Ahh the rites of spring.....
The sun is out earlier the daytime a little longer and in the southeast michigan area we hope for a rwasonable lag between heating and cooling seasons. Despite the unseasonably warm March, April has been down right chilly. The has thwarted the many attempts by the young'ns to take a walk to the corner for some Alinosi's ice cream.
This weekend we managed to get out in between the rain drops for a nice walk to the former Alinosi's ice cream parlor, now branding itself as the "Chocolate Bar cafe".
As long as we have lived here, we had ventured to the corner for some Detroit made ice cream from the Alinosi chocolate and ice cream company. The small creamery still makes its product in Detroit and send its wares to a limited number of shops around the area. The Chocolate Bar Cafe, the site of the families previous soda fountain and ice cream counter for many years, is where we were introduced to their delicious flavors.
With a jukebox in the corner playing "Mack the knife", or "Witchcraft", or "Crazy" and original counter seating it still evokes that neighborhood ice cream parlor feel; lost these days in the drive thru era. The girls in the shop take your order and then serve you a water in the classic paper cone in a steel holder, poured from the original soda pulls in the classic counter, and give you time to enjoy before tallying up the total.
Time warp complete; deuce coupes and classic roadsters could be parked out front on Mack, poodle skirts and pomade slick hair could be the rage, or my little girls might be toddlers wandering around Alinosi's dancing to the jukebox. Many things change but fortunately the Ice Cream remains.
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