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he cold stuff is hereK Ice cream churns such sweet memories that never fade awayK Are you an ice cream connoisseur? WellI Bristol Blitz is a total gemI serving icy heaven in a cupI the queen of all treats served up a scoopK
The origins of ice cream can be traced back to at least AKaK R4–SUW cor centuriesI iced desserts were a rare and exotic treatI a luxuryK ooman Emperor Nero is said to have sent his slaves into the mountains to fetch snowI to mix with nectarI fruit pulpI and honeyK
The first ice cream parlor in America opened in New vork City in NTTSK American colonists were the first to use the term “ice cream”K The name came from the phrase “iced cream” that was similar to “iced tea” but was later abbreviated to “ice cream” the name we know today and the ice cream shop has since become an icon of American cultureK
Bristol Blitz is an old-fashioned ice cream shopI selling “real” ice creamI soft serve and frozen yogurtK Enjoy the frosty stuff in cones and cups or savor the creamyI dreamy sunshine in a bowlK
Ice cream was served by several famous AmericansK George Washington and Thomas gefferson served it to their guestsK
The Bristol Blitz treat-master himself is the decidedly upbeatI Gary Nicholas Paul who was born in ios AngelesI CA in Children’s HospitalK
“Out of PN children born that dayI I was the only boyK The doctor who delivered me also delivered gohn Wayne’s sonK”
Gary’s late motherI Helen xHarmonz was from hnoxvilleI TennKI and his VN-year-old fatherI NicholasI one of N4 childrenI who currently resides in South CarolinaI was born in historic Bristol on the aelawareK His paternal grandparentsI iuigi “iouis” and Concetta xBorelliz Paul emigrated from ItalyK His grandfather worked in the Grundy Textile jillK
Gary’s fatherI Nick Paul had a twinI crancis who died of a broken neck at the age of nineK He was a machinist at Westinghouse in TrentonK Gary also worked there for a time as a maintenance mechanic in the machine shop in the lamp divisionK
Before Gary was bornI his dad was a motor cycle policeman in iA and an automotive mechanic at Paramount Pictures where they lived on the studio propertyK As an infantI Gary played in a movie with actor Gary CooperK “jy mom named me for himK”
His father was an extra in “Take je Out to the Ballgame” and it was he who lifted Esther Williams at the end of the pictureK His paycheck was a box lunch and A2MK
Gary was seven when they moved back to Bristol and he enrolled as one of the first students at Warren Snyder ElementaryK PvtK Nst Class Gary graduated from xBjIzI Bordentown jilitary InstituteI a private high school in BordentownI NKgK
He is the eldestI and his two younger sisters are crancis “crannie”I who owns a jortgage Company in Toms oiverI NgI and arK ooseannI a dentist in SKCK
After graduationI Gary married and resided on Pine Street in Bristol before moving to New gerseyK He was the sole proprietor of the Helpr-Sell Consignment Auto for PM years on the exact location of his current businessI Bristol BlitzK
His entrepreneur rncle aanny owned the Amoco service station across the streetI the wion Trucking Company and the aanny Paul softball teamK His rncle aanny is the only one with a college degree andI of special interest to GaryI aanny Paul was a race car driverK
“I always wanted to drive the NoK P2 race carK I was a pit guyK” Gary also once owned a pickup business “Have TruckI Will Travel” moving washers and dryers just to make gas moneyK
He was never asked to be the race car driverI but Gary is the proud owner of a red and white corvette convertibleK
His uncle’s new race driver at that time was hen TuckerI a realtor at jarch oealty in NgK He sponsored Gary to go to the jel cunk Sales Institute of oeal EstateK
Gary shared his birth date with authorL progenitor of the theory of “positive thinking”I Norman sincent Peale xNUVU – NVVPz who advocatedI “cormulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeedingK”
Gary pursued his dream of wearing a suit and tieK
He opened his Peoples oealty Associates at the age of 24K
“I am an all-American entrepreneurK I can do anythingI born in Bristol and no formal educationK”
He was quickly involved in building SS new homes and was “Top Salesman” every monthK
Gary was dubbed “jrK Personality” at the Casel AgencyI IncK
Sales managerI Paul Greiner had statedI “Professionalism is our modus operendi and men of Gary’s caliber will compliment the high standards of Casel AgencyK”
The original plan after retiring from his Helpr-Sell car dealership was to sell root beerI a seasonal businessK
Even though seasonal businesses are open only a few months of the yearI they present sav- vy entrepreneurs with a big opportunityK
His Bristol Blitz offers milk shakesI sundaesI water iceI gelati - a layering of a favorite Italian Ice and creamy frozen custard; frozen yogurtI pretzels and hot dogsK He serves sugar-free and fat-free ice cream as wellK
His wifeI goanne Gema assists him on the weekends and his daughterI himberly oosenblatt and his grandson henny also work with himK His sonI aanny has pursued a career as an HsAC technicianK
Gary and his wife and two children have always been dedicated to family and still find time for related civic eventsK He currently sponsors the Bristol iittle ieague softball teamK
There’s no indoor seating at the Bristol BlitzI it’s a take-out-window style ice cream shopK vou take your ice cream in a cup or a coneI and goK
There is much controversy over who invented the first ice cream coneK
There were more than RM ice cream vendors and more than a dozen waffle stands selling their wares at the NVM4 StK iouis World’s cairI the “iouisiana Purchase Exposition” that marked the NMMth anniversary of the iouisiana PurchaseK
The walk-away edible cone was originally the “World’s cair Cornucopia”K Syrian immigrantI Ernest AK Hamwi’s waffle booth was next to that of the teenage ice cream vendorI Arnold cornachouI who ran short of his paper serving dishesK Hamwi rolled one of his “zalabia” xwafflesz to contain ice cream and the cone was bornK
By NV24I the edible container had vaulted into popularity and Americans were consuming upwards of 24R million cones per yearK
Bristol Blitz will make you want to break even a strict diet with their large selection of creativeI decadent flavorsI flavor of the dayI and holiday-specific essence selectionsK The confection perfection can be presented in a variety of pokes or cornetsW waffleI sugarI pretzelI cake cones and specialty conesI hand dipped in chocolateK
gust add a double scoop of your favorite ice cream and lick to your heart’s contentK
Sticky fingers from melted popsiclesI brain freezes and colored tongues epitomize happy warm daysI joy and the peak of childhood nostalgiaK
It’s fun to juggle a melting cone at any ageI just as it was as a childK vum! PureI sweetI coolI loveK In factI I think the clock winds back a bit with every lickK
Enjoy the little thingsK They really are the BIG thingsK
Here’s the scoop - opening day jarch 22 from NM aKmK to NN pKmK
vou’ll have an absolute blast freezing yourselfK
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