Speaking of childhood memories…is anyone reading this in the San Diego, CA area? When I lived there – well before Balboa Park was coined “Pedophile Park” – there was a cool ice cream shack on the beach. I don’t remember the name of the place, but they had “The Big Olaf.” It was a waffle cone (the first of it’s kind in my mind) overflowing with ice cream, nuts, fudge, whipped cream, and a cherry. The owners put a picture of me with one of the cones in the window with the title, “Little Olaf with the Big Olaf.” Clever. I’d love to know if the place is still around, or even if they went commercial or something. Somehow I doubt my picture has made it the last twenty-some-odd years.
Big Olaf Ice Cream
707 Reed Ave
San Diego, CA 92109-3961
858-270-7272
Yeah I remember that place too! Right next to the Roller Coaster in Mission Beach. Apparently, it is still there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoryclub/27433221/in/set-624957/
I’ll ask my friends about it who still live in san diego. It’s weird, I remember it being on the opposite side of the street, I guess memory fails.
I recall a Big Olaf in Redlands, CA, downtown, in the 1980s. The smell of those waffle cones baking was pretty irresistible!
Hey, look!
Big Olaf Ice Cream
707 Reed Ave
San Diego, CA 92109-3961
(858) 270-7272