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Iscream 1312/31/2023 ![]() “Thank you for being such an awesome partner over the past 13 years,” the ice cream company said. the Wisconsin ice cream maker that is sold at George’s - chimed in on Facebook to wish the business well. There has been an outpouring of love for the business since it announced its closure, Williams said. The business will donate 10 percent of March’s total sales to local charities Howard Brown Health and Care For Real. Credit: Joe Ward/Block Club Chicago George’s Ice Cream will close this month after 13 years on Clark Street. ![]() Already, the store has ordered more pints of ice cream as customers come in for one last visit. George’s will stay open through the month or while supplies last, Williams said. Coming off of two and a half years of COVID, they said this is probably the right time.” “Obviously, COVID was a huge blow,” he said. George’s usually closes for a two-week winter break in January, but with the coronavirus still raging this winter, the business decided to close for all of January, said longtime general manager Charles Williams.Īnd after a slow February, the family felt this was the time to close, Williams and Anna Stotis said. “We thought it was important to have the ice cream store there during COVID, keep our workers employed,” Anna Stotis said. But when the coronavirus hit, the family decided to keep the shop open for the community. Talks about closing or selling the shop began in 2019, when the Stotis children were retiring from their careers, Anna Stotis said. In 2020, George’s held a contest challenging neighborhood families to create the most innovative and pandemic-safe Halloween candy delivery system, with the winner receiving 5 pints of ice cream. The business is active in neighborhood events and fundraisers. Credit: Courtesy George’s Ice Cream And Sweets Charles Williams, manager of George’s Ice Cream and Sweets, in 2020 handed out Halloween candy through a candy chute he made out of recycled ice cream tubs. Since its debut, George’s has become a mainstay of Andersonville’s business district and has been mentioned in lists of the city’s most essential and best ice cream shops. “We are humbled by the support and love we received during these last 13 years. He “always wanted to open a dessert cafe where people could gather and share stories over a cup of coffee and dessert,” the Stotis family said in a news release. The family owns the building that houses George’s. Stotis died in 2007, and the ice cream shop was opened in his honor, his family said. ![]() The shop was known for its vintage clothing and for outfitting local theater productions with costumes and furniture, while Stotis was known for his friendly demeanor and willingness to talk up customers and passersby, said Anna Stotis, co-owner of the ice cream shop and Stotis’ daughter-in-law. George’s opened in 2009 by the children of George Stotis, who owned and operated Chicago’s Recycle Shop on Clark Street in Andersonville for more than 30 years. will have its last day March 31, the business announced Friday. The popular ice cream and desserts shop at 5306 N. " iScreaM Vol.ANDERSONVILLE - George’s Ice Cream & Sweets will close at the end of the month after 13 years on Clark Street. ![]() It was launched on and it aims to release a monthly song remix project from SM Entertainment artists. – present iScreaM is a music project by SM Entertainment's EDM sub-label ScreaM Records.
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