So I am at a business dinner at Farttos last night for dinner. This is one of the best places for dinner in West County. The risotto is just fantastic. They in fact always cook to order anything I want in the dish. Great service and great food. Denise calls me earlier to tell me that my oldest (16) is on a date at the movies in the valley. Her new boyfriend has just gotten his license and both Denise and I think that driving at night with the new beau......too risky. I am in the valley anyway, so I can get her after the movies on my way home.
My dinner ended about 8:45 and the movie did not end until about 9:20. So to kill time, I figure I will treat myself to a Ben & Jerrys ice cream cone. I can't remember the last time I had one. As anyone who visits me in St Louis....I am a Silkys man. The best custard on the planet....period. Anyway, I decide on a 2 scoop Cherry Garcia. The cone was more like a 1 1/2 scoop and it was $5.05 Can you believe that! A plain cone....nothing special. What a rip off. It was good but Eddys Cherry Chip and cherry ice cream has it beat hands down....and I can buy that 3 gallons for $10 on sale in the supermarket.
Their business must be hurting....who spends that kind of money on ice cream. It would of cost me close to $40 to take my family to get the ice cream! Crazy!
On another note.....I worked at Carvel for a few years in HS. A small cone was 45 cents and the large was 55 cents. That was in 1977-1979. Remember fudggy the whale....and a whale of a cake for dad. Tom Carvel was the funniest pitch man for a company.
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