# The day they whacked "Holsten's Ice Cream Parlor" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838 "2021-01-19T02:23:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/1 "2021-01-19T02:23:23Z")
It was made famous by the filming of the last episode of The Sopranos. I’ve had ice-cream there. It was good. (Yes, Applegate’s is good too… but they were different experiences. Applegate’s was a drive up. You almost expected waitresses on roller-skates. Holsten’s had wood booths… Maple I think. ) . I never thought they’d get Holsten’s… “It’s gone.” “What do you Mean it’s gone?” “It’s gone. It’s gone… and there was nothing we could do…” \< Breaks Payphone \> [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1Z6MJIjCJ20/hqdefault.jpg "Goodfellas - Layla Scene - HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6MJIjCJ20) I never thought they’d get Holsten’s… “It’s gone.” “What do you Mean it’s gone?” “It’s gone. It’s gone… and there was nothing we could do…” \< Breaks Payphone \> [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1Z6MJIjCJ20/hqdefault.jpg "Goodfellas - Layla Scene - HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6MJIjCJ20) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/2 "2021-01-19T06:27:39Z")
Are you saying it’s closed? If so, I see no mentions about it on Twitter, Google, Facebook, Reddit, Yelp, local media sites or their own homepage. Or what am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/3 "2021-01-19T08:52:42Z")
( It was listed on a local town FB site that they were closing. It was part of a list of local restaurants that were losing due to COVID. ) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/4 "2021-01-19T11:44:05Z")
There’s a [NJ.com](http://NJ.com) list of restaurants we “can’t afford to lose” due to COVID, because they’re too legendary. Holsten’s is on the list but hasn’t said they’re closing, at least not yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/5 "2021-01-19T15:12:52Z")
If I was misled, it was by FB. There was an article about it that read like an obituary. > **[Bloomfield (NJ) Pulse | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/BloomfieldPulse)** > > About This Group - THE BLOOMFIELD PULSE (located in Bloomfield, NJ) - A destination for Community & School Events / Town-Civic-School Meetings-Events / Community & School Fundraisers / Local... ---
**Author:** ![CoconutPete](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coconutpete/32/5294_2.png) [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-they-whacked-holstens-ice-cream-parlor/930838/6 "2021-01-21T01:27:18Z")
There was nothing they could do, the chocolate moose tracks were made, and they weren’t. Holsten’s never had the makings of a varsity ice cream shop anyway.