Discount Carvel Ice Cream Cone For Anniversary

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly said the cone offer was free. It is not. Carvel is selling 85-cent cones or cups for its anniversary. Patch regrets the error.

Want a soft-serve ice cream cone for less money? Well, Carvel is celebrating its 85th anniversary and selling an 85-cent junior soft ice cream cone or cup Thursday, May 2.

According to the Carvel website, it's only one per person, "but bring as many people as you want."

In the Hudson Valley, there are Carvel shops in White Plains, Hartsdale, Ardsley, New Rochelle, Nanuet, Bedford Hills, Jefferson Valley, Cortlandt Manor, Poughkeepsie, Carmel and Middletown, among other locations.

Check for a Carvel shop near you here.

Founder Thomas Carvel was brought to the U.S. from Greece as a child. At age 26, he moved to Hartsdale in Westchester County.

According to a Carvel spokeswoman, he borrowed $15 from his future wife and began selling ice cream from a truck. On Memorial Day weekend in 1934, his truck got a flat tire and he pulled his trailer into a parking lot next to a pottery store and started selling his ice cream to people who pulled off the road after seeing his truck.

From there he eventually bought the pottery store and permanently established himself as the first retailer to develop and market soft ice cream.

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