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Mama Cloudy
Citizen
Username: Mamacloudy
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 3:43 pm: | 
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Does anyone remember Swanson's Resturant that was where The Top is today? I used to go there for mint chocolate chip sundae with my aunt after shopping at the mall. I remember that it was always empty and you could sit by the window and look at the cityscape. It was quite a treat. |
mrmaplewood
Citizen
Username: Mrmaplewood
Post Number: 310
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 4:17 pm: |
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Grunings? |
dougw
Citizen
Username: Dougw
Post Number: 773
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 5:12 pm: |
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It was Grunings. I remember it fondly. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 1050
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:39 pm: |
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There was a Swanson' ice cream parlor in the city, on the east side (2nd avenue?) in the sixties. Maybe another branch in Greenwich Village too. Is that waht you were thinking of? |
Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1687
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:52 pm: |
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It was Grunings up the hill, and then the only Grunings location was, I believe, where Arugula is today. |
mrosner
Citizen
Username: Mrosner
Post Number: 2682
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:49 am: |
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I thought the ice cream place was called Swensons (with an e, not an a).
There was a grunings for a short time in parsippany.
Niecy's is located in what used to be the factory for Grunings (where they made the ice cream, hot fudge, chocolate bars, etc).
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BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 776
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 11:23 am: |
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There was Grunings at the top and Grunings on the bottom (Arugala) and I think there was one in Millburn and I know that there was one in Montclair.
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millie amoresano
Citizen
Username: Millieamoresano
Post Number: 272
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 11:40 am: |
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Swensons use to be in West Orange in the Essex Green Shopping Plaza |
BGS
Citizen
Username: Bgs
Post Number: 777
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:00 pm: |
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Millie-that is right!!! I remember that! Thanks for that memory!
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Mama Cloudy
Citizen
Username: Mamacloudy
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 3:08 pm: |
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You guys are sharp! After opening the thread, I realized that I might/probably had the name wrong. I remember both a place called Swenson's and Grunings? Either way, I have warm memories of the place. |
Scully
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Username: Scully
Post Number: 235
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 4:32 pm: |
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There was a Grunings in Caldwell too. The store in South Orange Center was the main store. The ice cream and chocolates (hand dipped) were made in the back. The Grunings at 'the Top' was managed by Mr. Grunings daughter and son-in-law. They always had dry ice on hand for people who came from afar to get the ice cream. Their chocolate was absolutely awesome! |
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