Overall: Ok, so this review is ALL “Beyond”; no “Brews” here unless you want to
count the root “beer” float. Summer’s
winding down so it’s time to get that ice cream fix before you can store your
ice cream outside. The original Margie’s Candies has been a
fixture in Chicago’s Bucktown Neighborhood for 91 years so they must be doing something right
(there’s another location in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood that opened in 2005).
What is that something? Is it the
tacky décor complete with “Hello Kitty” and various knickknacks? Is it the restroom right off the dining room? Is it the old freezers storing the ice
cream? Is it the jukebox at each
table? Who knows? The menu contains three pages of various ice
cream treats and desserts. I ate chicken
noodle soup and a corned beef sandwich before getting to the main event - ice
cream - but the soup and sandwich was nothing special. However, the sundae was outstanding. There’s no shortage of hotfudge
that comes with the appropriately named “Fudge Atomic Sundae”. It was “the bomb”; a mushroom cloud of fudge-lusciousness:
Two scoops of chocolate ice cream were nestled
in a half clamshell dish with whipped cream, cherry, wafer cookies (nice touch)
and the already applied chocolate syrup that “hardens” on contact with the ice
cream (I’m not a big fan of this but it somehow works with the sundae). Alongside the clam shell is a gravy boat of
hot fudgy goodness. The sundae was crying out “Pour some fudge on
me!” to the tune of Def Leppard’s famous song (Wikipedia).
Pour Some Fudge On Me
According to
Margie’s website their ice cream and toppings are made fresh, with all natural
and Kosher ingredients. And you can
taste it. Pick your flavor of ice cream,
even add a scoop to make it 3 (Call it a “Jumbo Fudge Atomic Sundae” and add a $1 more).
Mini-review: Root beer float with French vanilla ice cream. Quite tasty, but my only criticism is that
it’s such a small portion ;).
Acquisition:
Two Scoop Fudge Atomic Sundae - $5.95 (SO
much for so little!)
Windfall:
Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1988
(Wikipedia). According to Margie’s website “Musical legends,
Hollywood greats and sports stars — and even famous gangster Al Capone — have
found sweet release at Margie's Candies. The Beatles dropped by with dates
after performing at Comiskey Park. Years later, a group of men in long black
coats walked in and requested the booth where the Fab Four had sat. The
waitress was a little leery of the men but they proved sincere. Turns out they
were the Rolling Stones.” Apparently The
Boss himself visited, too, and sat in the same booth.
Good eating!
~Gy
*ISU - International Sweetness Units (I’m a
beer nerd)
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