TASTEE-FREEZ - Life in America

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

We had a Tastee Freez a few blocks from the city swimming pool. Perfect day. Swim all afternoon in the pool for a quarter and get a cone on the walk home. Still wearing your bathing suit with a towel wrapped around you. And barefoot of course. Iconic summer day! The burgers were good too. Thanks for the memories!

[@cls90]

@Suzanne McKenzie Those were the BEST days ever!

[@timfool]

I have one right next to me. I like their soft serve and cheeseburgers too.

[@sonhuynh8222]

Wat a great day!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

I miss tastee freeze tastee freez and dairy queen and 31 flavors/ Baskin Robbins and thriftys and carnation my favorite ice cream and ice cream restaurant soft serve like ice milk

[@samuraibushido7077]

@@LindaMerchant-bq2hp Cand I get an Amen??????

[@fob1xxl]

Unfortunately alot of things that were a staple of our childhood are gone. Restaurants. Movie Theaters. Family and Friends. Life is like a thief in the night ! Enjoy every minute !

[@chass1347]

You are so right. I hope that you have stored your treasures in Heaven and found salvation through Jesus Christ. All Earthly things will fade away and turn to dust. God Bless!!!

[@summerrose4286]

I hope heaven looks a lot like these videos, and is filled with people from the comment section, including our gracious host. Also, I miss this America so badly that this video has actually made me cry.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

I feel your pain. Everybody seems so mean spirited nowadays. Why? How could Trump, DeSantis, Gingrich, MTG and others say such hateful things about their fellow Americans? Boggles my mind. My parents didn't raise me with such hatred.

[@WilAdams]

Growing up in my little Florida hometown, this was the only fast-food place. My father and mother would take us on occasion to get a hot dog, and ice cream for dessert once in a while. Those were good days. 6 kids in a second-hand (but new to us) Impala with our folks in the frontseat. The peals of laughter and squeals of joy and surprise as we dove into those hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream. Thanks for the memories.

[@jim-campbell7074]

When my brother and I were young we mowed lawns around the Huntington Beach California area. Many days after finishing our lawns we would end the day at Tastee Freez. Great memories

[@mosaiceyes2020]

Tastee Freeze was my first job. It was in the early seventies and I was 14 yrs old. If my memory serves me right, my pay started out at 75 cents an hour and worked my way up to $ 1.25 an hour. Two of my girlfriends worked there at the same time. We had lots of fun together. Our bosses were a cool young couple. They would occasionally have parties for us on the weekends after we closed up at night. They treated us good and we worked hard for them. It's one of the best of memories from my youth. My favorite treats were Hot Fudge Malt and Boston coolers. Wish I had one now!

[@kbovey]

what was a Boston Cooler?

[@Bigskyguy56]

Tastee - Freez is yet another iconic symbol from my youth that has gone away. Thank you for producing these great reminiscent videos. Sadly, most of the subjects that I remember with fondness from the 50s-60s are now distant memories. However , your well done videos always have me smiling & recalling the GOOD TIMES. Thank you again

[@jaymartin3992]

Recollection Road videos are usually good for a smile and a memory. Then, every once and a while, a really poignant one like this comes along and hits home. Takes you way back to what was a simpler, different, in most ways better time. Times change. It really could not last. We're all guilty of screwing it up. Maybe it was not as good as we remember it. But goodness; it sure seems like in our haste for more, bigger, and modern we made it all worse not better.

[@michaelwiener477]

Damn strait !

[@josephgaviota]

Somehow, as a kid, dipping ice cream in chocolate, and the chocolate would become a "hard shell" was _AMAZING_ to me! Mom said it's "too expensive" (as so many things were) ... so this was something I admired/coveted from afar.

[@krs3500]

I basically grew up at my grandparents’ Tastee Freez in PA. Those are actually them at 4:08 with the bicycle. I remember hearing about that picture-it was some promotional give-away contest!

[@petedelavega6094]

The best always leaves us.

[@shirleysmith8072]

We remember Tastee Freeze SO Good! 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🤩🤩🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

[@pamelahsmithsmith2366]

I worked at a Tastee Freez the summer of 1970, I was in the 10th grade.80 cents an hour and all the ice cream and food we could eat!!! Loved the burgers

[@bradlane3662]

We only had a old fashioned Dairy Queen in southern WV. On Sundays after church you couldn't get on the lot. I've seen my dad go to the back of a 20-30 people line at the ordering window, place the order, get a number, and get behind the same people at the pickup window! All for 15 minutes of sweet, cold bliss in the car!

[@jaya.0069]

Got a DQ a few minutes from where I live, I still enjoy an occasional treat from there especially the Blizzards!

[@motofunk1]

Good Dad

[@bradlane3662]

@@motofunk1 He sure was! Thanks!

[@carywiesner769]

We were a DQ family too. The stand was about 2 1/2 miles from our house, and like yours was old-fashioned: you ordered at one window, picked up at another, and no seating. I think it was around 1970 that DQ started serving food; it was about this time they opened up one with indoor seating and food near our house. I would think at one point there was likely a Tastee Freeze in my town (Green Bay area), but if there was I don't recall it.

[@MsValeriaHeart]

You should leave this comment on the video about Dairy Queen

[@brucewelty7684]

Tastee Freez was at one end of town and A&W was at the other end. There were other eateries in our little Burgh but the Friday night "loop" centered around these 2.

[@blueroanspecial]

I use to ride my horse to town for a Tasty treat! How good it taste on a hot Kansas day. Thanks for the memories!

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

Hope you got treat for your horse

[@sneaks01]

It was always a treat when my Mom would give me some money so me and my friends could walk to the local TF for “ice cream”. Thanks for this video. As with many of your videos, it brings back great memories!

[@nmikali3848]

Its as much fun to read peoples memories in the comments as it is to watch your videos. Wonderful memories thank you💓

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Totally ❤

[@joshuabratland]

Yes!!!

[@slm3913]

I remember Dog &Sudds. They were a hot dog stand that also served some of the best rootbeer. We loved the Rootbeer floats made with Tasty Freeze ice cream. That is the shop that dad took us to on a Friday afternoon when he got off work early. Loved that place.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

My city had one too that was down the street from my house, but it closed some time after I was born in the 70's.

[@deborahchesser7375]

We had one in central Oh

[@deborahchesser7375]

All the good stuff is gone, Arthur Treachers, Zantigo , GD Ritzys

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

@@deborahchesser7375 That's how it is. I saw it came and went before my eyes.

[@gregggoss2210]

Every August my family would go on vacation down in Virginia. We always stayed at The Shenvallee Lodge Motel in New Market. One of the reasons I looked forward to it was the Tastee Freeze across the road from it. My parents are gone now and so is the Tastee Freeze. Still remember that custard.

[@matrox]

Yeh...New Market, next to Luray off Rt 211. Near the Luray Caverns.

[@glennaputman6627]

New market VA is my hometown and I loved tastee freeze wish we still had one around loved there chil dogs

[@gregggoss2210]

@@glennaputman6627, I had many happy vacation days there. Miss the Tastee Freeze and Johnny Appleseed Restaurant. Remember the little diner downtown that had peanut soup. Not too fond of peanut soup.

[@glennaputman6627]

@@gregggoss2210 I don't like peanut soup either

[@mikehughes4969]

One of my earliest memories is going to Tastee Freez with my grandfather. The burgers were pretty good too.

[@jimschuman9926]

Lucky you. Both my Grandpas passed away before I was born, so never knew them 😢

[@lindamerchant123]

And hot dogs and tacos some tf had

[@misterakt]

we still have a Tastee Freez in my area! i’m in Pensacola FL, and we have one in nearby Milton. it’s the only one left in the entire state of Florida, and it is MARVELOUS!!

[@kdfulton3152]

Oh the soft serve with the chocolate topping, that dried hard! Yummy 😋

[@paulaolson8956]

Dip top! Also came in butterscotch.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Reminds me of a movie: Dried Hard

[@kendavid891]

Yes I remember.originally from NJ,I'm in Florida and still go to this American treasure

[@stillaboveground2470]

There used to be a Tastee-Freez in my town, way back in the 1970s. Loved that place.

[@cristianabarsuglia629]

I remember going on "Sunday drives" with my parents in our 1955 Mercury. We'd stop at the Tastee Freez in Monterey Park, CA on Garvey Ave.and I'd get to have a chocolate dipped cone. That's about 65 years ago, and they are both long since gone. Thanks for these memories.

[@olafpamela]

Wow we had one in Northwest Ohio back in the 60's which it had the sit down restaurant. Thanks for sharing and memories 😍

[@stephenjones101]

I had almost forgotten about "Dogs and Suds". When my family lived in Missouri, my dad would sometimes take us to that drive-in on hot summer nights to get delicious frosty mugs of Root Beer. Heaven for any little kid! And I do remember Tastee-Freeze. Sad to hear it's closed down in most states. DQ is about the best place in North Metro Atlanta for soft serve ice cream now.

[@knobdikker]

We have one in Dahlonega right across from the high school.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

Every Wednesday my dad would take us to the Tastee Freez on Rt66 in Tulsa. As a kid it was the best place for ice cream cones. Sadly it is no longer in business and a used auto dealership has taken over the old building. But the sign with ice cream cone on top still remains. Any time I visit Tulsa I make sure to stop by and reminisce about a time long since gone. I miss it very much.

[@timtighe9389]

I remember tastee freeze when I was a kid

[@ryanruttan499]

Thanks for bringing memories to Life. No one does. Keep them rolling

[@HerminiePA]

Along side the Great Allegheny Passage where it goes through Sutersville, about 30 miles (by river) from Pittsburgh is a Tastee-Freez that looks just like the pictures in this video. The name is the Youghiogheny Twist, but you can see it started as a Tastee-Freez.

[@cindynichols6811]

I grew up in suburban Chicago, and one of the first jobs I had was working at the local Tastee Freez. Shaping those cones as they came out of the machine was an art! Sweet memories!

[@stevekrueger3928]

My father purchased an old Tastee Freez store in Rhinelander Wisconsin. He initially leased it to a friend, Jet Jackson who opened it in 1968 after being closed for several years. From 1969 through 1971 I managed the store and learned one hell of a lot about life. I am pretty sure it had the original Tastee Freez air-cooled soft serve pumps in it for the first years, complete with the SS ball bearing valves. It remained in the family until being sold ~8 years ago, and it still operating. WHAT A RIDE! Thanks for the memories! Girls, rock-and-roll, and a business education!

[@suncitypro1]

I worked my way through college at the Tastee Freeze in Huntsville Texas in the 1960s. I ate well, gained big pounds, and graduated heavier than when I started. It was a great job for a college student!

[@thomaslucas6079]

I remember these more as a little boy growing up in the 1960s. My parents used to take vacations back east to visit my dad's relatives. We were more likely to stop at a place like this because my dad was always in a hurry to get as many miles behind him as they could.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

My mother used to talk about how our dad stayed glued to the highway on long trips, rarely stopping. Probably a habit from his days in the Air Force, where you had a given amount of time to report to your next assigned Base.

[@grz66]

We had a Tastee Freez on our block in Brighton, Michigan, it was the place our baseball coach treated us after a victory from our baseball team, great memories, Thanks for showing this.

[@funguy4273]

l gew up in a small town in Kentucky and Ioved Tastee Freez. I can remember going to the Tastee Freez, ordering a vanilla cone with the hard chocalate shell, I never figure out how they did this. The Tastee Freez had two rows of pull in stands and ordering using a speaker system, which was a wild thing in my youth. I remember when the Tastee Freez shut down and was replaced with a Dairy Dart. Every Time i go past the Dairy Dart I got a funny feeling in my gut that something just wasn't right. When I saw this Recallection Road's title, it all came back to me. I even remember a sign prohiting teenagers from necking, Ididn't know what that wss and asking her what that was. Boy that was news to me I love the Recollection Road series, and ever time there is one about a company that I grew up with, it brngs back memories for me, I get a lump in my troat as I think about how times have changed,

[@ianhillman4007]

Thank you for uploading these wonderful memories. I don't think my old high school days would have been the same without a trip to the Tasty Freeze during our lunch hour. 🥶😎😋

[@barnacles62]

I was raised in a small town in Maryland called Hurlock. I would cut grass as a kid and looked forward about twice a week to getting a vanilla shake, cheeseburger and bbq fries. I remember as a kid in the early1970s seeing 57 Chevys, 68 Camaros, 66 chevy pickups, all park on a strip of land it was built on between three streets in a triangle shape. They would get food, throw blankets on the grass or sit on their cars or tailgates. It was like a scene from an all-American movie, good days indeed. The building is still there, though the overhang was closed in, and Tastee-Freeze has been gone awhile, it`s still used as selling food....

[@jakealden2517]

The location in Salisbury, Maryland just closed a few weeks ago. We are very sad about it, as it was a thriving location but the owner decided to retire. Now another company will probably buy it and change the name.

[@benni1023fm]

I can count on two fingers the times Dad took us out for ice cream. Some Sunday's, we went to McDonald's, rode around a little while, then back home. Dad thought sugar = hyper kids with rotten teeth. When I got out on my own, though.... :)

[@robertsmith9397]

I remember getting sundaes served in a platic upside down baseball cap. You could collect all the teams.

[@tats4ever]

I had a Tastee freeze near my high school in the 1980’s in Southern California. We all went there for lunch every day!

[@anitabakerlover1]

I worked for the Tastee Freeze in Wilson NC back in the 1980's while I was in high school. I enjoyed my time working with the Moore Family. I learned so many life skills and will always cherish those memories!

[@allen_p]

My family had a weekend cabin in the East Texas forest. When leaving on Sunday we always stopped at the Dandy Dee Dog Drive-In for a soft serve ice cream cone. A real treat!

[@Youngstown529]

My mom - now near 80 - called every drive up ice cream stand a "Tastee Freez". I didn't realize that was a chain.

[@craigb2366]

Have you ever heard of Charles Chips? These videos remind of so much of my past, which included Charles Chips being delivered to my family house as a kid in the early 80s

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

You must have grown up in Ohio, Indiana,Illinois or Michigan

[@pitman6992]

We had them delivered in Pa. too! They were the best!!!😎👍

[@sonampalmo3578]

Those big brown cans with the saltiest, crispest chips ever!

[@johngparker557]

I didn't have one in Hannibal Missouri that's where I was born and raised we just didn't have one I live now at Oklahoma City Oklahoma and I don't have one here that I know of but thank you you do a good job of work on this goodbye for now and I would listen to more of story

[@MrPedal88]

Street corners and Tastee-Freez. Take me back to Chicago. 77'.

[@katiebice3905]

My childhood staples were Dairy Queen, A&W Rootbeer drive in & Bob's big boy drive in. But our favorites were Sutter's Mill and The Bear Pit BBQ place across the street. In the 1970's, Sutter's Mill got a PONG game installed in the waiting area. We were so excited and played it before and after dinner.

[@dennisboyd1712]

WOW The San Fernando Valley & they were on Sepulveda Blvd, Granada Hills CA The Bear Pit is still there Fond Memories

[@dodieodie498]

Man, I was sad to see our hometown Tastee Freez close, and I never did know the reason why. Though this video sheds some light. Back then, going to a restaurant was a big deal...and rare for me. The food always seemed spectacular. I'm not sure why eating out just doesn't have the same feeling or taste that it did years ago. It was always a hard choice for a kid- banana split or parfait. I actually found a couple of the plastic parfait cups in the back of one of my mother's cabinets a few years ago. Memories. Would be great to find one of the remaining restaurants sometime and order a parfait for old times' sake.

[@UN33kWabb1T]

Here in rural NC we still have a TF. Of course, they had to change the name, but they still serve many of the same ice creams (banana splits, parfaits and hot fudge sundaes-along with some great burgers and hot dogs).

[@dodieodie498]

@@UN33kWabb1T Very cool. Why'd they have to change the name? And what is the new name? You never know....I might make it to that area of NC one day. I was thinking they had the remaining Tastee Freez's listed on a website. I'll have to look that up.

[@UN33kWabb1T]

@@dodieodie498 The man who opened t TF in this area called it Glenn’s TF so he just took off TF.

[@dodieodie498]

@@UN33kWabb1T Thanks. If I'm ever driving around and see that, I'll stop.

[@nilsboserup5481]

There’s a Tastee Freez in Summerville SC across the street from Summerville High School. This one has been there since 1972 I believe. Still a treat to go there and be reminded of another time. Thanks for the film.

[@andyvonyeast332]

I grew up in Cedar Rapids Iowa, and there was a Tastee Freeze in Marion . We didn’t get to go very often, but went there more often than to DQ. Thanks for the wonderful memories! I love Recollection Road, my favorite series on KZbin.

[@danwick6067]

I grew up in Milan, Michigan which had a Tastee Freez. For a long time it was one of the only chains in the small town. Fond memories of it and to this day it’s still there but called something different now but still the iconic original building just like your video. Thank you for the memories.

[@raceb697]

Oh, such fond memories. I remember playing Little League baseball in the late 60's and early 70's as a kid, and after a winning game, our Coach would always hand out a Free Cone coupon at the Tastee-Freez. Almost the entire team would end up there after the game, still in our uniforms feeling proud of our win. And the excitement of watching your cone get filled, topped off with a sizeable amount and then handed to you thru the window for FREE was such a great experience! You just knew you would surely become a pro baseball player...it truly was special times. When I recall these days and others like it, the memories are so heartwarming. Thank you, Recollection Road.

[@GaryHardin]

At 6:03 that building was the style that I worked in in the 60s' in my hometown. Both locations have closed now, but the buildings still remain and are used for other businesses. I have wonderful memories of working for them in my teens.

[@mikeking2073]

I wish I could take my grandchildren to tastee freez. I have wonderful memories of when my grandparents took me.

[@priscilla789]

Love these videos. I wasn't born until 1967, but if I could I would love to go back in time and visit one of these Tastee-Freez locations just to experience the taste of the food and feel what life was like back then....a real life glimpse of the past.

[@raymondhoelscher9307]

What good times these were......and simple!!

[@UN33kWabb1T]

We had a Tastee-Freez in the area's I grew up in. When I was a preschooler, my aunt would take us to get a dip cone of soft serve when we would spend the weekend with her. My second year in school we moved a county over and there was a Tastee-Freez there too. In the summer when the Independence Day parade & fireworks took place, we would park near the Tastee-Freez and have banana splits (the way they were supposed to be made) and watch the fireworks from the bed of our family pick-up. The iconic building is still there, and they serve good food and many of the same soft serve items, but they don't have the branding of Tastee Freez or the 51 flavors that was synonymous with the chain. I still love the banana splits and hot fudge sundaes and even if you didn't know that it was part of the chain you can see by the style of the building that it was an original Tastee-Freez. I almost forgot to mention, one our most notorious disappearances from back in the 80's took place on the TF parking lot in broad daylight. A young lady parked her car there and all her belongings, purse, keys, etc. were still in her car but she hasn't been seen since. To this day there is no knowledge of what happened to her. She was never heard from or seen again. Every few years there will be a cover story in the local paper to try to get clues as to what may have happened but it's still as big a mystery today as it was in the 80's.

[@Bobbalouie31]

Our dad took us to Tastee Freeze as a treat. The one in Owego, NY also had a putt putt golf course. It was a huge deal for us!! Tastee Freeze is where I got hooked on Hot Fudge Sundaes, with Spanish peanuts…still my go to ice cream order 60 years later. Thanks for bringing back fond memories.

[@VeRTiGo9191]

There was a TF in Winchester, VA on route 50, directly across from my grandparents. The trips and ice cream, we had. Obviously, the TF is gone, and so are my grandparents. I can still remember the smell when walking into one. Nothing better than a cone after a Big T burger!!

[@tk-zb6br]

Small Town Missouri in the 70s tastee freez was the best. Pork tenderloin sandwich and a vanilla cone was my go to.

[@eddiepinnell6965]

I am from Dallas and my Dad was from Rothville MO. When we would go visit my Grandparents it was always a treat to go to Brookfield MO for pork tenderloin sandwiches at Tastee Freez. They didn't have them in Texas back then.😋

[@joycemiller-bean1814]

Your trips down memory lane ( or rather Recollection Road) bring my happy Baby Boomer childhood back to life, AND I get to show my children many of the places like Tastee Freeze that they grew up hearing me talk about. My favorite memory is how when my Dad would pick up my friends and I from our Girl Scout meetings, he would sometimes say, “Anybody here want a Tastee Freeze cone? “. We would immediately erupt into a chorus of “YES!!”, and my generous Dad would get us all cones: and Tastee Freeze cones were the absolute best!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I think the John Mellencamp song "Jack And Diane" has regained popularity in recent years. If I remember right, it entered our rock stations' playlists weeks before my high school graduation in 1982.

[@jnadle1]

Well, they had that lyric "Suckin' on a chili dog, outside a Tastee-Freez."

[@GEMINITREKKER]

Great look back! However, there were no Tastee~Freez Stands where I grew up in Northern New England. But I knew the brand from the John Mellencamp song, and once I started travelling the Midwest, I got to know the place. Ill stop by in summer when I find one. Thanks for posting.

[@DeKrampus]

I have fond memories of my hometown's Tastee-Freez. A Big Tee burger, large fry and a chocolate shake was my Saturday night "go to" in the 70's. I remember the prices climbing through the 70's from 60 cents a meal, to $1.35 and my paper route not paying enough for such "lavishness".

[@laurab8450]

We had a Tastee Freeze around the corner from us growing up in the '50's! Always loved their ice cream!

[@tonyhurd5697]

We have a tastee freeze in Ypsilanti Michigan. It’s Been here since the late 60’s . Summer time it is packed everyday. Best tasting soft serve around ! But , now it’s called tastee time .

[@froggyziffle]

Thank you for that. My very first job was at the Tastee-Freez on St. Simons Island Georgia in 1968. I earned the princely sum of 50 cents an hour. The building is still there. Ironically as a Dairy Queen.

[@keithliermann692]

We had Richardsons in Fallbrook,ca but from your pictures of the buildings it definitely was tastee freeze. & all us locals still cry because it’s gone.

[@pernelldh]

In the Chicago song, "Take Me Back to Chicago," the lyrics mentioned Tastee-Freez.

[@scottmcwave9479]

Also Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@scottmcwave9479 That's the first thing that comes to my mind.

[@Thesaltymedic36]

I see so many old Tastee Freez signs in small towns around the east coast. They are all closed now. I remember my grandparents taking me to one a few times as a kid in Virginia. My other grandparents lived in Baltimore and snow balls were king there.

[@jeromedavis7798]

I worked at the Tastee-Freez in Oklahoma City from 1971 to 1973, while I was in high school. Great times!

[@annmitchell1507]

My father had the first franchise of Merla Mae Ice Cream in 1957 in London, Ontario, Canada. His location is still in the same location and is in the memories of many families who grew up in London. As far as I know, his Merla Mae is the only one that survived the Dairy Queen onslaught !

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

Used to always go after a day at the beach with my grandpa. Gulf Breeze, FL. It was a walk -up place. Loved the chocolate parfait

[@ssranch6017]

There used to be a Tastee-Freez in Stuttgart Arkansas. In the sixties It was the place to be Friday and Saturday night When I was a teenager. Wish it was still around.

[@SilverGorilla1776]

Visited the Tastee Freez in Sundance Wyoming many times as a kid. We would visit grandma every summer. I remember loading everyone up in two or three vehicles and going there after supper for an ice cream. It was still open last time I was there in 1990. Great memories!

[@tvormwald]

Always was a summer time favorite in Cortland, NY.

[@scottwright388]

I grew up in a small town in Maryland. Tastee freez was all we had, and my little league team was sponsored by them. Ours had a country ham sandwich that I really liked.

[@rickiejacobs5910]

I remember one in my home town in the 60’s that I would stop by on my way home from school. A DQ open up down the street and but them out of business in a short time. But the TF building in my mom’s hometown is still there and still a ice cream shop that has changed names several times over the years.

[@TheAwmoody]

I'm sure it's the first soft serve ice cream I had as a kid. Around the time Jack and Diane came out lol. I don't remember eating chili dogs but I remember the cheeseburger lol.

[@williammurray8060]

Man,i remember that truck coming down the street when i was a kid. That soft serve was the best. Had one on E. Market St. Greensboro nc.

[@fyourfeelings3946]

There is still an active Tastee Freez here in Marion Iowa. Still going strong. It's a stand alone store like back in the day and has traffic backed up in the summer time waiting to get in

[@donya1022]

I went to the Tastee Freez in Anchorage Alaska, my birth place many times and loved it. It was a sit in restaurant with hamburgers and hotdogs and many things to choose from.

[@robertd..17]

I had my first taco at a Tastee-Freez in Crossett Ar. All the food was good. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@leahannewoods6170]

My aunt used to take me to our home town Tasteefreeze in Mooresville NC in the late 70’s and early to mid 80’s.

[@deborahpellerito6117]

I loved Tastee Freez their food was great we had one in the 60's 70's and eighties in Garden City Michigan

[@michaelcarpenter8187]

I remember being the kids growing up and that was what we all look forward to our parents taking us to Tastee-Freez

[@billbritt9418]

Our small town here in North Carolina was lucky enough to have a walk up Tastee Freez and one that was a sit down restaurant. It was a real treat when me and my sister got a "Tastee Freez" which was really just a small cone! Seem to remember both disappearing sometime in the 80's.

[@paulb2488]

I go to the one in Bennington, Vermont every year. Love the food and ice cream. I will be going there as soon as they open for the season!

[@DRAKKENFIRE22]

My first time in Tastee-Freez was about a year or two ago in New Tampa, FL. We loved it! I think there's another one in Zephyrhills, FL as well.

[@joebrown1382]

I subbed here from Memory Mountain. I remember soft serve well, loved it. We had a Dog & Suds in our town, never lasted too many years.

[@jamesrobinson2175]

There had been a Tastee Freez in Smithfield, Virginia back in the 1970s. I miss having it in Smithfield!!!

[@Porsche996driver]

Is that Dom DeLuise at the end?! Had a great little Tastee Freeze shop (like those shown) in Long Beach CA with a window on the sidewalk on Redondo SE corner at 7th St. About a mile west of Wilson HS, good local spot for us from 1978-81!

[@ladytron1724]

In the uk we had mr Whippy machine ice cream and that’s probably why that didn’t work out for them. Ice cream vans in the uk sell a lot of different snacks sweets and soft drinks and back in the day cigarettes as well.😀

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Mr. Whippy? Lol! 😆😆 That reminds me of the scene in "Blazing Saddles", "Excuse me while I whip this out!" 😂😂

[@oldenslo4141]

In '67 or '68 I worked at our local TF on the weekends, I would ride my bike there in the morning. Twice a month I would have to hose down the Orange metal roof because I was lighter than the owner and would bend the shingles. I would work about 4 hours at 35 cents an hour. Great, but I was a growing boy and spend my money on food and ice cream. I loved their taquitos with avocado sauce. The banana splits were always yummy. I returned to my hometown, the TF was a Mexican take out and it's now closed. The bright orange roof is now an asphalt shingle roof. Fond memories

[@dorothysue1]

We had two in Artesia CA. Had the best deep fried burritos. The buildings are still there and are used by local food businesses.

[@kellydavis3108]

Memories of going there in 1st grade 1975, with my Dad. He and mom divorced and he couldn't boil water. So he'd take me to Tastee Freez for a corn dog and fries. The building is still there 1240 Ecorse Rd, Ypsilanti, MI

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Corn dogs - the perfect comfort food 👍