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Snelgrove's Ice Cream parlor and plant

850 E 2100 S, Salt Lake City, UT

The Sugar House flagship of Snelgrove's had art deco decor, a factory out back and a 1962 double-cone sign, closing in 2002.

📅 1929–2002🏛️ RestaurantDemolished
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The story

Charles Rich Snelgrove founded the ice cream company in 1929, with his sons J. Barr and C. Laird later in the business. The flagship parlor at 850 East 2100 South in Sugar House was its largest, with art deco decor and the factory directly behind. A 40-foot sign from the early 1960s spelled out Snelgrove in neon cursive above a spinning giant double cone.

C. Laird Snelgrove sold a controlling interest in 1989, and in 1991 the plant was sold to a firm owned by Dreyer's and Edy's. The parlor was set to close on a Saturday in June 2002 after more than 80 years in Salt Lake City, to make room for a plant expansion and offices. Free ice cream was served at a farewell. In February 2008 Dreyer's announced it would stop making the Snelgrove brand. Wikipedia says the flagship was torn down in March 2021, and the brand returned later under a descendant of the founders.

What's There Now

The flagship building was torn down in 2021 for other development.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

Competitor Squirrel Brothers bought another Snelgrove parlor at 605 E. 400 South in 1998.
Dreyer's said in 2002 that the parlor's business had declined while retail ice cream grew.
A descendant of the original owners later revived the brand.

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Sourceshttps://www.deseret.com/2002/6/5/19659049/farewell-to-snelgrove-parlor