Herrine Ro: For the past 95 years,
The Original Rainbow Cone has been
Chicago's favorite ice cream.
Customer: This is just a very famous neighborhood place
that we grew up coming to.
For me, it just brings back childhood memories.
I feel very fortunate now to bring my kids here.
Herrine: Joseph Sapp opened
the South Side ice creamery in 1926.
Since then, dessert lovers of all ages have lined up
out the door from the hottest to coldest of days.
Now, third-generation owner Lynn Sapp
operates the ice creamery.
Lynn Sapp: So, Original Rainbow Cone is very unique
because it's a sherbet and ice cream combination.
And back in 1926 you could buy a whole plate
of food for a dime.
He was asking that for an ice cream cone,
so that's where he came up with the five flavors.
He had to give you some substance to the ice cream.
Herrine: The cone is comprised of chocolate; strawberry;
Palmer House, which is cherry-walnut;
pistachio; and orange sherbet.
Customer: I've been coming here for about 25-plus years.
The best way to eat it is going all around
and up and over and all around. [laughs]
Lynn: Any way you wanna eat it, it's all delicious.
Herrine: This cone has been around for almost 100 years,
and it hasn't changed at all.
So I'm expecting this to taste extremely old-timey
and kind of, like, classic, like, just American classic.
I wanna try all the flavors together first.
It's, like, creamy and fruity, and you still get chocolate.
I thought, originally, that this wasn't really gonna work
because orange and chocolate and pistachio, like,
kind of all together, I felt like it was just gonna be
a weird medley of flavors,
but, I mean, it's been around for a century.
And it's famous.
So of course these flavors work, and they do!
Lynn: So, Original Rainbow Cone scoops
about over 1,000 Rainbow Cones a day.
The flavors have remained the same since 1926.
Little things have changed,
but the formula has stayed the same
and the flavors are the same.
Actually, there is a customer that's 100 years old
and has been here since the beginning.
Herrine: It's amazing to me that, like,
this was created back in, like, 1926
and it still channels that inner childhood that I had
back in, like, the early '90s, if that makes sense.
This is just like nostalgia in a cone!
And it just so happens to be extremely pretty
and Instagram-worthy. [laughs]