Comments on: I Drink Your Milkshake http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Mason http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21762 Matt Mason Thu, 29 May 2008 18:37:43 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21762 Quick, somebody inform the San Diego Union-Tribune. They ran an <a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8941557_ITM" rel="nofollow">article</a> in 2004 entitled "East Coast's Carvel Ice Cream Chain Makes New Attempt to Expand in West," in which they cite Carvel's "aggressive expansion beyond its New York base" and its unusual step of requesting zip code information from the Postal Service and various New York universities for New Yorkers who left town, so that Carvel could "target" these customers in their new locations. This is in addition to <a href="http://www.carvel.com/about_us/history.htm" rel="nofollow">Carvel's website,</a> which indicates that Tom sold ice cream in New York for decades before expanding. But if Californians want to lay claim to Carvel, have at it. I'll still be at Foster's Freeze, saving money on milkshakes. However, if expansion into a new area decades later makes one a local or even a native, then I guess there's no longer such a thing as an East Coast "transplant," right? Quick, somebody inform the San Diego Union-Tribune. They ran an article in 2004 entitled “East Coast’s Carvel Ice Cream Chain Makes New Attempt to Expand in West,” in which they cite Carvel’s “aggressive expansion beyond its New York base” and its unusual step of requesting zip code information from the Postal Service and various New York universities for New Yorkers who left town, so that Carvel could “target” these customers in their new locations.

This is in addition to Carvel’s website, which indicates that Tom sold ice cream in New York for decades before expanding. But if Californians want to lay claim to Carvel, have at it. I’ll still be at Foster’s Freeze, saving money on milkshakes.

However, if expansion into a new area decades later makes one a local or even a native, then I guess there’s no longer such a thing as an East Coast “transplant,” right?

]]> By: marshall http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21761 marshall Thu, 29 May 2008 11:54:18 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21761 There was a Carvel in Torrance (adjacent to the BEST - remember those?) when I was a kid. I totally grew up on the stuff and I have no idea why people think it's an East Coast thing. There was a Carvel in Torrance (adjacent to the BEST – remember those?) when I was a kid. I totally grew up on the stuff and I have no idea why people think it’s an East Coast thing.

]]> By: Matt Mason http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21760 Matt Mason Thu, 29 May 2008 06:53:33 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21760 You Amityvillers with your Horrors. You Amityvillers with your Horrors.

]]> By: The 8 Track Kid http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21759 The 8 Track Kid Thu, 29 May 2008 06:18:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21759 You New Yorkers with your Carvel and your Tammany Hall...I was born in Amityville, NY and was happy to see a Carvel store on Pico a few years back. You New Yorkers with your Carvel and your Tammany Hall…I was born in Amityville, NY and was happy to see a Carvel store on Pico a few years back.

]]> By: Matt Mason http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21758 Matt Mason Thu, 29 May 2008 05:42:04 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21758 Thanks for the info., Militant. But I never wrote that Carvel was new to L.A. I wrote that there are only a few locations in the area. That's a fact. Thanks for the info., Militant. But I never wrote that Carvel was new to L.A. I wrote that there are only a few locations in the area. That’s a fact.

]]> By: militantangeleno http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21757 militantangeleno Thu, 29 May 2008 05:37:21 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21757 NEWSFLASH TO ALL YOU TRANSPLANTS! Carvel's is NOT new to Los Angeles. In fact, there used to be more of them around circa mid-late 1970s. We too had those low-budget commercials with the ice cream cakes and whatnot. But you SoCal n00bs think you're all special with your little East Coast nostalgia so you probably didn't read this anyway. NEWSFLASH TO ALL YOU TRANSPLANTS!

Carvel’s is NOT new to Los Angeles. In fact, there used to be more of them around circa mid-late 1970s. We too had those low-budget commercials with the ice cream cakes and whatnot. But you SoCal n00bs think you’re all special with your little East Coast nostalgia so you probably didn’t read this anyway.

]]> By: waltarrrrr http://blogging.la/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/comment-page-1/#comment-21756 waltarrrrr Wed, 28 May 2008 21:01:06 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/05/28/i-drink-your-milkshake/#comment-21756 Great title. Great title.

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