Steel City Pops fans can now vote for the best of 12 t-shirt designs submitted by customers, with the winner getting a rarely seen stainless steel “Steel Card” entitling them to free pops every day for the rest of the year. Deadline to vote: June 24. Here’s the top vote-getter so far:
The chain based in Birmingham, Ala., opened its first Kentucky location in March at 1021 Bardstown Road, where business has been booming and winning rave reviews on Yelp.
On a day when temperatures will soar to a sweltering 96 degrees, imagine cold sweet treats from two Highlands merchants, here . . .
. . . and here:
It’s now OK to wear white pants, cool off with abanicos — and binge on the ice cream we spotted Sunday at a Frosty Treats truck at the annual Willow Park Summer Concert Series. Cherokee Triangle street festivals are the go-to place for frozen treats: Steel City Pops was doing big business at last month’s Cherokee Art Fair, selling $3 craft popsicles from its new store at 1021 Bardstown Road; those are balsamic strawberry ones in the photo, top.
Ice cream street vendors have been around a long time, dating to the 19th century and advances in technology and sanitation, says Town & Country magazine. This summer, however, competition is igniting violent turf wars, according to this hair-raiser in yesterday’s New York Times.
That’s why we long for more genteel times in Louisville — like 1933, and this ice cream booth at the Kentucky State Fair from the University of Louisville’s Photographic Archives:
8:19 p.m. today, Steel City Pops, 1021 Bardstown Road. This is the company’s 11th location overall, and its first in Kentucky. The Highlands store opened late last month, and another one is planned for Lexington. Steel City launched in Homewood, Ala., in 2012.
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