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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Chocolate/Vanilla Swirl

Does anyone know why I chose the name Stop 'n Chat?
This is the best picture I could find, so if anyone has a better one please share! 
Stop n' Chat was a little ice cream stand in Westmont, Illinois on Cass Avenue.  It had amazing soft serve ice cream.  I ordered the chocolate/vanilla swirl in a cone each time.  My family, along with many families in the area, spent time every summer sitting on picnic benches outside enjoying the ice cream.  It's one of those childhood memories that stand out for me, and I was sad when they tore it down.  I've heard a lot of people were sad because of the memories attached to this little building, especially for families like mine with multiple generations from the same area.  My mother went to DGN and her father owned a dry cleaning business in Westmont.  My father went to Benet and his mother was a grade school teacher at Lester Elementary School in Downers.  I went to DGS and grew up in Downers Grove.  I decided to name this blog Stop 'n Chat because a little ice cream shop where old friends and neighbors run into each other on a warm, summer evening is the kind of positive spirit I would love to maintain here.

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  1. sara.avonrepgirlFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:13 AM

    loved this. i grew up in westmont and later went to dgn.i also went to lester school. i went to dgs for summer school in 1985 or 86 not sure. they still had the smoking section outside. i beleive stop and chat moved over by the ty building behind jewel foods . rob starnes class of 88

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  2. who caresJuly 13, 2013 at 6:08 PM

    me and my cousins parents owned stop 'n chat! we are all so excited to know that people care and remember stop 'n chat. thank you!!

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  3. Robert Glen FogartyJune 15, 2015 at 11:40 PM

    Yes! My grandma would take me there when I was a kid in the '70s! I'll always remember "We're going to get ice cream at Stop N' Chat" as being one of the happiest phrases that's ever crossed my ears.

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  4. TZOctober 2, 2019 at 6:37 PM

    Stop ‘n Chat was great! My parents took my sister and I there almost every Saturday night for a treat. This was back in the early 70’s (dad passed in’76) I remember your mother/grandmother nick named us the “chocolate/chocolate” family! Stop ‘n Chat so missed!
    I was blessed with another little Joy I found up in Hebron, IL., called “The Dairy” which Is almost a spitting image of Stop ‘n Chat. I’ve been fortunate enough to bring my kids there for the last 18 years. If any one is in Hebron it’s on the corner of rt47 & rt173. Thank you and your family for all the great childhood memories! It is truly missed! TZ

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