Northwestern nebraska is ranching country and we passed field after field of grazing cattle bison and longhorn cattle.
Tin roof sundae nebraska.
And they were delicious.
The famed tin roof sundae at the potter sundry.
The tin roof sundae was created in 1916 at the potter drug co in potter nebraska owned by pharmacist james earl thayer.
Visiting fort collins from california we have never been to wyoming or nebraska so on a whim we decided to drive to cheyenne for lunch and then go for dessert in ne.
Following is a repost from my recent question in the sidney forum.
Super fantastic stop refreshing ice cream on a hot day what could be better.
Get a taste of nebraska history at this legendary soda fountain if you ve ever shopped for packaged ice cream you probably will have seen a flavor called tin roof sundae.
To top it off we got to see the duck pin bowling alley and actually try it out.
Very few people can get.
Thanks in advance for help with my question.
The tin roof consists of vanilla ice cream chocolate syrup chocolate ice cream marshmallow cream and nuts.
Mini medium and large.
The real tin roof sundae this little diner has great food and the real tin roof sundae the wait staff was friendly and helpful at lunch time the place fills up with local folks who are really enjoying each others company this was a hidden gem if you are anywhere near.
We stopped here based solely on the first review of the tin roof sundaes.
The combination of vanilla chocolate fudge marshmallow and peanuts is irresistibly delicious.
Sorry for the repost if it offends anyone.
The treat comes in three sizes.
Stopped in potter and enjoyed some tin roof sundae.
Nancy tops off the dessert with two ingredients that most likely made this small town s tin roof sundae famous in the first place.
Serving up breakfast lunch and dessert.
But did you know that the flavor was invented right here in nebraska.
Located in historic downtown potter ne just a minute off of i 80 in the nebraska panhandle.
His son harold dean pinky thayer worked in the soda fountain as a teenager and is credited for inventing the ice cream treat.
We are our sundaes at a cute drugstore style ice cream counter.
I m not sure it should have been there to begin with.