While working at the Sugar Bowl during high school this speaker learned many practical things, and her favorite treat was a bowl of peppermint ice cream with hot fudge and a tall glass of limeade.
This ice cream parlor is still in business on the southeast corner of N. Scottsdale Road and E First Avenue. Originally constructed in 1950, the building first served as a general store that offered both retail and automotive services. In 1958, the building was converted from a Western Auto Service center to a restaurant. Jack Huntress was the original owner, later passing the ever-popular ice cream parlor to his nephew Carroll Huntress. Cartoonist Bil Keane, from his home/office in Paradise Valley, immortalized the Sugar Bowl by using it in several "Family Circus" comics.
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