JAHN'S

'Jahn's' is an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and restaurant with locations in the New York City area famous for its huge Kitchen Sink Sundae.
The first location was at 138th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Bronx and opened in 1897 by John Jahn. By 1918, he took off for 5 years and let his children Elsie, Frank and Howard mind the store. Later, he opened three more restaurants: one for Elsie in Jamaica, one for Frank in Richmond Hill, and one for Howard in Flushing. Other popular ice cream treats included the Boilermaker, the Awful Awful, the Suicide Frappe', Screwball's Delight, the Joe Sent Me and the (#”&’$?/) Special.^[1] Apparently, there were outposts, including in Florida. ^[2] The "Flaming Desire" came to the table with an alcohol soaked sugar cube on fire and five scoops of ice cream.

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Current Locations

Former Locations

In Popular Culture

External links

References

Current Locations

★ 117-03 Hillside Avenue, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. 718-847-2800 ^[3] (verified by telephone, May 4, 2007)
81-04 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.
718-651-0700

Former Locations

★ 138th Street and Alexander Avenue, the Bronx, New York

★ Jamaica, Queens, New York

★ Flushing, Queens, New York

★ Corner of Gerristen Avenue and Avenue U, Marine Park, Brooklyn, New York

★ Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York

★ Corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Z, Brooklyn, New York

★ Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, New York

★ Union Township, Union County, New Jersey: original site on Morris Ave. (just west of Stuyvesant Ave.) was destroyed in a fire. ^[4] Second site on Stuyvesant Ave. (at Rosemont Ave.) was sold to make way for a Rite Aid store.

★ Fair Lawn, New Jersey

★ Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, Florida ^[5]

★ Route A1A, Sunny Isles, Florida ^[6]

★ White Plains Road, Eastchester, New York

★ East Meadow, LI New York (Hempstead TNPK North side next to the Wantagh Pkwy old roller rink site)

★ West Islip, New York

★ Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, New York

★ Great Neck Road, Great Neck, LI, New York

In Popular Culture

★ MTH, a manufacturer of model railroad accessories, offers a scale-model building with a Jahn's ice cream parlor storefront. ^[7]

External links

★ Sweetest Way to Travel Back in Time

★ Roadfood.com

References

1. http://www.richmondhillhistory.org/Jahns.shtml
2. Rascal House of Sunny Isles
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