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Remember that New Year’s resolution you just made?
Well, forget it.
Mister Softee is building a brick-and-mortar location in East Islip. That means sprinkle-packed cones, double-dipped swirls and milkshakes will be at your fingertips all-year long.
No more waiting for the chimes, only to see the Mister Softee truck make a right, instead of left.
The Mister Softee sign — marking a brick-and-mortar foray the company is embarking on across the Tri-State — just went up at the former Pam’s Ice Cream Shoppe at 195 Carleton Ave., which closed Jan. 14.
Greater Long Island stepped inside, and work is progressing quickly. The place is all painted and decked out in neon.
Check back with Greater Long Island after we get in touch with the local purveyor.
This is believed to be the first Long Island brick-and-mortar location.
There are a few in New Jersey.
Full circle, kinda
Although the beloved Pam’s shop was sold last month, Mister Softee’s arrival will guarantee ice cream will continue to be dished out from this nondescript location moving forward.
And the space is going back to a franchise, as it was first a Carvel location that the Ernst family opened in the early 1970s before later pivoting to Pam’s Ice Cream Shoppe in 1985.
That was when Pamala Ernst-Annunziato and her brother, John Ernst, took over the family business and reopened it.
“We grew up in this store, with my parents,” Ernst-Annunziato told us last month.
The two sold the business and retired to spend more time with family.
Top: The Mister Softee sign is up at 195 Carleton Ave. in East Islip. (Credit: Michael White)
