Carl's Ice Cream

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name = Carl's Ice Cream


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image_caption = Carl's Ice Cream at night. Note the Art Moderne styling.
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established = 1947
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street-address = 2200 Princess Anne St
city = Fredericksburg
state = Virginia
zip = USA
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seating-capacity = 0 (Walk-up Window)
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Carl's Ice Cream (also known as "Carl's Frozen Custard" or, most often, simply "Carl's") is a roadside ice cream stand located at 2200 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Since 2005, the stand, with its Art Moderne architectural facade, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/va/Fredericksburg/state.html |format= |work= |publisher= |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-08-11] , [cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Fredericksburg/111-5007_Carls_2005_Final_Nomination.pdf |format= .pdf file |work= |publisher= |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-08-11]

History

Carl Sponseller founded Carl's Frozen Custard stand in 1947. [cite web |title=Off the Beaten Path, Vol. 8 |url=http://www.simplyfredericksburg.com/offpath/carls.shtml |format= |work= |publisher=Simply Fredericksburg |date=1999-07-25 |accessdate=2008-08-11] Since then, the 1940's era Electro Freeze machines have produced the frozen treat. When served, the ice cream is hand scooped, with a signature “twist” added to the top by the disher. Carl's sells only three flavors (vanilla, chocolate and strawberry), but also offers sundaes, shakes, malts, frozen slushes and slush floats. The stand has what can only be called a devoted following, to the point that the line of customers often stretches around the building, even in bad weather. [cite web |title=Carl's Ice Cream |url=http://www.fredericksburgguidebook.com/fredericksburg-carls-icecream.html |format= |work= |publisher=Fredericksburg Guidebook |date= |accessdate=2008-08-11] cite news |title=For 50 Years and More, the Simple Pleasures of an Ice-Cream |last=Buncombe |first=Andrew |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20030906/ai_n12703474 |format= |work= |publisher=The Independent (London) |date=2003-09-06 |accessdate=2008-08-11] Carl's is closed each year from the Sunday before Thanksgiving until the Friday of Presidents Day Weekend. This is because Sponseller would close the shop each year for hunting season, and the current owners (also Sponseller family members) have continued the tradition.

Ice Cream or Frozen Custard?

The soft-serve ice cream is technically "not" frozen custard, because it does not contain the required minimum level of egg yolks required under Virginia law to advertise it as such.

ee also

List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia

External Links

[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210217385 Link to Facebook Group: "Carl's Ice Cream (enough said)"]

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