First Carvel to Close

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First Carvel to Close

Story Published: Oct 5, 2008 at 11:09 PM EST

Story Updated: Oct 5, 2008 at 11:09 PM EST

HARTSDALE, N.Y. (AP) - The suburban New York store where Tom
Carvel launched his ice cream empire is set to close after more
than 70 years.

Current owner Abdol Faghihi (ab-DOOL' fah-HEE'-hee) says he's
extremely sad about shuttering the Hartsdale store, but it's
closing Sunday night to make way for a new restaurant. Original
plans called for maintaining a small Carvel shop, but Faghihi says
the redevelopment was scaled back.

Tom Carvel's ice cream truck got a flat tire on Hartsdale's
Central Avenue in 1934. He was forced to pull over and did such
brisk business that two years later, he opened an ice cream stand
on the spot, about 25 miles north of Manhattan.

The brand became famous for ice cream cakes with such themes as
Fudgie the Whale. It's now sold in more than 500 Carvel stores and
8,500 supermarkets nationwide.

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