For weeks I've looked forward to finally enjoying it after 4 years of missing out.įrozen custard is a richer, creamier, smoother ice cream than anything you'll find on the grocery store shelves. Knowing this road trip was coming up more quickly by the day, my memories of our visits to Kopp's Frozen Custard in Milwaukee started taunting me with my favorite frozen treat of all time. Nightly text from me in reply: 'Yes, a Kopp's Turtle Sundae.' ISBN 978-0-06-095837-4.Nightly text from Tim: 'Heading home, do you need me to stop and get anything?' Food Finds: America's Best Local Foods and the People Who Produce Them. Allison Engel Margaret Engel (5 September 2000).500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. Jane Stern Michael Stern (4 June 2009).Joe Biden Visits Kopp's Custard Banters With Manager'. 'The Travels of Vice President Dick Cheney - September 2004'. ^ Muszynski, Lacey (September 16, 2016).'Milwaukee's Kopp continues westward expansion with Hanny's'. 'Kopp's restaurant empire doesn't stop at state line'. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Tribune Company. ^ 'Need a treat? Check the flavor forecast at Kopp's Frozen Custard'.Archived from the original on March 20, 2006. Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. ^ 'Kopp's, Oscar's top our custard dream team'.Lower our taxes and we’ll call it even.' In response, Biden came back later to the manager and said, 'Why don’t you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time?' The story was covered by both local and national news agencies. In response, the manager stated 'Don’t worry, it’s on the house. Biden asked the manager of Kopp's what he owed for his custard. In June 2010, Vice President Joe Biden visited a Kopp's Frozen Custard location while campaigning for Democratic Senator Russ Feingold. In September 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to a Kopp's Frozen Custard location while campaigning for his and George W. Each location prominently displays a portrait of Elsa Kopp. He has also opened restaurants in Arizona and New York. in downtown Milwaukee which opened New Year's Eve of 1980.

Kopp's is now owned by Elsa's son, Karl Kopp, who also owns Elsa's on the Park on Jefferson St. Port Washington Ave.) is on the site of the former Milky Way drive-in restaurant, the inspiration for the external look of the Happy Days diner, Arnold's Drive-In. The featured flavors are often related to events for that day or month. Kopp's offers two unique flavors every day and a featured shake and sundae of the month. After this, Kopp's began offering increasingly diverse concoctions which became their well known 'flavor of the day' menu option. Initially she mixed chocolate and vanilla, a controversial act in the early frozen custard community. By 1960 the Kopp's stand was successful enough that Elsa felt comfortable experimenting with more exotic frozen custard recipes. The Kopp's frozen custard stand rose in popularity quickly during the 1950s and was soon seen as a Milwaukee staple. Some support in starting the business came from Leon Schneider, a custard machine repairman (the founder of Leon's Frozen Custard in 1942), whom Elsa Kopp had met while working at a bakery. A German immigrant with no prior business experience, Kopp started the stand after her husband, Karl Kopp, developed Parkinson's disease. Appleton Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (now the site of JJ Fish & Chicken) in 1950. Elsa Kopp opened the first Kopp's stand at 6005 W.

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