Middletown Daily Photo: Ice Cream or Coffee?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Ice Cream or Coffee?

This is a Middletown landmark. There actually was an ice cream shop at this location at one time. The building was vacant for many years, but new owners opened a coffee shop and restaurant at the site last year.

Despite my addiction to both coffee and ice cream, I have yet to visit this establishment. I hear it's great. I'll investigate soon and report my findings.

3 comments:

Fabrizio Zanelli said...: Please do it quite soon. I'm another one here coffee and ice cream addicted ;-); May 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Kim said...: I love this beautiful vintage sign you've shared with us today. It's really a nice one, and looks to be from the 20s or 30s. It's nice that it remains despite vacancies and changes in businesses. Just tonight my daughter and I went out after dinner and enjoyed some gelatto. I mixed your two faves into one and had Mocha flavored.
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo; May 29, 2008 at 4:51 AM
Bernie said...: Fabrizio - I plan to taste their coffee this Saturday.

Kim - That sign is a landmark in this town and I'm so happy the new owners kept it.; May 29, 2008 at 9:26 AM

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About Middletown

Middletown, Maryland was founded in 1767 and is said to be named either for its position midway between South Mountain and the Catoctin Mountains or its central location between the larger Maryland cities of Frederick and Hagerstown. A few years earlier, a visiting surveyor and future “Father of our Country” George Washington referred to Middletown Valley as one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen.

The town was incorporated in 1833. After the Civil War battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Middletown churches served as hospitals for both Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today Middletown boasts a delicate balance of old and new. Instead of a Mayor, the town leader is a Burgess. Some of the buildings were built in the 1700s and 1800s. There are large Victorian homes as well as the typical cookie-cutter subdivisions that dot the edge of the Washington DC commuter exurbs.

The only franchise restaurant in town is a Subway; the only Starbucks is inside the Safeway.

If you really want to understand what small-town America feels like, visit Middletown during the Independence Day festivities and fireworks at Middletown Park, the Volunteer Fire Department’s annual mid-July Carnival or the Middletown Heritage Festival held in the fall.