Without ice cream pioneers like Irvine Robbins and his brother-in-law Burt Baskin, we might not have someone like Tai Kim creating wacky deliciousness like pistachio/maple/riesling cherry or banana/peanut butter/bacon at Scoops. Robbins opened his first ice cream shop, Snowbird Ice Cream, in Glendale in 1945. He joined Baskin in 1948 to form Baskin-Robbins, which always offered 31 flavors, but Irv was always trying something new. From the LAT obit:

When the Dodgers came to Los Angeles in 1958, they were greeted with Baseball Nut, complete with raspberries for the umpires. Lunar Cheesecake was launched the day after man landed on the moon in 1969. At the height of Beatlemania in 1964, a reporter asked Robbins what flavor would salute the Fab Four; Baskin-Robbins had yet to invent one, but Robbins replied, "Uh, Beatle Nut, of course" and had it in stores in five days.

Filed under EaterWire, Frozen Treats, Ice Cream, Obituaries

Email this post to a friend

Email RIP Irvine Robbins, Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins

• Your friend's email address
• Your email address
• Note to your friend (optional)
• Antispam: What is 13 plus 11?
• or cancel (Email addresses are not saved or shared with outside parties.)

Comments feed for this post