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On a hot summer day at Yester California Adventure, what would be the perfect treat? If you answered “a delicious ice cream sundae,” look for the Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream sign at Sunshine Plaza, right around the corner from the park’s Golden Gate Bridge. (If you answered “an ice-cold beer,” you’ll have to go someplace else.) |
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Railroad platform? |
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The sign reads, “ice cream,” but there’s nothing around here that looks like an ice cream parlor. |
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The mighty diesel locomotive of the California Zephyr |
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There’s only a streamlined passenger train here—the famous California Zephyr. |
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Not your typical ice cream parlor |
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A closer look reveals a large opening in the locomotive with a menu sign on one side. You’ve found the entrance to Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream. |
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Welcome! |
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The name of Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream is a play on the name of the California city of Burbank, which calls itself the Media Capital of the World because it’s the home of Disney, ABC, NBC, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, and dozens of other entertainment and media services companies. Dr. David Burbank moved his dental practice from Maine to California in 1853. When he bought 9,203 acres of Southern California ranch land ten years later, he could not have known that, some day, there would not only be a city named in his honor, but also an ice cream parlor at a major tourist attraction. (That’s right. The city of Burbank was not named after horticulturist Luther Burbank.) That’s enough about Burbank. Let’s get back to Bur-r-r Bank. |
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The queue |
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As you approach the counter, take a look at the menu board. |
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Left side of menu board |
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Right side of menu board |
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Perhaps you’ll want one of the four Bur-r-r Bank Sundaes on the menu. Or choose from five different kinds of cones (regular, waffle, and three kinds of dipped waffle cones) with one or two scoops chosen from nine flavors of ice cream. Or be creative and design your own ice cream treat. Start with one or two scoops and then go wild with toppings. (Ask for a cup. A cone with several toppings is too messy.) |
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The counter |
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The tilework in Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream is inspired by Los Angeles Union Station. |
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Chilly artwork and crunchy cones |
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While you wait for your ice cream, admire the snowy, railroad-themed artwork on the back wall. |
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Outdoor seating |
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Take your ice cream treat outside and have a seat on the “train platform.” |
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Ice cream at Christmas |
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On a cool winter day at Yester California Adventure, what would be the perfect treat? Ice cream from Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream, of course. After all, this is Southern California, where ice cream is appropriate all year. |
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Bur-r-r Bank Ice Cream was part of Disney’s California Adventure when the park opened on February 8, 2001. Its final day of operation was July 31, 2011, when the parlor and its neighbors closed so that the transformation of this part of Sunshine Plaza into Buena Vista Street could begin. When Buena Vista Street opens in June 2012, it had a new ice cream parlor, Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream. |
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© 2012 Werner Weiss — Disclaimers, Copyright, and Trademarks Updated February July 10, 2012.
The Nestlé and Dreyer’s trademarks are owned by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland. |
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