Margaret Suran > wrote in
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> Wayne wrote:
>> Coas****cher > wrote in
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>>>I get teary-eyed thinking of the old drugstore soda fountains and the
>>>chronic question whether to have a milkshake or a malt. No more is
>>>there an option. Whatever happened to Malts? I loved them!
>>
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>> The demise of both drugstore and dime store soda fountains and lunch
>> counters seriously cut into the availability of good malts.
>>
>> Ice cream shops, many delis, and other restaurants often have them on
>> their menu. They're good, but they just don't seem quite the same.
>> :-) Several weeks ago I got a vanilla malt at a Baskin-Robbins. Not
>> exactly a take-away bargain at $4.50 a pop, uh, malt!
>>
>> You can get a great malt at Serendipity III on E. 60th in Manhattan,
>> and it's worth whatever their going rate is. Also, at Rumplemayer's
>> on Central Park South, which is probably my favorite. Both places
>> will put you in a nostalgic mood.
>>
>> I make them at home with the Hamilton Beach malt mixer I bought on
>> eBay.
>>
> Wayne, Rumpelmayer's at the St. Moritz is long gone. (

Thanks for the info, Margaret. I am sooo sorry to hear that! I would
always stop there in the summer for ice cream or a malt. If I happened
to be in Manhattan for Macy's parade, I would usually go to Rumpelmayer's
for a breakfast of French toast and bacon, with a double hot chocolate to
go!

> Serendipity is still going strong. I have not seen a malted milk
> machine in many years, but then, I never liked malted milks.

For many years, Serendipity has always been a favorite lunch place for me
when wandering around Manhattan. Their "frozen hot chocolate" is
delicious!

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Wayne in Phoenix

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