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Mullen’s Dairy Bar & Eatery

Founded 1932

 

210 W Main

Vanished

c1970

 

There was a time when the city had any number of ice cream parlors and among those that come to mind are the A. E. Baumann ice cream parlor and candy kitchen which was located at 210 West Main Street, E. Herro and Son at 210 Main Street, William Pappas at 417 Main Street, George Spyros at 105 Main Street, Miss Abbie Norton at 614 West Main Street and Mrs. Marie Vick at 107 West Main Street.  And of course, there was the Edward M. O’Byrne establishment, also in Main Street, and the O’Bryne and Kuehn Candy Co.  There also were others but at the moment they elude us.

 

The old ice cream parlor was a vital community institution.  It afforded a pleasant and relaxing place to meet friends, enjoy ice cream and good homemade candies and it’s too bad that it is now just another part of a vanished era.

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Mullen’s Diary

Founded 1932

2006

   Watertown Daily Times, 08 09 2006

 

Business has 74-year history

 

Mullen's Dairy Bar owners Ron and Gloria Luepke have sold the restaurant to Watertown residents Troy and Shannon Milbrath.

 

Troy Milbrath worked at Mullen's while he attended high school.

 

Ron and Gloria Luepke owned Mullen's since 1997, when they purchased it from former owners Bill Mullen and his wife, Karla. Bill and Karla Mullen became the sole owners of the then family business in 1976. The restaurant was started by Frank Mullen and his two sons, Frank Jr. and Web, in 1932.

 

Full WDTimes article:

 

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Cross-References:

No 1:  Profile of, WDTimes, 06 14 2000