What does a busy man who is partner in five drugstores on three islands do? He opens a soda fountain.
"I've just always loved ice cream," said Jared Falek, part-owner of Doctor's Choice Pharmacy Inc. Falek was in the Boston area last summer when he came across an old-fashioned soda fountain which got to his taste buds and his imagination.
"The idea of a soda fountain in one of our stores really inspired me," Falek said. A fan of St. Thomas Dairies' Udder Delite shop on the way to Magens Bay, Falek approached the dairy owners about his idea, and they were, apparently, utterly delighted.
Udder Delite 2, opened this week in the front of the Doctor's choice Pharmacy at Wheatley Center, a brightly colored wooden booth. Sorry, no spinning stools. Woodworker Bruce Goodspeed was busy finishing up the wood detail early this week. Behind the counter hangs a Norman Rockwell type print of a soda fountain called, guess what? "After School."
All the delights of the country store are here, and some that Falek has conjured himself. Though the nearby school students will probably become steady customers, the fountain also has the more adult, booze that is, selections.
Leading the milkshake selections, is the "Dr.s Delight," rum raisin ice cream, egg nog and Cruzan rum. Then there's the old standby, the "MooCow Jumbie," with coffee ice cream, chocolate and kaluha, along with another drugstore themed drink, the "Pharmacy Nog," with vanilla ice cream, egg nog and Cruzan rum.
There's ice cream cones, even sugar cones, novelty bars, and, Falek said, "soon we'll have ice cream sundaes."
Udder Delite 2 is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Though the drugstore is open on Sundays, the cows take the day off.
