Fentons Creamery: $50


Item Number: 296

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $50

Online Close: Jan 29, 2011 11:59 PM PST

Bid History: 8 bids - Item Sold!


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$50 card for Fentons Creamery in Oakland.


Fentons opened in 1894 on the corner of 41st and Howe streets before moving to its present location in 1961.


Fentons was featured in the 2009 animated film Up. Director Pete Docter, producer Jonas Rivera, and other Pixar employees are regular customers to Fentons. Docter said that they decided to include it in their movie after the original script had the ice cream parlor named after a different place on the East Coast.


The ice cream parlor also claims to be the original birthplace of rocky road ice cream.Fentons candy maker George Farren made a rocky road candy bar and decided to blend it into an ice cream flavor. This inspired his friends William Dreyer and Joseph Edy of Dreyer's to start making their own version, but substituting almonds for walnuts. However, Dreyer's still continues to market its product as "The Original Rocky Road". - from wikipedia

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