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 it typically has a denser consistency.[1]
Frozen custard companies
- 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
- Carvel – an ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands
- Crater Frozen Custard - made by Crater Cafe LLC, Central Point, Oregon
- Culver's – a casual fast food restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Midwestern United States
- Double Rainbow — based in San Francisco
- 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, it is the oldest frozen custard stand in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[2][3]
- Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard
- Goodberry's Frozen Custard - based in North Carolina
- 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
- Rita's Italian Ice
- Shake Shack – an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City[5]
- Shake's Frozen Custard
- Ted Drewes – a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri
- Tom Wahl's
- Zesto Drive-In
See also
References
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- ^ 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.