Former employee resurrects the Wapello Dairy Bar
Sue Rollinger, the previous owner of the Dairy Bar, closed up shop in 2010, and since the building had been host to a pizza place and a sandwich shop.
Ashby, a Wapello native, who had lived in Chicago since 1995, bought the building and went about remodeling the interior much the way the Dairy Bar looked back in the day.
The Big Steve burger is back, which is a takeoff of McDonalds Big Mac, as it is made with two beef patties, three buns and a secret thousand island sauce.
On the ice cream side of the business, shakes are a popular item.
The Flurry, the eatery's version of Dairy Queen's Blizzard, also is popular with the cookie dough version the most requested.
Ashby plans to add a couple of picnic tables to the facility's north side, which received a new concrete slab.
Ashby opened June 9, and already has had plenty of high school students as customers, plus patrons who worked at the Dairy Bar over the years.
With the Wapello Dairy Bar, Ashby hopes to create a lot of new hometown memories for residents, while also serving those travelers making their way through town on U.S. 61.