![]() ![]() Since 2017, the year that Buzzfeed named Auntie Rae’s Dessert Island in Holladay the best soft serve in Utah and about 10 years after the frozen treat started trending across the U.S., at least three soft serve-only businesses have opened in the state: Normal Ice Cream, Spilled Milk Ice Cream & Cereal Bar and William’s Dairy Bar.Ĭloud Ninth Creamery, Ginger Street and The Churro Company also offer the airy confection in addition to other foods and desserts. The shop, named after their son, opened in May, becoming the newest addition to a small but growing market of premium soft serve businesses in Utah. Now they own and operate William’s Dairy Bar in Provo. And when the couple began to dream of opening their own ice cream parlor in Utah, the Virginia store became a training ground, where they learned how to make a rich and creamy soft serve. Years later, when Goodfellow returned home with his then-fiancee and now wife, Madeline, the soft-serve stand was their first stop. But the wait for a brownie sundae was well worth it. No matter how a young Jacob Goodfellow spent his summer days - swimming at the pool or riding bikes with his friends in his northern Virginia hometown - they often ended the same: at the soft serve ice cream shop. Presently, Frix and Glenda’s daughter Andrea Frixione Caussey continues to manage the Polar Queen in Payson.Originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune But the Polar Queen remained in the family. The Frixiones returned its name to just plain “Polar Queen” and ran it for the next 26 years. “Frix” Frixione and his wife Glenda Brereton Frixione, a niece of Coleen. Sometime around 1959, the Bachmans sold the Polar Queen to Gene and Coleen Brereton Thomas, who changed its name to “Gene’s Polar Queen”. The present day Polar Queen stands where the Bachman house once stood at 745 South 100 West. His authentic English fish and chips recipe is still used in the present day Polar Queen.Īround 1958, a fire caused irreparable damage the original Polar Queen and caused the Bachmans rebuild a new Polar Queen on the site of their home. He was a brilliant chef and restaurateur who already had a popular cafe at 54 North on Payson Main Street. ![]() In 1952 after George left to start his own Polar Queen in Henderson, Nevada, the Bachmans hired Byron “By” Staheli as the chef and general manager of the Turf Café and Polar Queen. In 1947, the Bachmans turned over the Polar Queen to Wanda’s brother George Sorensen, who ran it until 1952. They lived in a small house at 745 South 100 West, about a hundred yards north of their restaurant. The Bachmans built the Polar Queen drive-in on the north side of the Turf Café to take advantage of the heavy traffic on old US Highway 91. Highway 91 at 800 South 100 West in Payson. It dates to 1946 when Jess and Wanda Sorensen Bachman built it along with the Turf Café and Service Station on U.S. It is more than 73 years old and was the first fast food drive-in in Payson. The Polar Queen in Payson, Utah, is more than 35 years older than the date listed. 1986 – One Man Band in Payson (other locations still open).1981 – Los Hermanos (moved from Provo to Orem after 2019 fire).1977 – Canton Village/Lucky 5 in Spanish Fork.1977 – Santa Queen Drive-Inn in Santaquin.1977 – Leslie’s Family Tree in Santaquin.1975 – Rocky Mountain Drive-In in Provo.1971 – Porter’s Place in Lehi (moved to Eureka in 2018).1962 – Glade’s Drive-Inn in Spanish Fork.1956 – Brick Oven/Heaps A Pizza in Provo.1950 – Warrens Family Restaurant in Roy.1947 – Kitty Pappas Steakhouse in Woods Cross.1947 – Silver Fork Lodge in Big Cottonwood Canyon.1932 – Dee’s Family Restaurants (3 remaining, 700 E, 2085 S Redwood, 4710 Redwood). ![]() ![]() As is the case with all of my lists – I just build the list as I come across places so it is probably far from complete but I’m always adding to it. Another in my oldest in Utah series, this one is the oldest restaurants. ![]()
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