After 66 years as a beloved McDowell County institution, Jack Frost Dairy Bar has served its last ice cream cone, milkshake and sundae.
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WATCH NOW: Jack Frost Dairy Bar in Marion closing after 66 years
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This week, Jack Frost Dairy Bar issued an announcement that the beloved ice cream business is closing after 66 years of operation. Owners Jim and Connie Burgin said they are retiring and no one is available to keep Jack Frost Dairy Bar going as it should. Jim Burgin stands with the large sign for Jack Frost, which is now inside the building on Sugar Hill Road.
- MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
This week, Jack Frost Dairy Bar issued an announcement that the beloved ice cream business is closing after 66 years of operation. Owners Jim and Connie Burgin said they are retiring and no one is available to keep Jack Frost Dairy Bar going as it should. Jim Burgin stands with the large sign for Jack Frost, which is now inside the building on Sugar Hill Road.
- MIKE CONLEY/MCDOWELL NEWS
For many years, customers would come to Jack Frost Dairy Bar on a warm spring or summer evening as the sun is setting. There, they would stand in line with other anxious customers. After they got their ice cream or shake, they would sit under the shade of the trees at one of the picnic tables and have some of the best dairy treats anywhere in the world.
- MIKE CONLEY PHOTOS, MCDOWELL NEWS
In this picture from 2016, co-owner Jim Burgin shows off one of Jack Frost’s old-fashioned banana splits.
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For many years, customers would come to Jack Frost Dairy Bar on a warm spring or summer evening as the sun is setting. There, they would stand in line with other anxious customers. After they got their ice cream or shake, they would sit under the shade of the trees at one of the picnic tables and have some of the best dairy treats anywhere in the world.
- FILE PHOTO
In this photo from 2016, employee Meghan Crater took an order at the window at Jack Frost Dairy Bar.
- FILE PHOTO
Jack Frost Dairy Bar got its start in 1954 as Burgin’s Dari-Creme. It was located on U.S. 70 in Greenlee.
- FILE PHOTOS
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This week, Jack Frost Dairy Bar issued an announcement that the beloved ice cream business is closing after 66 years of operation. Owners Jim and Connie Burgin said they are retiring and no one is available to keep Jack Frost Dairy Bar going as it should. Jim Burgin stands with the large sign for Jack Frost, which is now inside the building on Sugar Hill Road.
- MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
This week, Jack Frost Dairy Bar issued an announcement that the beloved ice cream business is closing after 66 years of operation. Owners Jim and Connie Burgin said they are retiring and no one is available to keep Jack Frost Dairy Bar going as it should. Jim Burgin stands with the large sign for Jack Frost, which is now inside the building on Sugar Hill Road.
- MIKE CONLEY/MCDOWELL NEWS
For many years, customers would come to Jack Frost Dairy Bar on a warm spring or summer evening as the sun is setting. There, they would stand in line with other anxious customers. After they got their ice cream or shake, they would sit under the shade of the trees at one of the picnic tables and have some of the best dairy treats anywhere in the world.
- MIKE CONLEY PHOTOS, MCDOWELL NEWS
For many years, customers would come to Jack Frost Dairy Bar on a warm spring or summer evening as the sun is setting. There, they would stand in line with other anxious customers. After they got their ice cream or shake, they would sit under the shade of the trees at one of the picnic tables and have some of the best dairy treats anywhere in the world.
- FILE PHOTO
