Pienta said the idea to purchase The Parlour came before he even considered buying the Jackson Coney Island, 615 E. Michigan Ave. He knew the ice cream shop was iconic but just needed some love.

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Frozen custard was invented by Archie and Elton Kohr, two ice cream vendors from Coney Island, New York, in 1919. Ice cream was first made by the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.).