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Frozen Custard Stands (page 1)

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Frozen custard is made with more eggs than ice cream. It is also smoother and softer since it is produced with a continous freeze method and contains less air.

The pages in this section are organized alphabetically by state.

Krekel's Kustard
Main St.
Decatur, IL		 Krekel's Kustard
Wood St.
Decatur, IL		 Krekel's Custard
Springfield, IL
Krekel's Kustard was established in 1949. The local chain has six locations and is perhaps best known for their hamburgers. Their Mount Zion location features a cow on the roof and a Chicken Mobile. These Decatur locations spell custard with a "K" while their website spells the word the traditional way. The Main St. stand features a pole sign that reads "Krekel's Dairy Maid". The sign on the roof has been replaced with a more modern one since this photo from 2009. [map]

The Wood St. stand might be the company's original location. The sign has been updated since this 2009 photo. [map]

The Springfield location has an unusual slanted roof and spells custard with a "C". For more, see this website. [map]

Jarling's Custard Cup
Danville, IL
Jarling's Custard Cup
Champaign, IL
The Jarling's Custard Cup in Danville opened in 1949 when it was known as Potter's Custard Cup. The owner of this building was good friends with the owner of the Original Frozen Custard (see above) and was given the plans to build this stand. [map]

The Jarling's Custard Cup in Champaign opened in 1983. The building originally housed Marty K's Drive-in. There was another location in Danville, IL with a similar building. A third building in Danville looks like it was probably another location. This building in Decatur, IL looks similar but it was supposedly built in 1970 as a Spudnuts. For more, see this website. [map]

Bobby's Frozen Custard
Marysville, IL
Bobby's Frozen Custard opened in 1990. In 2021, the owners sold the stand to Andy's Frozen Custard but the Bobby's name and custard recipe remain the same. [map]

Original Frozen Custard
Lafayette, IN
Original Frozen Custard started out in 1932 with an igloo-shaped stand known as The Igloo. That building was replaced with this one in 1947. In 1969, the business was renamed "The Original Frozen Custard." For more, see this website. [map]

Frozen Custard Igloo
Lafayette, IN		 Sycamore Drive-in
Logansport, IN
The Frozen Custard Igloo is a modern stand. I don't know if there is any relationship with Original Frozen Custard (see above) but the Igloo's signs were obviously inspired by the older stand. [map]

The Sycamore Drive-in has been selling homemade frozen custard since the 1950s. [map]

Ritter's Frozen Custard
Franklin, IN		 Ritter's Frozen Custard
Mishawaka, IN
Ritter's Frozen Custard
Warsaw, IN
Although these Ritter's Frozen Custard locations are not old, I'll include them anyway because of their interesting round shape. The first Ritter's was built in 1989 in Franklin and it might be the one shown above. There are other buildings just like this one in Livonia, MI and Columbus, OH. There are probably others as well since Ritter's has locations throughout the Midwest as well as CO, FL, NV, TN, and TX. There is also a look-alike building in Lima, OH that was not part of this chain. For more, see this website. [Franklin map]; [Mishawaka map]; [Warsaw map]

Maine:
Hodgman's Frozen Custard (New Gloucester)

Bob Jo's Frozen Custard
Wyandotte, MI
Bob Jo's Frozen Custard opened in 1947. [map]

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