If you've ever had a Ted Drewes "concrete," you'll know that it is the standard by which all other frozen custards are--and should be--judged. So, today Karen and I were having our regular (she, a chocolate, and me, a raspberry) when lo and behold who should walk up and introduce himself but Ted Drewes! How cool is that? We had a delightful conversation for about fiften minutes. A celebrity moment! And I was just a few blocks away from where I first met Francis Schaeffer two decades ago! I'm gonna have to make it to this wonderful little corner of St. Louis a little more often.
Friday, September 30
Ted Drewes
If you've ever had a Ted Drewes "concrete," you'll know that it is the standard by which all other frozen custards are--and should be--judged. So, today Karen and I were having our regular (she, a chocolate, and me, a raspberry) when lo and behold who should walk up and introduce himself but Ted Drewes! How cool is that? We had a delightful conversation for about fiften minutes. A celebrity moment! And I was just a few blocks away from where I first met Francis Schaeffer two decades ago! I'm gonna have to make it to this wonderful little corner of St. Louis a little more often.
Cool...while I have to admit my favorite custard is Custard Cup in Danville, IL, Ted Drewes is one yummy place. Did you know you can also buy a Christmas tree there? Now, you two just have to mosey on over to Dunaways and check out the sets that were just priced. Sorry, no Buchan or Q, but there is a nice Scott set. And, if you peek in the history overflow, I saw some Belloc hanging out in the basement.
ReplyDeleteSara:
ReplyDeleteWe did indeed make a quick trip over to Dunaways. My dear friend David Vaughan introduced me to the joys of that particular antiquarian book haunt a few years ago. I got quite a bit of good Q there--including the biography by Britain and Q's own partial autobiography. I picked up a Chesterton or two and some Belloc the last time I was there. This time, just a good reading copy of Ivanhoe.
Richard:
You're absolutely right about Salt Lick. Karen and I often rue the fact that we did not move to Austin when we had the chance a couple of years ago.
Richard:
ReplyDeleteAt the time I was candidating for the pastorate of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. But, it was clearly not God's purpose for us to move at that time. And now, Redeemer has a wonderful pastor, my good friend, David Cassidy.
George,
ReplyDeleteI am just finishing reading THE MICAH MADATE. And now I stumble across your mention of Ted Drewes...our favorite stop in St. Louis. We are from there, so we are very familiar with it. We have brought it to Florida on dry ice. Amazing. It is he standard. The next closest thing I have found is Sweet Berries in Bradenton, FL. Interestingly the owner of Sweetberries is delighted to be considered next to Drewew... he knows how good it is. Glad to hear you have experienced it. And thanks for writing the book.