As The Mug Turns..........

Enjoy our day and night videos of our LaPlace Frostop Mug - "As The Mug Turns"!

Enjoy these and our other videos at our Youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/laplacefrostop

LaPlace Frostop Ads

Some of our great LaPlace Frostop ads through the years.

L'Observateur June 21, 1962 Celebrating the Opening of the dining room

L'Observateur 1967 Buy a Lot-O-Burger at 50 cents get second for 5 cents

L'Observateur 1973 announcing Frostop was now owned & operated my "Mr. Brown" Morris Terry and Jim Toler

L'Observateur 1975 Have you eaten at the Frostop lately?

River Parish Focus June 1978

L'Observatuer 1981 after the remodeling -Have you eaten at the new Frostop yet?

L'Obervateur 1981 announcing Frogurt

Times Picayune 1993 35th anniversary

L'Observateur 1993 35th anniversary

Times Picayune 1993 open cruise day

Times Picayune 1993 our nightly special

Times Picayune 2007 Cruise show in honor of the restored mug

Times Picayune November 2007 car show

Times Picayune 2008 50th anniversary

L'Observateur 2008 50th anniversary

Times Picayune 2008 Lot-O-Burger Combos

Times Picayune 2009 LaPlace Frostop Onion Ring Breading

Times Picayune 2009 Merry Christmas

L'Observateur January 2010 Down Through the Years

To see the ads on flickr click below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laplacefrostop/sets/72157602370030051/

LaPlace Frostop Dining Room Thru The Years.....

Building before the dining room was added

The LaPlace Frostop was built in 1958 strictly as a drive-in restaurant with no indoor seating. The dining room was added in 1962. Since the addition, the "patio" as we call it, has changed through the years as the building has been remodeled.

1973

The dining room in 1973 used the actual cinder block walls. The menu boards displayed in our dining room lasted until the mid 1980's. The picture above shows a jukebox as well as a fixture of the past, a cigarette machine.

Early 1980's

By the early 1980's, we had new tables and chairs, but the light fixtures remained the same. Joining the jukebox and cigarette machine was the newest invention Space Invaders!

After the remodeling in 1981

The remodeling in 1981 covered the original cinder block walls with plaster.

2005

The major remodeling in 1996 because of Formosan termites changed the dining room again. The plaster was removed and the cinder block walls were covered in stucco. We actually still use the tables from the early 1980's but the chairs were bought during the remodel of 1996. The lighting was finally changed out to fluorescent.

Since the early 1980's we have decorated our walls with some great local posters including Andouille Fest, Strawberry Fest, Crescent City Classic, and Pontchartrain Beach to name a few.

Our newest addition to the dining room is our LaPlace Frostop corner. It takes the place of what was our video poker area (1994-2008).

LaPlace Frostop "corner"

Dining room at Christmas time

The current dining room We would love to hear about memories that anyone might have of our dining room. Birthdays, special occasions, after swim meets, or any other memory we would love for you to share them with us! If anyone has pictures of the dining room we would love to see them also.

LaPlace Frostop Merry Christmas 2009

LaPlace Frostop Merry Christmas 2009
Originally uploaded by FT1958

We would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are closing today, Wednesday December 23, 2009 at 3pm, for the holidays! Tonight we will be celebrating with our employees at our annual Christmas dinner. We will return to work on January 4, 2010 at 11am. We look forward to serving you in 2010!We wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Frostop History

Frostop® is a name that at its zenith was most familiar to millions of thirsty Americans. In 1926, Mr. L. S. Harvey opened his first Frostop® Root Beer stand in Springfield, Ohio. It was so successful that word quickly spread about his operation and its delicious, creamy root beer.

Soon, Frostop® stands spread throughout the nation until the onset of World War II. During the war, expansion was curtailed due to shortages of building materials and equipment, as well as the flavors and sweetening agents so necessary in the manufacture of Frostop® Root Beer.

After the war, Mr. Harvey, who was convinced that Frostop® was the finest root beer ever made, resumed expansion of the chain. Under new aggressive ownership in the 1950s, Frostop® experienced tremendous growth during the post war boom years of the drive-in era. The signature brown and yellow, neon lit stands, with their gigantic, revolving root beer mug on top, dotted the countryside and became a favorite place to rest and enjoy an icy cold frosted mug of Frostop®.

Information courtesy of http://www.frostop.com/.

LaPlace Frostop Homemade Root Beer Float Cupcakes

Root Beer Float Cupcake at the LaPlace Frostop

I thought I would try out something different this past weekend with our root beer - root beer float cupcakes! It was a delicious experiment so try out the recipe at home and enjoy!!

LaPlace Frostop Homemade Root Beer Float Cupcake

2 1/2 cups LaPlace Frostop Homemade Root Beer 1 tsp. root beer extract 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 2 cups Domino brown sugar 1 cup butter, softened 2 eggs 3 cups all purpose flour 1 Tbs. baking powder 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt

Root Beer Glaze

1/2 cup Domino confectioners’ sugar 3 tbsp LaPlace Frostop Homemade Root Beer Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Prepare cupcake pan with paper cups. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside. Cream together the butter and Domino brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla extract, then beat until smooth. Add the flour mixture alternately with LaPlace Frostop Homemade Root Beer, beating well. Pour batter into cupcake pan, filling cups. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan for 15 minutes, then transfer to racks. Place a cookie sheet or towel under the racks. Make the glaze by mixing Domino confectioners’ sugar and LaPlace Homemade Root Beer until smooth. Right after you take the cupcakes out of the oven, pour one tablespoon of LaPlace Homemade Root Beer over each cupcake slowly. Allow root beer to soak in for a few minutes then pour a couple tablespoons of glaze over each cupcake while slightly warm. After the glaze sets up a bit, serve with a scoop of LaPlace Frostop soft serve vanilla or Kleinpeter vanilla ice cream.

LaPlace Frostop Merchandise

We have a great selection of our LaPlace Frostop merchandise for sale in the restaurant.

We have our regular blue shirt with current building picture on the back in white and LaPlace Frostop in white on the front "pocket" area for $12.

Back We have two special edition t-shirts. The first is our anniversary shirt from 2008 - it is a white t-shirt with the old building on the back in brown and gold with 1958 - 2008 below. The front has LaPlace Frostop 50th anniversary on the "pocket" area for $15.

Back The second special edition shirt is our gold shirt with the old building pictured with white and brown and below Since 1958 for $15.

Back

We also have the blue & white hat and the white 50th anniversary hat available for $12.

The souvenir plastic 32oz cup is currently available for $2.10.

We also have great LaPlace Frostop postcards - free!

For those that can't make it to our location we also offer a wide selection of shirts at Cafe Press online:

www.cafepress.com/laplacefrostop