I worked at the Isaly’s in Washington Pennsylvania 5 or 6 years. Great company to work for. The skyscraper ice cream cones were hard to make at the beginning but once you learned the tricks they were easy to make. One of my customers was the singer Perry Como, from nearby Cannonsburg. My favorite ice cream to this day maricopa. We now live in Florida and when we go back load up on the bar b que sauce to make our favorite Isaly’s Bar B Que sandwiches.
I used to live in West View. Isaly’s was part of everyone’s lives and definitely serves as a time capsule of sorts to my life. My sister was partial to Maricopa! I always make it a point to swing by on my visits home to stock up on ham salad, chopped ham and Mancini’s bread. I love the retro feel. So home!
I worked for isalys in Clairton while in High School (GO BEARS) in the early 1960’s. Couldn’t begin to tell you how many skyscraper ice cream cones I made, under the watchful eye of then Manager Percy Grocott. Loved the chipped ham and all the other goodies Isaly’s had to offer. Although I now live in Michigan (Brrrr) my heart will always belong to the Pittsburgh area especially Clairton. You can take the boy out of the Burgh but you can never take the Burgh out of the boy.
I was a student at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania in the mid-1960’s. The town had an Isaly’s, and my friend Neil and I would go there regularly for the chipped ham sandwiches and especially the ice cream. As I recall they had a special scoop for their ice cream cones and there was some sort of guarantee that the ice cream wouldn’t fall out of the cone. They also made corned beef sandwiches out of canned corned beef, and because I as a New Jersey native was raised on delicatessen corned beef I savored these as the closest I could get to what I had at home.
I always loved going into the Isaly’s at The Crossroads in Mcmurray, pa. There was a lady who worked there that had the highest bee hive I have ever seen!!!!
Loved the tall cones, but when i could get a hot fudge suday with marshmallow and caramel was the best thing I ever ate..loved the klondikes also.. lived near the Blvd of the Allies plant.. I am 81 and still have fond memories my sister would babysit for neighbors and send me store for treats . What fine fun
When Isaly’s in Ellwood City closed, somehow my Dad was able to nab this milkshake machine. It still works! We had a cookout this evening & made milkshakes on the patio. The flavor is better than if made in a blender. Maybe it’s the nostalgia I taste? The steel cup says “patent 1926”.
My Aunt and Uncle owned an Isaly Dairy Store in Bessemer, Pa. I would stop in after school for my favorite sky scraper ice cream cone. I still have some of my Aunt’s aprons, dishes, and the sky scraper ice cream scoop, from the store. Great memories!!!!
The unforgettable part of each shopping trip to downtown New Castle, PA with my Mom and my sister Mary Ann, was how each would end: with an Isaly’s ice cream soda, or root beer float, or “just” an ice cream cone (oh, chocolate marshmallow, you are so missed!), and of course, mounds of chipped ham to go. Years later, I was lucky enough to get one of the most coveted apartments in Slippery Rock during my senior year there, on Main St. above the hardware store – with Isaly’s right next door. Great friends, great apartment, and Isaly’s at the bottom of the stairs. It just does not get any better than that!
I liked the ice cold buttermilk in cone contaners
