The Cold War: Epic Story of an Ice Cream Truck Turf War in Salem, Oregon
September 3, 2015 3:06 PM   Subscribe

"What began as a simple turf war, erupted into an all out ice cream offensive. Before long, the two men couldn’t even remember why they were fighting. Soon, they were on the verge of destroying the thing they loved the most: the joy of ice cream. " The Cold War (via Epic Magazine)
posted by spock (14 comments total) 20 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is a great story.

If my experience with Mexican paletas is anything to go by, Efrain's product is likely far superior to the classic American junk. Pepino (cucumber) con chile, por favor!
posted by Fnarf at 4:19 PM on September 3, 2015


Comfort and Joy, set in Salem.
posted by gingerbeer at 4:23 PM on September 3, 2015 [2 favorites]


or, to go back one further, the totally real Glasgow Ice Cream Wars, set in Salem
posted by JauntyFedora at 4:32 PM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


This is a great read! Not sure if I'm relieved or disappointed that there were no horse heads involved.

(spoiler alert: there are no horse heads involved)
posted by a halcyon day at 4:39 PM on September 3, 2015


Jean Shepherd - The Ice Cream War.
posted by plastic_animals at 5:25 PM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


Why can't we all just get along?
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 5:50 PM on September 3, 2015 [8 favorites]


Hey, I wrote that. Yeah, that was the Story That Kept Giving. The deeper we dug, the deeper it went.
posted by gottabefunky at 7:09 PM on September 3, 2015 [25 favorites]


Were there any moments of stress when you thought you might run out of ice cream puns?

("Bloody Sundae" is the type of thing that makes me giggle while booing.)
posted by Drastic at 7:24 PM on September 3, 2015


Oh yay gottabefunky! Great read.
posted by pipoquinha at 8:07 PM on September 3, 2015


Nope, although we did take a truck out one afternoon just to see what it was like, and I ended up sideswiping a parked car. No kids in sight, luckily.
posted by gottabefunky at 9:37 PM on September 3, 2015


Behind the wheel was a man who’d weathered more than his share of freezer burn and inane music: Efrain Escobar.

For some reason, that sentence is one of the best things that I've ever read on the internet.
posted by veedubya at 7:24 AM on September 4, 2015 [1 favorite]


How is it that every ice-cream truck war eventually results in something (or someone) being set on fire? Some sort of elemental karmic balance? Or just good old-fashioned irony?
posted by McCoy Pauley at 7:36 AM on September 4, 2015


This is screaming to be a movie. Who wants to see this movie?
posted by Barbariolio at 11:15 AM on September 4, 2015 [1 favorite]


I scream,
you scream,
we all scream
for icecream! (movies)
posted by quinndexter at 7:43 AM on September 6, 2015


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