FIRST - Ice Cream Sundae - Ithaca, NY
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A sidewalk plaque by the entrance to the current Taste of Thai Restaurant at Ithaca Commons at 216 East State St., Ithaca, NY identifies this place as the site of the creation of the first ice cream sundae, the cherry sundae.
Waymark Code: WMXEJC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2018
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According to contemporary documentation the first ice cream sundae was created at the Platt & Colt Pharmacy in downtown Ithaca in 1892. An advertisement in the Ithaca Daily Journal of April 5, 1892 for a cherry sundae, is the oldest-known record of the sundae's creation. It consisted of vanilla ice cream with cherry syrup and topped with a candied cherry. It was priced at 10 cents.
The plaque contains a bronze image of the first sundae, the "Cherry Sunday". The image is inscribed:
SITE
WHERE THE
"CHERRY SUNDAY"
THE FIRST
ICE CREAM SUNDAE,
WAS INVENTED
IN 1892.
This backstory about the first sundae, the "Cherry Sunday", was taken from the Visit Ithaca website (see more information link below)
"On Sunday afternoon, April 3,1892, after services at the Unitarian Church, Reverend John M. Scott paid his usual visit to the Platt & Colt Pharmacy in downtown Ithaca. Shop proprietor, Chester C. Platt, was church treasurer and he met often with Scott for conversation after services. Seeking refreshment for himself and the reverend, Platt asked his fountain clerk, DeForest Christiance, for two bowls of ice cream. But instead of serving the reverend plain vanilla, Platt took the bowls and topped each with cherry syrup and a candied cherry. The finished dish looked delightful and tasted delicious—so much so that the men felt obliged to name the new creation. After some debate, Scott suggested that it be named for the day it was created. Platt concurred and the first "Cherry Sunday" was born."
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