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Illinois Ice Cream Stands (page 1)

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Dairy Haven
Caseyville, IL
The Dairy Haven opened in the 1950s. [map]

Original Rainbow Cone
Chicago, IL

2006:
2025:
This Original Rainbow Cone in Chicago opened in 1926 as the first location. Their five-flavor Rainbow Cone features layers of chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House (a cherry-nut blend), and pistachio ice cream, and topped with orange sherbet. They also sell other ice cream concoctions and sandwiches. By 2009, a different ice cream cone statue was installed on the roof. For more, see this website. [map]

Original Rainbow Cone
Darien, IL
This Original Rainbow Cone in Darien opened in 2021. There are giant cones on the roof and on the side of the building. There are now about 25 locations with a few of them in Florida, Indiana, Texas, and California. [map]

Decatur & Springfield:
Krekel's Kustard

Alice's Place
Elburn, IL
Alice's Place opened in 1958 as a Dairy Joy. It became Alice's Place in 1993. [map]

Union Dairy Company
Freeport, IL
The Union Dairy Company was founded in 1914. It began producing ice cream in 1934 and built this ice cream parlor, also known as the Alber Ice Cream Parlor. The interior is from then and possibly the neon letters on the front of the building. The arrow neon sign might be from later. The painted, wooden sign was built in 2014 for the store's 100th year anniversary. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Girard:
Whirl-A-Whip

Huntley Dairy Mart
Huntley, IL
The Huntley Dairy Mart opened in 1953 with ice cream and drive-in fare. [map]

Dari Delite
Joliet, IL		 Rich & Creamy
Joliet, IL
This Dari Delite was built in 1956. [map]

The Rich & Creamy ice cream stand opened in 1965 as the Creamy Delight. I suspect that this was actually built in the 1950s as a Dari Delite. This location has been Rich & Creamy since at least 2007. [map]

Walt's Ice Cream
Joliet, IL		 former Dari Delite
Hebron, IL
Walt's Ice Cream was established in 1926 as Walter's Ice Cream Store. It moved to this location in 1989. I believe the building housed a Frosty Tips ice cream stand before that. [map]

This former Dari Delite is probably from the 1950s. It became The Dari in 1969. [map]

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