History Of Chantilly Goods Ice Cream & Vintage Soda Fountain Shop

Chantilly Goods Vintage Soda Fountain was founded in June 2015. It is located in a historic building originally built in the 1800s.

The structure was originally a shoe and hat store, and a post office which was the settlement's staple corner store; bought in 1930 by Jebez and Miriam Reed whom opened a grocery market and later turned the business over to their son, Richard Reed, who maintained the business until 2010, when Reed's closed their doors. 

Joseph Priestly invented carbonated water in 1767 after meeting Ben Franklin and discussing many scientific methods. Seltzer water was supposedly used for health benefits in the 1800s and later became used with syrups of sorts to help make the taste of medicines more palatable. 

The “Making Of” Chantilly Goods:

The owners of Chantilly Goods purchased the building in 2012. They had no intention of opening an ice cream shop until a local ice cream parlor/mini-golf course closed and thought a good idea would be to bring quality ice cream to the historical town of Weissport. 

The old fashioned soda fountain idea came to fruition by Angela after finding drug bottles from the turn of the century in the floor joists while cleaning up the building, and the drug bottles are currently on display.

Angela, a pharmacist, explained to Jay about how all the pharmacies back in the day had soda fountains in their establishment.

Jay went crazy with his imagination and was excited that they could bring back history and have a sit-in location instead of serving ice cream out of a window.