Ice Cream Shop Inspired By STEVEN TYLER, DEE SNIDER, GLENN HUGHES
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Ice Cream Shop Inspired By STEVEN TYLER, DEE SNIDER, GLENN HUGHES - Sep. 13, 2006

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When Bob Rooks isn't reminiscing with aging rockers — like Sammy Hagar, Glenn Hughes or Steven Tyler — or rolling waffle cones in a gooey Rice Krispie-marshmallow mixture, he's back on the road promoting another Emack and Bolio's (303 Pisgah Church Road, The Village at North Elm, Greensboro; 282-1050; www.emackandbolios.com), a chain of ice cream shops he founded more than 30 years ago to satisfy the late night cravings of musicians performing in Boston.

"It started out in a basement in Brookline, Mass," says Rooks, a music lawyer at the time. "Boston had a Blue Law. We needed a place to go after the shows, so me and a bunch of musicians would go hang out and make ice cream on this industrial-sized White Mountain machine."

Rubbing elbows with future rock and R&B stars was a way of life for Rooks, who eventually went on to manage bands of his own.

"After a few months of plunking down money for rent and electric, I thought 'Hey, I might as well sell this stuff.'"

So he opened the first Emack and Bolio's, named after a couple of homeless guys he represented. That was 1975.

"I'd go to the candy store and buy every type of candy," Rooks continues. "We'd throw a little of this in and a little of that. We came up with all kinds of crazy flavors."

Many of the flavors over the years have been inspired by Rooks' musician friends. Take Deep Purple Cow for instance, a flavor inspired by Glenn Hughes of DEEP PURPLE. It features black raspberry ice cream with white and dark chocolate chips. Or Twisted Dee-Light, chocolate ice cream, fudge chunks, and brownies created by TWISTED SISTER's Dee Snider.

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Article published Sep 13, 2006

Short Orders: Ice cream shop inspired by rockers

When Bob Rooks isn’t reminiscing with aging rockers — like Sammy Hagar, Glenn Hughes or Steven Tyler — or rolling waffle cones in a gooey Rice Krispie-marshmallow mixture, he’s back on the road promoting another Emack and Bolio’s (303 Pisgah Church Road, The Village at North Elm, Greensboro; 282-1050; www.emackandbolios.com), a chain of ice cream shops he founded more than 30 years ago to satisfy the late night cravings of musicians performing in Boston.

"It started out in a basement in Brookline, Mass," says Rooks, a music lawyer at the time. "Boston had a Blue Law. We needed a place to go after the shows, so me and a bunch of musicians would go hang out and make ice cream on this industrial-sized White Mountain machine."

Rubbing elbows with future rock and R&B stars was a way of life for Rooks, who eventually went on to manage bands of his own.

"After a few months of plunking down money for rent and electric, I thought 'Hey, I might as well sell this stuff.’"

So he opened the first Emack and Bolio’s, named after a couple of homeless guys he represented. That was 1975.

"I’d go to the candy store and buy every type of candy," Rooks continues. "We’d throw a little of this in and a little of that. We came up with all kinds of crazy flavors."

Many of the flavors over the years have been inspired by Rooks’ musician friends. Take Deep Purple Cow for instance, a flavor inspired by Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple. It features black raspberry ice cream with white and dark chocolate chips. Or Twisted Dee-Light, chocolate ice cream, fudge chunks, and brownies created by Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider.

"Steven (Tyler) still comes in the shop," Rooks says of the original Brookline, Mass. location. "He loves Chocolate Addiction."

While the signature menu boards still retain the groovy art from the chain’s roots, each store is allowed the latitude to create it’s own ambiance.

"A lot of the stores stick with the rock and roll theme," says Elanna Reiss, owner of the Greensboro location. "I do try to incorporate some of the cosmic aspect of it."

On those menu boards, you’ll find other flavors ($3.08-$4.67 per cone) like Red Hot Vanilla (inspired by Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Cookie Monster (created by a 10-year-old contest winner) and even Grasshopper Pie with Crème de Menthe Liqueur, Oreo cookies and chocolate flakes.

Emack and Bolio’s also specializes in smoothies ($3.97-$4.95) such as the Energizer with orange juice, nonfat yougure and strawberries or pull out all the stops with the Liquid Yoga ($4.20 and $5) with soy milk, Chai and nonfat vanilla yougure. Smoothies can be enahnced with some optional additives such as Echinacea, ginger and even Royal Jelly — a super nutritious honey fed only to fledgling queen bees.

Emack also offers Malted Frappes ($4.49), Sundaes ($4.25) a Banana Barge ($5.25) and even New York Egg Cream ($2.80).

For that little league soccer or baseball team there’s the Emack Attack ($29.95), 20 scoops of ice cream served up in one giant bowl with spoons to go around.

Emack and Bolio’s hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Look for representatives of Slow Food Piedmont Triad in a booth at the Greensboro Farmers Curb Market (501 Yanceyville St) from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday. For more information on this group advocating locally grown and consumed food, visit http://slowfoodpiedmont.org/.

It’s not often that a restaurant owner reaches out to his loyal patrons when things go south. But Salvatore "Sal" Bruno, formerly of Pasta n Vino and Salvino, did just that with a belated phone call regarding the closure of his recent venture, Europa Diner.

"After Memorial Day weekend, things just went down," Bruno says of the diner.

But he says, "I appreciate people who appreciate good things."

Bruno says he plans to return, focusing on what he does best: Italian food.

Restaurant opens on Monday

Undercurrent Restaurant (600 S. Elm St., Greensboro; 370-1266) begins serving lunch and dinner on Monday.

The new hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. until closing Monday through Saturday.

Have restaurant news for Short Orders? Contact Carl Wilson at 373-7145 or cwilson@news-record.com.
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Edited by SMF Cyndi 2006-09-13 6:02 PM