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  St. Louis, MO - Ted Drewes Frozen Custard Fact Sheet
Ted's most famous location is on St. Louis' stretch of Old Route 66.
According to Ted Drewes, when his father (also named Ted) opened a store along Chippewa (Route 66) in 1941, Route 66 at that point was nothing more than a three-lane road on the outskirts of town.
Ted accepted the challenge and the "concrete" was born.
www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_tedDrew.asp?PageType=4   (936 words)

  
  Ted Drewes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ted Drewes is a well-known frozen custard shop in St.
Ted Drewes is famous for a specialty called a "concrete", which is custard blended with any of dozens of ingredients, and served in a large yellow cup with a spoon and straw.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Ted Drewes also sells live Christmas trees from the parking lot.
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 Ted Drewes Information
Ted Drewes is a well-known frozen custard shop in St.
Ted Drewes is famous for a specialty called a "concrete", which is custard blended with any of dozens of ingredients, and served in a large yellow cup with a spoon and straw.
The trees are noted for their quality, but are more famous for offering a free cup of custard to children whose families purchase a tree from the lot.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ted_Drewes   (194 words)

  
 Ted Drewes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes is a St. Louis tradition in frozen dessert.
Ted Drewes is a definite must for the first time visitor to St. Louis (and it is always on the list of those returning!).
Ted Drewes will be down about one half mile on the left.
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 Ettractions.com - Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
Ted Drewes, a wonderful place for family and friends to come for Saint Louis' finest frozen treats.
Ted Drewes is a family run frozen custard stand, operating since 1929.
Ted Drewes is known for its excellent custard and it incredibly fast service.
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 The Gateway City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
With a few exceptions, mainly Ted Drewes on Chippewa St. (an old alignment of City 66), it probably is better to stay on the old Route 66 "belt line" which is today’s Interstate 270.
Ted Drewes famous "Concrete" is so thick that it is served upside down to customers.
According to Ted Jr., it never will be franchised because that could lead to mediocrity and quality is what Ted Drewes is all about.
www.theroadwanderer.net /66Missouri/stlouis.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Ted Drewes - Main Display   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes has been selling frozen custard and Christmas trees for decades, with an attention to quality that has made his trees and custard the finest in St. Louis.
According to Ted Jr., the success of the operation has brought it nationwide attention in the form of offers to franchise the stands.
Like Ted's Frozen Custard, a Ted Drewes Christmas tree has become a St. Louis tradition for many, and he's happy about that.
www.teddrewes.com /History.asp   (292 words)

  
 dresese: Ted Drewes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
After that meal, my family and I went to Ted Drewes, which is one of my favorite places to go in St. Louis.
But the great thing about Ted Drewes is that everyone comes here from all over St. Louis, it's always crowded, and on a hot August night you can stand there with everyone else and cool down by eating a delicious concrete.
Ted Drewes evidently invented the concrete, when a particular customer kept asking for a shake made thicker and thicker.
dresese.thehyatts.net /archives/000467.html   (214 words)

  
 STLtoday - Entertainment - Special Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Jennie Binetsch shows a costomer how thick a concrete is at Ted Drewes, 6726 Chippewa Street where she has worked for a year and a half.
What she does know is that, for now, Ted Drewes will do just fine.
Travis Dillon, the general manager of Ted Drewes, said Jenny is both ambitious and conscientious - the perfect type of employee.
www.stltoday.com /stltoday/entertainment/special/sketches.nsf/0/FEAFCB26AAC288F386256EEB0073A2CA?OpenDocument   (827 words)

  
 RoadTrip America® - Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard
Ted Drewes is classic Route 66, from the lightbulb-studded arrow above its well-weathered neon sign to the small walk-up windows staffed by yellow-shirted high school students.
Why Ted Drewes' milkshakes are called concretes nobody seems to remember, but they're the best-selling menu item, and they come in more than a dozen flavors.
The point is, Ted Drewes' concretes (and everything else on the menu, for that matter) are cold, sweet, thick and yummy.
www.roadtripamerica.com /eats/drewes.htm   (251 words)

  
 Ice cream in the Lou: What's your flavor? - Scene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard A 75-year-old tradition in St. Louis, Ted Drewes is a popular Route 66 landmark and well worth the slight possibility of getting lost on the way.
Two primary factors make Ted Drewes different from the average 31 flavors-type ice cream joint: they don't serve ice cream, and there's only one flavor.
Ted's thick, creamy frozen custard is only available in vanilla, but the possible combinations of toppings and flavors are overwhelming.
www.studlife.com /news/2004/07/31/Scene/Ice-Cream.In.The.Lou.Whats.Your.Flavor-696879.shtml   (825 words)

  
 STLtoday - News - Columnists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I met him at the annual Ted Drewes Hall of Fame luncheon that was held Monday at Bartolino's South on Lindbergh.
Ted Drewes began his Hall of Fame in 1991, and this was the 13th luncheon.
He said he had Ted Drewes custard at his retirement party.
www.stltoday.com /stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/billmcclellan/story/1BE81FB9C8A1B0C78625711D003862F9?OpenDocument   (636 words)

  
 Ted Drewes Frozen Custard: Route 66 U Businesses and Attractions Listing
When a store has been around for over seventy years, and they draw a crowd like that on a typical morning, you know that something special is going on.
The Drewes family has received a number of propositions over the years to franchise the business, but Ted Drewes was too concerned about quality to take that plunge.
With ice cream being a rather seasonal product at this latitude, Ted Drewes makes use of the off-season by selling Christmas trees to the local public.
www.route66university.com /busdir/teddrewes.php   (289 words)

  
 Journal-Day 42 - May 12 -- Bill and Barbara Windsor go Round America
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard is a phenomenon in St. Louis, and it's right on Route 66.
Ted Drewes is a phenomenon — an institution in the St. Louis area.
A “Concrete” is a milk shake so thick that the straw is useless; they hand it to you the cup upside down to emphasize how thick it is. The custard business was started by Ted Drewes, Sr.
www.roundamerica.com /trip/journal/day42.htm   (1699 words)

  
 Roadfood.com Forums - Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard
To me, there is nothing that says summer in St. Louis like a concrete at the Route 66 landmark Ted Drewes' Frozen custard.
It's not Ted Drewe's, but I can now get a concrete two blocks from my apartment in Manhattan, at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park.
Ted's on Chippewa is close to the Hill, which is Roadfood heaven.
www.roadfood.com /Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8951   (198 words)

  
 eG Forums -> Shake Shack
The frozen concrete is the specialty (and I believe invention although I'm not an authority on the history) of the somewhat world-famous Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in South St. Louis.
At Ted Drewes they traditionally emphasize this with a bit of culinary showboating: if you're lucky your server will hold your concrete upside-down for a few seconds before passing it through the window.
Comparing Shake Shack custard to Ted Drewes is a bit difficult at this point, since I've only had the plain vanilla sold at the BABBP, and only concretes and a few bites of sundaes at Ted Drewes.
forums.egullet.com /index.php?showtopic=48202   (3375 words)

  
 College is like ice cream - Opinion
After convocation, every freshman walks to the Quad with his or her parents to eat Ted Drewes ice cream.
You can only get real Ted Drewes at the Ted Drewes store, which is off one of St. Louis' 12 highways.
I don't know.) In the summers, the small shack that is St. Louis' second most well-known landmark hums with the sounds of an army of 16 to 24-year-olds filling the orders of a mass of people pouring out onto the streets in front of the store.
www.studlife.com /news/2002/07/20/Opinion/College.Is.Like.Ice.Cream-258871.shtml   (336 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Sunday evening, we went to Ted Drewes, another hangout for Large people.
For those of you who missed DRSWC-II, we'll be planning another trip to Ted Drewes at DRSWC-VI.
Ted Drewes sells frozen custard, also known here as "concretes".
homepage.mac.com /contours/_StoriesFromTheDead/GettingLarge.html   (313 words)

  
 Ted Drewes Frozen Custard at HollyEats.com
Ted Drewes is a chapter in the history of Route 66 - one of the original stopping places.
The thing to order at Ted Drewe's is a concrete - so called because the custard is so thick that, when turned upside down it will stay in the cup.
I went for the Dutchman's Delight, this time though - frozen custard toped with chocolate, butterscotch, and crushed pecans.
www.hollyeats.com /TedDrewes.htm   (67 words)

  
 Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St Louis, Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St Louis, Missouri
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St Louis, Missouri - Text on back: A Route 66 Institution, the Ted Drewes family has been serving up scrumptious frozen custard since 1929.
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, 6726 Cippewa, St. Louis, MO.
legendsofamerica.com /postcards-descriptions/MO-StLouisTedDrewes.html   (151 words)

  
 America's Biggest Road Trip 13 June 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes and Jim point out where you'll have to go to get your "concrete."
Ted himself demonstrates the art of making a frozen custard concrete (right).
Ted Drewes did say that once in a while one melts and falls out ~ but that's very rare.
www.cart66pf.org /66caravan/roadlog41.htm   (365 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
I went to Ted Drewes for Frozen Yogurt known as "concrete." It was tasty, but not served upside down as advertised.
Ted Drewes rarely gives me my custard upside down either.
Ted Drewes got crowded once a motor coach pulled up with a wedding party, including bride and groom, who stopped for some concrete after the wedding.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=1&tid=34505229&numresponses=4&start=0   (303 words)

  
 Day 58 : St. Louis, Missouri : : : roadtrip.beimers.com : : :
We found out at the World Famous Ted Drewes Frozen Custard stand on Route 66, unsure of what to expect.
(Ted Drewes is one of the oldest tourist snack stops on Route 66.
They're out of United We Stand bumper stickers, but if you want a Ted Drewes sticker, they're loaded with those.
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 Saint Louis Dining   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The wonderful, old-fashioned taste captures the flavor of the days when Ted Drewes was a tiny, family-run roadside stand.
Today, Ted Drewes is famous for the "concrete," a shake so thick you can turn it upside down.
This may be the only establishment that ships their frozen custard on dry ice to devoted fans nationwide.
www.cityspin.com /stlouis/dining/edits/e851ted0.htm   (101 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service): In St. Louis, fans yield to the siren song of Ted Drewes' ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In St. Louis, fans yield to the siren song of Ted Drewes' frozen treats.
But it is blessedly cool inside the white frame hut at 6726 Chippewa St., where scores of well-scrubbed teenagers clad in yellow Ted Drewes T-shirts scurry about, politely filling orders for ice cream.
At one end of the crowded and bustling workplace, Ted Drewes Jr.
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 Good times: Staff Day offers fun and games-and Ted Drewes!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It was an ironic moment in a heated softball game when Steve Givens, special assistant to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, caught a screaming line drive his boss had just hit to centerfield.
In addition to trophies awarded for the winners of the sporting events, plaques also went to the winners of the arts and crafts competition.
Then we went over for Ted Drewes and to see who won trophies.
record.wustl.edu /archive/2000/06-15-00/articles/teddrewes1.html   (686 words)

  
 Hey Guess What - Brian Hodges - The Weblog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I didn't fear for my life quite as much as in the rest of St. Louis, although it was still patchy and I found myself looking around in spite of myself as we walked.
After dinner we went to a place called Ted Drewes, a local institution in St. Louis, famous for their frozen custard.
A few days later I found out that a regular sized concrete from Ted Drewes apparently has something like 2000 calories and over 300 grams of fat.
www.hey-guess-what.com /Weblog/Archives/2005-06-04-saint-louis.htm   (2514 words)

  
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Drewes’ frozen custard is fresh, pure, and tons of..." [Read More].
"Ted Drewes originally opened in Florida, but it's the St. Louis location, on old Route 66, that has become a Roadfood landmark."
"Ted Drewes' order windows are crowded all summer long."
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 Tree hunting - Holiday Extra
Andrew Ghiassi, a worker with Ted Drewes, trims a Christmas tree trunk for a customer on Sunday morning.
Travis Dillon, general manager of Ted Drewes, said there are many attractive qualities of shopping at Ted Drewes for a Christmas tree.
Both Ted Drewes locations will be carrying trees this year.
www.thecurrentonline.com /news/2003/12/02/HolidayExtra/Tree-Hunting-572567.shtml   (627 words)

  
 Ted Drewes Frozen Custard - St Louis, MO, 63109-2533 - Citysearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard - St Louis, MO, 63109-2533 - Citysearch
In the winter, the concretes are replaced by Ted Drewes Christmas Trees.
If you can't get to one of the two locations, look for Ted's scrumptious custard at Schnuck's and other spots around town.
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