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Originally Posted By Elderp Great article. Mrs. Elderp and I travel to Dewars alot and love the ice cream there. I like the idea of a soda shoppe but I doubt it will be as good as Dewars. Does anyone know if they will be selling Dewar's chews there? Also do they serve Dewar's famous Black and White? I will have to check it out next time I go to the El Capitan theatre.
Originally Posted By Dave >>.Does anyone know if they will be selling Dewar's chews there? <<< Yes they do. But for some reason, like some of the pin pictures I took, the chews came out a little too blurry. >>>Also do they serve Dewar's famous Black and White<<< I have the menu sitting right here and it's the first thing under sundaes. Black and White Sundae: DC's favorite and Dewar's specialty - an amazing layered sundae! We start with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, topped with homemade hot fudge and the add a scoop of chocolate ice cream and scrumptious whipped marshmellow. If you're nuts about this sundae add your choice of ground walnuts or almonds. Does that sound like it ??
Originally Posted By -em Yeah! They have PINS! and HERBIE stuff! I soo need to get up there and visit -em
Originally Posted By Ursula Hi everyone. I'm walking down there at lunch today. -em, please email me if you'd like a pin or something from Dave's pictures.
Originally Posted By Ursula Wow. That place is really neat. It's packed now full of kids waiting for the Herbie movie next door. The CM's were new yet very helpfu.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Thanks so much for the info and pictures! I am taking my Girl Scout troop to Hollywood in July and this is the perfect place to hang out! Hey Ursula, maybe I could meet you when we are there!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Does anyone know if their hotdogs are as good as Award Wiener's.>> Oh great... I am craving a hot dog now.
Originally Posted By cstephens Hmmm, trying to decide if I want to drive over there after work tonight... /cs
Originally Posted By Elderp B&W are awesome and nobody can do them like Dewar's. That will definately be the first thing I try out. The secret so I have been told by Dewar's employees is the marshmellow sauce they use that is made on site. I have made several B&W at home and while they are good they are just not the same.
Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo Went to the Grand Opening. Had "The Special of the Month: The 'Herbie Fully Loaded' Sundae" As it says in the menu "Two Scoops of your favorite flavor of ice cream served in a #53 Herbie keepsake bowl. Load it up with any three sauces, syrups or toppings" Mmmmmmmm...yummy. On the first day only, if you had a "Herbie: Fully Loaded" flier from the El Captain Theater next door, you can take it there to get a free pin. It was a square pin of the SF&SS logo (Mickey and Minnie drinking a float together) with the words "Grand Opening! Summer 2005" They also had Goofy greeting the guests too. The whole place had a real party feeling with balloons and performers. The only thing that I didn't like was the computer that you use to look up the Disney DVDs. It didn't work right. I had to use it three times because the touch-screen buttons didn't always respond to my fingers.
Originally Posted By cstephens I went last night after work. It's nice but very small - but then, it's a combined soda fountain and retail outlet crammed into what used to be just a Disney Store. There are about a dozen or so tables and counterspace - for counterspace, you still need to check in with the hostess. You give them your name and if there's a wait, you can browse the retail section. They've got shakes, floats, a couple of sundaes (including one themed to Herbie right now that includes a Herbie bowl), and regular drinks. They have three food items - peanut butter and jelly sandwich, hot dog and grilled cheese. I had the hot dog, which came with a bag of chips. It was good, but the food was just an excuse to have ice cream afterward. I had a "make your own sundae" - choose two scoops of ice cream (they have about 6 flavors of ice cream), add your pick of one sauce and one topping, and it comes with whipped cream and a cherry. It was pretty good, though it came in what I generally think of as a shake glass, not a sundae container, so you pretty much had to eat your way down. But it was still good. The counter seats are just round padded stools, no back support, so I wasn't particularly thrilled with that. (I was solo and so decided to just sit at the counter rather than take up even a 2-person table.) The CMs there don't have a lot of room to work in, so I feel for them. They were all pretty friendly and helpful, if somewhat frazzled. They were apparently quite busy all day. My server was nice but mentioned to various people that he'd been at work since 7:30am (at this point, it was about 8pm). I get that he's human and was tired, but not quite Disney to be sharing the information with everyone, imo. In the time I was there, there were a few mistakes that happened, but everyone seemed to be good-natured about it, understanding that it was opening day. Oh, forgot to mention - the napkins are the nice big ones, with the really pretty Mickey and Minnie at the soda fountain logo. Really nice. I kept one as a souvenir. The retail section has various shirts and things themed to the location, as well as DVDs, general plush and toys and some pins. I think it's a nice location to visit when you're going to the El Capitan, but I don't think I'll be making any more special visits there unless I'm going with someone else. /cs
Originally Posted By cstephens The menu's at home (maybe Dave has his copy handy?), but the food (pb&j sandwich, hot dog, grilled cheese) were about $5 or $6. Sundaes ranged from about $6 to $9. Floats and shakes were in that range as well. /cs
Originally Posted By Dave Mickey Mouse shaped Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich served on white or wheat bread with kettle chips $5.25 Hot Dog: A quarter pound Hebrew National all beef hot dog. Grilled to perfection, served on a white or wheat bun with kettle chips and a dill pickle $5.25. Child size hot dog is $4.25 Classic Grilled Cheese served on white or wheat bread with Tillamook cheddar cheese with kettle chips and a dill pickle $5.25
