If you are looking for a good place to have dessert in downtown Rochester today, you have several excellent options from which to choose. In 1921, you probably would have visited the Cole Brothers Sugar Bowl at 433 S. Main (currently occupied by the Funky Frog resale shop). The building at 431-433 S. Main was built in late 1919 and opened to tenants in 1920. On April 22, 1921, the Sugar Bowl ice cream and confectionery shop opened to the public in the north side of the building. The location was an excellent one, being one door south of the Idle Hour Theater, which was the only movie venue in town at the time. The Sugar Bowl operated in this location until 1930, when Adolph Zimmerman moved his shoe store into the space.
This ad ran in the
Rochester Era in on April 29, 1921, just a few days after the store held its grand opening.
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