know I'm replying to my own posting but I remembered the name of the ice cream shop that made chocolates in Bay Ridge... ONCE UPON A SUNDAE!!! It was on 3rd Ave and the mid 70's (not 80's) - 77th I think... I found a listing and called the #...but Hinsch's answered!! Weird, they must have gotten the old # and had it transfer to their#... Anywho, I don't think it is there anymore so try Hinsch's... Wed Sep 05 15:16:06 -0700 2001 1255095 0 Jill-O 5 1255101 Wasn't there also a place in that nabe called Zips? In the late 80's?? Wed Sep 05 15:59:43 -0700 2001 1255099 0 Scribbler 6 1255119 Zips!!! I think that was a make-your-own-sundae kind of place, no? I went there when I was a wee lad, but in the seventies, not the eighties. Ah the half-formed memories. Wed Sep 05 22:25:46 -0700 2001 1255101 0 Dan Sonenberg 3 1255106 I believe Metro Soda Fountain is a new place (last 10 years)made to appear to be old time. Not positive though. Wed Sep 05 17:44:53 -0700 2001 1255081 0 I.C. 4 1256142 Looking for one on L.I.? There's Hildebrandt's in Williston Park. Brilliant hot fudge, homemade icecream, also some pasta & chicken dishes, homemade candy. Try the POWERFUL homemade candy canes at holiday time. Knock your socks off! Sat Nov 17 09:51:07 -0800 2001 1255106 0 Linda K. 3 1259863 Eddie's sweetshop had the worst ice cream, there was no taste to it and it had ,more ice in it then an italian ice. Ice cream should not have ice in it. Sun Feb 16 17:02:27 -0800 2003 1255081 0 Gene H 2 1255121 Eddie's looks the part but the ice cream is so so. For a great original ear ly 60's place with really good homemade ice cream hot fudge and thick whipped cream try Itgen's tho not technically in NYC = it's in the metro NY area in Valley Stream on Rockaway Avenue off of Sunrise Highway - reachable by LIRR (walking distance) or via the Belt or Southern State. Definitely worth the trip. The food is good too - old fashioned coffee shop food - great burger & fries, good tuna salad, chix salad, turkey club etc. The same family owns and runs it since the beginning. I'm 42 and I think it opened when I was 2 or 3. My favorite is a Banana Royale with 2 scoops of Java Chip and 1 scoop of Mint Chip Ice Cream, Lots of Hot Fudge and Whipped Cream. And it's less than $4 really a bargain these days. They also make chocolates especially around the holidays, big mold stuff like Santas and Bunnies and such. It's not as visually pretty as Eddies but 10 times better ice cream and the plus of other food as well. Wed Sep 05 23:49:57 -0700 2001 1255077 0 teigerwoman 3 1255141 I could not agree more. I have posted about Itgen's on the tri-state board. The ice cream is very good, but the hot fudge is incomparable as is the whipped cream. And, as you said, all the savory food is great. The chicken sandwich, for example, is made from big hunks of chicken from an actual roasted bird. It's one of my favorite places on Long Island. Itgen's, 211 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream 516/825-7444 There's also a good bagel place a few blocks up the street, Valley Bagels. An ice-cream aside: All these "homemade ice cream parlors" start off with a pasteurized product called ice cream base that has the milk, eggs, cream, etc. So it's really a question of what quality chocolate, fruit, flavorings they add to it. "Homemade" ice cream is really a misnomer: home-blended, home-frozen gets closer to the truth. I'm not saying that fancy restaurants don't whip up a few gallons of homemade ice cream on occasion, but any of these places that sell it for a living use the base. Thu Sep 06 12:56:31 -0700 2001 1255121 0 Erica Marcus 4 1255179 funny I just looked up your old post and I answered that one with my endorsement of Itgen's Surprised that there aren't more fans from this site. They don't know what they're missing. We have to go out that way on Sunday and for sure that's where we'll be eating lunch. Not that we need a real excuse to go to Itgens We even had our wedding rehearsal dinner there years ago (married in 83) Fri Sep 07 20:45:44 -0700 2001 1255141 0 teigerwoman 1 1255079 Not a parlor per se, but a drive-up place: Frozen Cup, on Jamaica Ave and 249th St in Bellerose. Looks like something out of the 50's. Darned good ice cream, and there is always a (fast-moving) line, from the day they open in April until they close in early December. Wed Sep 05 09:44:49 -0700 2001 1255076 0 Scribbler 1 1255123 ZIPZ in Bay Ridge is gone for a few years now.That was never an old fashioned parlor though. There is the original Jahns in Jackson Heights on 37th Avenue(?). Then there is the great find of EGGER's on Forest Avenue in Staten Island. Complete with all the Hamilton Beach Chrome and counter service as well as booths, HOMEMADE Ice Cream and a huge selection of candies in big glass jars for .5-.25. Truly nostalgic and worth checking out. Thu Sep 06 01:29:58 -0700 2001 1255076 0 Pedro One