Ice cream, frozen yogurt remain go-to summer treats
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lishment has been open since 1953. Serving homemade ice cream, custard, ice
cream cakes, yogurt, italian ice, sundaes,
and much more, the family-owned business
captivates a significant following.
What does Smithville resident Marilyn
Prado like about the historic location the
most? Prado said the “Pistachio Graziano”
is one of her favorite desserts.
“they come out with that first. i live in
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Maxwell and Zachary Carroll with their father, Andy, enjoy frozen yogurt outside of JoJo’s FroYo Bar
on Bellevue Avenue.
eat or you can come in to enjoy it too,”
Susan richards said.
by Paul J. Macrie IV
royale Crown Homemade ice Cream
Gazette Staff Writer
and Grille attracts a steady crowd daily. LoHaMMONtON—in the summer, peo- cated on the White Horse Pike, the estabple seek ways to stay cool and normally it requires something
refreshing. ice cream, frozen yogurt, water ice or other frozen
dessert varieties are a popular avenue to take a reprieve from the occasional heat. in Hammonton, there
are five establishments folks go to
satisfy their craving for these popular summer items. these locations
are all special in their own way, offering various selections of ice
cream, frozen custard, water ice
and more.
The Gazette spoke to individuals,
families and friends about what
they like about each place, what is
their favorite flavor and what
makes it special.
rita’s Water ice, located in the
uptown district on the White Horse
Pike (route 30), has its selections
of traditional italian ice, frozen custard, sundaes, gelati, misto, milk
shakes, frozen lemonades and even
frozen custard cakes.
Carolynne Bombaro was enjoying a pleasant afternoon experience
at rita’s with her son, David
Samuel. Bombaro had chocolate
custard with chocolate sprinkles,
while her son, had a cotton candy
water ice.
the two go to rita’s often to savior the delicious water ice and
frozen custard made available each
day.
“the lines are always shorter
here [at rita’s]. We love royale
Crown too, but that is more for a
gathering. this is more of a quickstop type of place. i actually like
the flavor of the custard here,”
Bombaro said.
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