Margie Page-Prusia called her creative director Shannon Blanc with a sweet assignment. “She told me about some ice cream pops she saw (on social media) and asked me to help with product development,” said Blanc, the cake creator at Page’s ice cream shop on Pittsburgh’s South Side. “I love a
It’s one of the first signs of spring — even on a snowy day. Page Dairy Mart on the South Side—now Page’s—opened for the season Wednesday. “People wait months for opening day,” said Margie Page-Prusia, on Tuesday, as she tested the ice cream machine swirling a vanilla cone. “We are
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At 10 years old, Chuck Page began working for the family business.
He cleaned milkshake collars stainless steel attachments used to keep ice cream from splattering from the top of a paper cup when blending ingredients.
Fifty-seven years later, he’s still at the milkshake machine.
“I love ice cream,” said Page, whose great-grandfather Charles Alexander Page founded Page Dairy Mart in 1951. It’s located at the corner of Becks Run Road and East Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side. His great-great-grandfather bought the land from the Hays family in 1916. The Page family is from West Mifflin.
“I don’t mind cleaning those collars. It’s a necessary part of the business,” he said. “It’s what you do to keep things going.”