Isaly Shoppe

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About
Name
  • Isaly Shoppe, The
Accommodation and Food Services
  • Food Services and Drinking Places
Brands
  • American, Dairy
Services
  • Restaurant
Facts
Founded
  • Date unknown
    Wooster,Ohio
Dissolved, Merged/Sold
  • 1980
Related
Successors
Key Persons
Location
    • 203 W. Liberty St., Wooster, 44691, Ohio

"In 1838 Sprague built a new jewelry store and family residence at the northwest corner of Liberty and Walnut streets. The two-story "Sprague Corner" building was torn down in 1955 and a new building was erected. Today that structure houses The Parlor restaurant."[1]

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Quick Facts

  • 1970 - Bob Bercaw purchased The Isaly Shoppe. [3]
  • 1971-76 - "Known for creating the World's Biggest Sundae. Building them all on July 4 except for our 5th anniversary... when we built in April. The last one was built on Public Square and you could see no pavement in any direction, there were that many people." "It was the bicentennial year and our sundae was broadcast on three TV stations." "Bercaw said The Parlor stopped attempting to build bigger and bigger sundaes when it became apparent a sundae couldn't get any bigger. We stopped because it got so big 5,000 pound," he said." [4]
  • 1980 - Changed owners and name to The Parlor [5]

Newspaper articles

  1. party lines? by Ann Gasbarre, Columnist. The Daily Record. May 5, 2017.
  2. Bits and Pieces: Isaly's Was a Popular Lunch Spot. Ann Gasbarre. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2011 September 16, p. .
  3. Family restaurants celebrate milestones. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 July 31, p.
  4. Family restaurants celebrate milestones. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 July 31, p.
  5. Family restaurants celebrate milestones. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 July 31, p.