I'm not big on ice cream, but I used to go to the Spaghetti Factory just so I could have Spumoni Ice Cream for dessert. I haven't been in a long time, I wonder if they still serve it?
My choice is for the Banana Boat because it's relatively close and so far I haven't been disappointed. Sargent Sundae is next. They can keep BDI. I wasn't impressed.
If only we could bring back the good old days when the Finklemans owned the Dutch Maid Ice Cream store on Osborne. More off the wall ice cream sundae concoctions were served there than anyone has ever heard of in these parts. They made all their own ice cream flavors too. Sadly, it suffered from overexpansion (branch stores) and quality control seemed to fall apart because of it.. The final blow apparently was when it was sold to someone who didn't know the first thing about ice cream. You can guess the rest.
Best french vanilla with those cherry bits ice cream! I loved that stuff as a kid.
Mind you, my other favourite flavours were rainbow and bubble gum. Bubble gum ice cream - what a horrid idea as an adult, getting hard gum to chew afterwards. But I guess that's why they make different stuff for kids!
Anyways, I'll second GOM's notion of ice cream being from the gods. My personal favourite is blizzards, so while Dairy Queen is convenient, Captain Cones in Transcona is yum. Licks south on St.Mary's is also good. I've heard Omand's creek ice cream is also good, so I plan to check it out. And for super convenience, Leo's gelati on Provencher is good. (Yeah, I like my ice cream)
<blockquote><cite>Posted By: Sam</cite>My choice is for the Banana Boat because it's relatively close and so far I haven't been disappointed. Sargent Sundae is next. They can keep BDI. I wasn't impressed.
If only we could bring back the good old days when the Finklemans owned the Dutch Maid Ice Cream store on Osborne. More off the wall ice cream sundae concoctions were served there than anyone has ever heard of in these parts. They made all their own ice cream flavors too. Sadly, it suffered from overexpansion (branch stores) and quality control seemed to fall apart because of it.. The final blow apparently was when it was sold to someone who didn't know the first thing about ice cream. You can guess the rest.<div class="ThankfulPeople" noWrap="false">Thankful People:<span><a href="http://www.newwinnipeg.com/community/account/84/">Jimmytufish</a></span></div></blockquote>
Sam, you mention here that the Finkelman's owned Dutch Maid......... would that by any chance be a relative of optometrist DR E.M. Finkelman from The Avenue building on Portage?
<blockquote> Sam, you mention here that the Finkelman's owned Dutch Maid......... would that by any chance be a relative of optometrist DR E.M. Finkelman from The Avenue building on Portage?</blockquote>
I'm not sure since so many years have passed. There was a senior Finkelman who operated the original DM location at Stradbrook and Osborne and later they moved onto Osborne between River and Stradbrook. Then they built the ice cream plant at Gertrude and Osborne, adding a store front to it. I believe the younger Finkelman took over after that move. Dr Finkelman might be related.