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| - I've been going to this Cawthra & Lakeshore icon for milkshakes and banana splits since the 80s, though it's been around a lot longer. You can't think of the Dairy Cream without thinking hot summer nights, long lines of people hanging out the door, cars and loud stereos, and sticky ice cream droplets all over your hands, clothes, and car interior.
I remember as a kid hearing my parents talk about how it was slowly declining in quality and service since their teenaged years, and in the last 4 or 5 years, I've been singing the exact same song - a slow nostalgia-death might just be part-and-parcel of its allure, because no matter how much I'm convinced its just not what it used to be, I always find myself back there again each summer, slurping down a great shake.
There was a time when the counter was over-flowing with banana bunches (for the splits and the shakes), and while that amazing display is gone, you can still get a real banana mixed into your favorite shake flavors (but make sure to specify you want a REAL banana. A few times in the recent past, they've squirted some nasty-ass banana-flavoring into the mix, which is a mortal sin).
My favorites are mint-chocolate-chip shakes, or chocolate-marshmallow shakes, or strawberry-raspberry-banana shake (they HATE making that last one with the three ingredients, but it's so good!)
You can also get anything else imaginable that's made with ice cream. Including to-go cakes! sweet! (literaly!)
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