This ad comes from 1928. A beverage popular in southeast michigan made with sweet ginger ale and vanilla ice cream. I don t ever remember seeing the two blended together in a blender though not even at the ice cream shops. The boston cooler may sound like a refrigerator brand from massachusetts but it s actually a soda or pop shake from detroit michigan that blends vanilla ice cream with ginger ale. It s simply a mix of vanilla ice cream and vernors.

The boston cooler was named after detroit s boston boulevard. Made popular at drive ins during the 50s still very popular today. As the term boston cooler made its way around the country other companies would appropriate it for their own products. Six mile rd map located inside the food court of the laurel park place shopping mall. Anecdotes and advertisements from the cooler s early days testify to the fact that a boston cooler was any soda blended with vanilla ice cream.

Boston comes from the street north of the new center area a historic neighborhood known as boston edison. I lived in mi but they were popular there. Both combine vernors ginger soda with vanilla ice cream. Halved cantaloupe with a scoop of ice cream. Either way we used to scoop the ice cream and then add the gingerale to taste more like an ice cream float.

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I used to love boston coolers when i was a kid. A boston cooler is typically composed of vernors ginger ale and vanilla ice cream. The origin of the term boston cooler lies in detroit michigan the city in which fred sanders is credited with inventing the ice cream soda. Get a boston cooler mug for your father in law georges. I think i might try adding a pic later.

Multiple locations including 37702 w. Jun 11 word of the day. The boston cooler blends the two together so it s more of a shake. The philadelphia based root beer company hires promoted their own version as the delicious drink which is to say the boston cooler s origins remain shrouded in mystery. Some native detroiters simply put a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream in a glass add vernors and a.

2 3 small scoops of well softened or soft serve. A boston cooler also known as a vernor s float is an ice cream soda variant typically composed of vernors ginger ale and vanilla ice cream blended together similar to a milkshake although in other parts of the country different combinations of ingredients are also known as a boston cooler. Typically made with vanilla ice cream and ginger ale this boston cooler gets an orangey update with orange sherbet and home made ginger ale. 2 3 small scoops of well softened or soft serve. Multiple locations including 37702 w.

Typically made with vanilla ice cream and ginger ale this boston cooler gets an orangey update with orange sherbet and home made ginger ale. I used to love boston coolers when i was a kid. Boston comes from the street north of the new center area a historic neighborhood known as boston edison. The boston cooler was named after detroit s boston boulevard. This ad comes from 1928.