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dudedude wrote:We can keep circling on this one point if you like, but I really don't find it a productive part of this discussion. Again, thank you for offering your point of view on how I am expressing my point of view.

We are way off track, lets get back on polite point or the thread will be locked.

Thanks,
Gary for the moderators

Point taken, respected and understood.

I was in earlier this week and had the Chocolate Italian Ice as a parfait! The slight graininess and sweetness of the chocolate ice when paired with the smooth vanilla custard was a lot like eating a cold oreo cookie. Mmmmm. Heaven!

Was also in yesterday and tried a Coco Loco concrete for the first time with the flavor of the day - Vanilla Caramel Swirl. I'm slowing working my way through the entire menu and I may get there some day.

I stopped by last night with a friend who had never had custard before and he loved it. Quite a long line too, but worth it. I just had a simple scoop with oreo, but next time I am going for one of the Boston Shakes.

What is a Boston Shake, anyway? How does it differ from a regular shake?

It's a milkshake topped with vanilla custard and chocolate syrup.

In other words, an entrée.

I'm in, that sounds decadent! Thanks!

I was in last week for a Coco Loco concrete myself. LOVE it, one
Of the greater "concretes of the month," and as the counter
Lady described, like a melted Mounds bar.
Scooters is quite likely my favorite iced confection shop in
The city. Despite living nowhere near, I frequently make the trek.

Dudedude: so glad to hear you're makin your way through the menu!
You'll fall in love as I have.

~M@

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-frozen-custard-lakeview-11-aug11,0,5958297.story

I hope the city never sees the throng outside of Margie's Candies any time the temperature climbs above 60 degrees....

I don't think the city much cares, unless someone complains. Then they've got to do something to appease the busybodys and whiners...er I mean fine citizens who have concern for their fellow man.

If a report in today's Chicago Tribune is accurate, the business owner, the neighbors (or person(s) complaining) and the City have worked-out the situation: http://tinyurl.com/no8aza

There are areas of the city where businesses have taken-over the public right-of-way for their own profit, and neighbors, neighboring businesses and pedestrians be damned if they get in the way of the such self-serving practices. Not all regulation is bad. If neighbors or nearby businesses were bothered by this particular business which had allegedly not complied with the law or regulations, good for them for exercising their right to complain.

I'm not surprised reading some of the comments in this discussion - because there are folks here at LTH who support restaurants which are involved in various bad practices.

Bill wrote:I'm not surprised reading some of the comments in this discussion - because there are folks here at LTH who support restaurants which are involved in various bad practices.

Just as there are several who support places that serve really bad food. With nearly 7,000 members, we're a diverse group.

=R=

What kind of curmudgeon do you have to be to call the alderman about families eating ice cream with their kids and dogs? I love Scooters and am glad they worked it out. Where will the fun police strike next?

What kind of curmudgeon do you have to be to call the alderman about families eating ice cream with their kids and dogs? I love Scooters and am glad they worked it out. Where will the fun police strike next?

I think I'm generally on the opposite end of the spectrum from curmudgeon and fun police and I am huge Scooter's fan and am magenetically drawn there any time I'm within a mile of the place. And I personally loved the scene of the families and dogs spilling out around the place. But I've been hobbling around on a severely sprained ankle for about two weeks and I am always looking for the shortest possible path from point A to point B and am conscious of and a bit frustrated about taking any extra steps given how slow I am moving and how tiring it is. So I can see where maybe anyone in the neighborhood that had a disability, or maybe an older person might have found it inconvenient to go around or through the crowd. Not that folks wouldn't have made way for anyone or that I necessarily ever saw it so crowded you couldn't get through. But that might be one scenario here. Mainly I'm glad it's getting resolved.

I recently spoke to the owner of Scooter's and he said he has an elderly woman who slowly walks to the Jewel each day who stops and rests on their chairs as the store is probably 1/2 way to Jewel. Also, the owner of Scooter's is legally blind, so I think he is sensitive to the trials of the handicapped and the elderly. Their store is on a business thoroughfare and if we, as a group, want to continue to have neighborhood eating establishments to be around for the long term, we need to support them with their success, not just as they are trying to get going. These are not bad people, folks. Stop by and talk to them. They have been very receptive to talking with me when I enter their store. Of course, I happen to be a huge fan of their Boston Shake, and as someone wrote earlier, it qualifies as a meal and I need to eat, so I start at Scooter's.

Hellodali wrote:I am always looking for the shortest possible path from point A to point B and am conscious of and a bit frustrated about taking any extra steps given how slow I am moving and how tiring it is. So I can see where maybe anyone in the neighborhood that had a disability, or maybe an older person might have found it inconvenient to go around or through the crowd.

Come on. If someone is that worried about taking a few extra steps or being that inconvenienced by a crowd, then the third biggest city in America is probably not the best place for them to be in the first place.

I'm sorry, this is absolutely a busy body with nothing else to do. These stuck up, snobby busy bodies are multiplying in Roscoe Village like a bacteria, i'll be surprised if the neighborhood isn't dry in the 3 years and the old taverns are forced to be shut down for crying out loud.

And for whoever was asking earlier, the Boston Shake is basically a shake with a sunday on top. I personally think that a Chocolate Boston shake is one of the best things they have there. My god is it good.

These are not bad people, folks. Stop by and talk to them. They have been very receptive to talking with me when I enter their store.

Oh, I do stop in often and know they are great folk and very receptive and I would never suggest they were insensitive to disability or to seniors. And as I mentioned, I love the sidewalk scene myself. I was merely open to the possibility that the initial complaints might have come from folks who weren't just spawn-of-the-devil busybody killjoys. But hey, coulda been a stupid assumption on my part.

But enough about who may or may not have complained. Back to the goodies. I usually get the peanut butter hot fudge sundae but this weekend I had the PB&J concrete for the first time and I think that might be my new favorite. Blackberry jam and peanut butter swirled through vanilla custard. As is often the case at Scooter's, I had to leave as soon as I finished so I wouldn't be tempted to order a second one!

Hellodali wrote: Back to the goodies. I usually get the peanut butter hot fudge sundae but this weekend I had the PB&J concrete for the first time and I think that might be my new favorite. Blackberry jam and peanut butter swirled through vanilla custard.

My sister-in-law turned me on to the PB&J concrete and she had the genius idea of adding peanut butter cups to it. Delicious!

This prompted me to order the PB&J concrete last night. Wow!

It's up there on my list with the PB&Caramel in chocolate concrete that has been up there for me.

I'm trying to think of other PB combos that are out there.....

Pie Lady wrote:What is a Boston Shake, anyway? How does it differ from a regular shake?

djenks wrote:And for whoever was asking earlier, the Boston Shake is basically a shake with a sunday on top.

From Ubita's Ice Cream truck (based at 4014 W 24th).

Ordered an extra thick pumpkin malt (extra malty), and it blew us away.

Reopening March 5th! I am already trying to decide what I want.

Love the custard...don't love the customers in their Denalis who block my driveway so much

boudreaulicious wrote:Love the custard...don't love the customers in their Denalis who block my driveway so much

Or who park on the side of the street where there is no parking, causing a complete blocking of traffic flow at an already busy light.

Or who stand in large groups on the sidewalk, replete with strollers or dogs, completely blocking any passersby from passing and who act annoyed when you want to get by.

I am so glad they are successful and hope they continue to be. I also hope (foolish me) that the customers will think a bit more about how they are causing difficulties for traffic, people who live in the area, and pedestrians.

I think I'll avoid the 5th, lol. It's likely to be crazy there!

I hate illegal parking blocking intersections and fire hydrants too. But, as another area resident, I'm no fan of the proliferation of driveways in a neighborhood (and city) defined for 100 years by alleys, open sidewalks, and curbside parking. What, are we in Schaumberg now? I go "home" to Florida and the new subdivisions have eschewed driveways for the much more civilized alley. I walk around Lakeview and have to worry about someone's Cayenne driving across the sidewalk. No offense to boudreaulicious. You aren't breaking any laws, and you are entitled to park in the garage you paid for. But I'd like to see the city nix driveways in the middle of a dense urban area like the one around Scooters. By the way, Scooters is a treasure. Glad to see it back for another season.

JeffB wrote:I hate illegal parking blocking intersections and fire hydrants too. But, as another area resident, I'm no fan of the proliferation of driveways in a neighborhood (and city) defined for 100 years by alleys, open sidewalks, and curbside parking. What, are we in Schaumberg now? I go "home" to Florida and the new subdivisions have eschewed driveways for the much more civilized alley. I walk around Lakeview and have to worry about someone's Cayenne driving across the sidewalk. No offense to boudreaulicious. You aren't breaking any laws, and you are entitled to park in the garage you paid for. But I'd like to see the city nix driveways in the middle of a dense urban area like the one around Scooters. By the way, Scooters is a treasure. Glad to see it back for another season.

Isn't there some sort of community organization in that neighborhood that has to give thier blessing to any new driveways before the zoning board approves them? I know out here on the northwest side, the mere mention of creating a new driveway (or curb cut, as they are called) will send the local citizenry into a frenzy.

Yeah, dammit! If you want a parking spot, grab a snow shovel and make one, like a Chicagoan!

ViewsAskew wrote:I am so glad they are successful and hope they continue to be. I also hope (foolish me) that the customers will think a bit more about how they are causing difficulties for traffic, people who live in the area, and pedestrians.

And cyclists, too, please.

Cyclists are traffic, no?