Chico / California / United States
"We make our own," says it all for this Chico institution! Begun in 1938 when Leonard C. Shubert left Montana, at age 54, to find a location in California for an ice cream shop. His nephew, Charles Pulliam, Sr., joined him three years later and then bought the business from Shuberts widow in 1951. Not only is Shuberts Ice Cream & Candy in the same building in downtown Chico, but it also uses one of Leonard Shuberts original 5-gallon ice cream-making machines. And the business is still in the same family, currently with three generations of Pulliams making ice cream, rolling out candies and dipping chocolates right on the premises. This unbroken connection to Chicos history and to traditional entrepreneurship is reflected in the familys dedication to maintaining the highest standard of quality in their products. Everything at Shuberts is still hand made with local, pure ingredients: the butter, cream, honey and nuts are delivered weekly from family-owned farms surrou nding Chico. The seasonal favorites, such as boysenberry ice cream in the spring, watermelon sherbet in the summer and pumpkin ice cream in fall, all contain locally grown produce to give it that distinctive homemade taste. And thats what Shuberts is really all about, distinctive homemade taste. Come in to the shop and sample a bit of Chico history!
