I’m watching this and got teary eyed when the Owner said they are successful because of their employees. I live in Dandridge and I’ll be going to Frostee Freeze Sunday!
Taco Bell, Subway, KFC, Wendy’s, El Mariachi, Gatos Tacos, Red Door, McDonald’s, Hardee’s, Papa Johns, Little Caesars, Pizza Plus, and used to be (now T Mobile) Long John Silvers, and another Kat Kitchen but closed, Burger King used to be here, Sonic too, Frosty Freeze 2 was a thing I think.
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Love seeing these old school drive inns still cranking out delicious treats. We have one in Anne Arundel County, MD, Ann's Dairy Creme, that has been around since 1951!!! They had a large mall built behind them that tried to buy them out and move them into the food court. They told them to kiss off......today the Mall is all but vacant and Ann's has a line around the building every weekend!!!
Very interesting video. My dad was born and raised in Claiborne County. My Grandmother's maiden name was Sowder. A lot of my Drummonds ancestors are buried in Tazewell. I live in Maryland and need to get down to Tazewell soon.
We were down there Saturday May 13th and the place was packed. We couldn't find a parking place. Glad they are doing such a good business. Hopefully we will make it down again and are able to get in.
This is the best place around to eat. Great prices, friendly people, and wonderful food. All the food is delicious. Fast food places don’t even come close in any of those categories. Thank you for doing this series and including this amazing place.
I live in Connecticut, I never eat fast food, I haven't been to a McDonalds in probably 7 years...But last night I was running really late, and I stopped at their Drive-Thru, I got a Fish Filet sandwich, it was $6.98!!! I couldn't believe how expensive it was, that will be the last time I ever patronize them.
I love this video! We're in Johnson city and we had to close a business due to the pandemic. I'll tell you what, everyone realized they could work from home and that's where the majority of people are. I'm thankful for businesses like this! Long live the Frostee Freeze!!
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I just love this owner Martha of the Frosty! She is so compassionate and kind regarding her community, patrons, and her business. We need more owners like her in the USA. She proud of her business and how it’s touched the lives of her community. Thank you for your obedience serving us with these amazing videos. I really enjoy them.
John you are a marvelous person for bringing these stories to us. Ricky is a rare talent. He could be a rich man. These people are marvelous.I Watch your videos and enjoy them so much.
Loved the whole staff at Frostee Freeze. Thankful their doors are still opened. I wish we had more businesses like this. You know they do it right, and have for over 60 decades. Thanks John.
I was there 3/10/23 and absolutely loved everything about this place. The milkshakes are the best I have ever had in my life. The friendly service and food was totally astounding. Thank you so much for carrying on the tradition Travis
Oh and I forgot to say thank YOU for doing all you do for your community by documenting and telling the history! You do an awesome job! I also forgot to say how much I loved Martha at Tastee Freeze! They don't get any more real and good than this lady!
Simple, friendly and uncomplicated people not shoving agendas down everyone's throats like in the cities! So refreshing!! Says a lot about Tennessee!! 👍
Family restaurants that survive this long is what I like. I am a regular at a small mom and pop Vietnamese restaurant in Spokane Wa. During pandemic the owner was about to go under. Us regulars didnt want this to happen or let it. Owners son made sure it didnt. He set his dad up for take out orders. His son posted the change on Facebook. Owner was worried about quality changing, it didnt. Happy to say our community kept him going during hard times. My job transferred me about a year ago. When I go back to Spokane to visit relatives, I stop by the restaurant. Seen to many small places go under during pandemic. Hated to see that.
Thank your for sharing, I know what you mean about stores going out of business, times are harder nowadays. That is great that he continued to thrive. Thanks for watching
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I’ve had an opportunity to eat at the Frosty Freeze a few times as I was traveling through Tazwell. I really appreciate all that you are doing to record the historic hometown places in this region of Tennessee. God bless and I hope that you enjoy everyday. - Tennessee Smoky
Another great one John. Martha and the girls at Frostee Freeze are so precious and hard workers too. What wonderful history of the restaurant there in Tazewell. Hope to get through there soon. Thanks John, Martha, and The Girls, God Bless and Take Care 🙂.
A dedicated, caring owner with good hardworking employees delivering delicious food to the town and little has changed after all these years. Continual blessings to you and your staff🙂
Hey John, nice job. Worked a family DQ of 30 yrs. Know the hard work it takes to keep a place go'n like the Frostee Freeze. Loyal customers & great staff are a tribute to the honest, hard working owners. Hats off to everyone.........Bath, Oh.
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I really enjoyed seeing this old place still standing and doing so well. Amazing People, each and every one. I'm from the Boston, Massachusetts area and everything is so overgrown, you wouldn't find any cool history like this! :-)
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I'm from Boston and there's alot of cool history in and around Boston. There's even an old drive in close to a trail head coming off the Appalachian trail. It's been so long since I've been home, it may be called Neposet Drive In. It's pretty much the same way it was when I use to go as a child. Look into it, something to do come spring.
Are you joking? Boston. Beginning of this country . Revolutionary war. Does any of this ring a bell? Freedom trail. Boston tea party. lol. Been many times and the entire area is historic.
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Great video! Sounds and looks like a great place to eat. These places were in every small town and are about gone now. People growing up in today's world missed out on these types of restaurants where the food was made to order, fresh off the grill, and sometimes you could watch it being cooked from the counter. Kids and grownups only know Macdonald's and the like, and most have missed the experience of these home owned businesses where the quality of food and service far outweighs the franchise fast food joints. My grandchildren have never eaten at a restaurant like this since all these cafes and diners have sadly disappeared from our area. Brings back memories from my youth. Keep the videos coming!
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Thank you for staying open for your community and for travelers who find their way! I never thought I'd see the day when even if we're able to travel (post covid), there would be nowhere to eat! Crazy world but I'm so appreciative of the little businesses that fight like this one! I'd so much rather eat at an independent restaurant than a chain restaurant if there's a choice. Anyway, I'm saving this so we will remember to stop in if we're able to drive thru the Appalachian area again!
That's the MAIN GOAL of the EVIL gov. They want to Shut ALL of the little places & soon to be middle class places & have nothing but the Big Chain Restaurants... ((SO THEY CAN CONTROL THE POPULATION))
I've lived in Tazewell all my 65 years and we used to cruise the Freeze on Saturday nights when I was in high school in the 70's. It was what everybody did back then. They still make the best burgers around.
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God Bless you guys for carrying on a old tradition. I'm in Northwest Indiana and our old drivers and old root beer stands are slow but sure goin away. I hope everything is going well.
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@@theappalachianchannel Not a problem. My favorite places to go thru my life were where you are at. I'm disabled now but want to get out again to visit Mom and Pop diners,root beer stands and small non franchised restaurants. Except Waffle House. They kept me goin on the road 30 or so years when I visited my grandparents or my favorite aunts and uncles. Keep up the good work, Dennis
Thank you so very much for the memories. I was born at Claborine County Hospital. I grew up camping on Powell River and living on a houseboat on Norris Lake during the summer with my parents. We enjoyed eating at The Frostee Freeze every chance we got. A wonderful place to eat with great food. I hope you have a wonderful blessed evening.
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These are the types of businesses we all need to be supporting. Just like your neighborhood hardware store carpenter plumber, restaurants. Support local before the big corporations take over everything.
These wonderful small businesses are disappearing, sad to say. If I lived in the area, I would support the Frostee Freeze! God bless the folks who own the restaurant and the staff, too.
Very smart lady not to change things. Usually new owners want to come in and make a statement. In my opinion most of the time the changes are negative . Wish I was close enough to frequent that place.
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We may be heading down to the Smokies this week. If we get over to Tazewell I think we'll look this place up. Love watching your videos about the Appalachians.
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What a wonderful place to enjoy great food, and experience an authentic treasure of Americana at its best. John, the video is excellent. My wife and I will very much look forward to visiting the Frostee Freeze as part of our travels thru Tennessee. God bless and see you all later.
Small towns are wonderful places to grow up and live in and are best left alone , as people come into them and want and try to change them and the way they've done things and there never the same again.. it ruins them as the place I grew up in. Wonderful place and enjoy your videos
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This video was awesome 😎 i love seeing old general stores and old restaurants. It brings back wonderful memories. Thanks for all that you do. May God bless you all
Sure wish I lived over there instead of middle TN...I'd probably be at the Frostee Freeze everyday...LOL!!! That is so awesome that it is still there. I was saddened to hear that the drive in is gone now. We still have a working drive in here in Marshall County, TN. It opens in the spring and shows movies, then closes during the fall/winter months. The only difference now than when I was a kid is that you don't have those things you hang on your windows for the sound. You go to a radio station and listen to the movie from your car that way....I'm just glad that it is still standing and it's one of the few in the US that is....Great video....Thank you for sharing...:)
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my father run a south ga. swaunnee store in monticello fla. in the 50s and 60s but giving out credit made it hard to manaqge but i remember sitting behind the counter eating potato chips and drinking cokes. he sold buckets , 25lb flour bags. can goods cut meat to order , he started in ceder key with mr.gunther but that was before me, i love following you videos i wish i had a picture of the store but all i have is memories
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Love that you are doing these video's. It would make for a Great Vacation just going from one town and business place to the other. The Frostee Freeze is a must stop place for sure, such nice people! God Bless their long time service to the community!🙋♂️
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Great video with lovely folks! Honest to God, I couldn’t carry one box and a Coke out to a car without dropping something and they have to make change! Impressive…
Thanks John for sharing this series , the wife and i ar heading to the Smokies next week and thanks to your channel we are going to vist Tazewell . keep up the good work.
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I love near Seattle. And now I have a reason to come to that wonderful corner of the world. Count on us. Love what you stand for. We have a place near us that has a similar story, God bless you all.
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Love this place , use to circle it and the old Texaco that was above it , loved their fried hot dogs , corn dogs and best hamburger to this day. Anybody remember the old Texaco, I can't remember if it was a open station or not. But I sure do remember going through the Freeze 20- 30 times a weekend.
Really enjoy your video's! Love going back in time . Live in Charleston,SC & we had our share of these placesback in the 50's when I was a Teenager. Piggy Park Drive In
This was a great video. I love places like these. What a great place and I hope the daughters continue with the family business! My grandpa had a drive-in/dine-in restaurant called The Wheelburger in my hometown. It had big canopy on the front and left side so that cars could park in the front and a few on the side. The left side had wooden picnic tables so you could eat in the shade and get some fresh air. The entrance was on that side also. I remember going there as a little kid and dining in, my dad gave me a quarter for the jukebox, and first selection was “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” by Freddy Fender. My grandpa wasn’t the original owner. A man referred to as ZuZu owned it, which my dad worked for when he was in high school. We moved to another state after my dad served his time during the Vietnam War, so there was no one to take over once my grandpa retired. It burned down years later before I graduated high school, and there went an opportunity for me to take over.
@@theappalachianchannel I had to re-read my comment to see what I had said, and realized I didn’t write the last sentence correctly. I meant that my opportunity to take over the restaurant was dashed due to it burning down. It was never rebuilt, plus, I was in high school, then my grandpa died the year I graduated. I think the land went to my great uncle, and I went to college studying under a different field. Now, a Dollar General sits in its spot. Side note: My grandpa was General Omar Bradley’s personal driver from 1939 to the end of World War II. He also had some driving duties for General Eisenhower.
Love The mom and pop businesses. Sad to see so many go! Our family‘s Italian restaurant started in 1952 and my dad sold it in 1976….Just a fond memory!
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John, Love the channel. I really like the old stores and beautiful places you go. I have to say this though, Ralph and his store is what got me watching all of your videos. ( You have to bring Ralph to The Frosty Freeze) Thanks for the great videos, I am planning our stops when we go on vacation in a couple of weeks, and this is a must eat at place. Keep up the good work.
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I’m watching this and got teary eyed when the Owner said they are successful because of their employees. I live in Dandridge and I’ll be going to Frostee Freeze Sunday!
I believe it is now closed on Sundays
I wish we still had places like this in N.H.. Instead of chain, after chain, after chain. God BLESS to all.
Keep them big franchises outa small towns takin personality away .❤this place !
McDonald's and Hardees are across the street
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Taco Bell, Subway, KFC, Wendy’s, El Mariachi, Gatos Tacos, Red Door, McDonald’s, Hardee’s, Papa Johns, Little Caesars, Pizza Plus, and used to be (now T Mobile) Long John Silvers, and another Kat Kitchen but closed, Burger King used to be here, Sonic too, Frosty Freeze 2 was a thing I think.
God bless you all 😇 🙏 be safe and enjoy your success
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what an awesome place and the ladies that have been there for so many years..
raised in TAZEWELL ate there all my life .my kids grandkids and now great grandkids me and frosty is the same age
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Love seeing these old school drive inns still cranking out delicious treats. We have one in Anne Arundel County, MD, Ann's Dairy Creme, that has been around since 1951!!! They had a large mall built behind them that tried to buy them out and move them into the food court. They told them to kiss off......today the Mall is all but vacant and Ann's has a line around the building every weekend!!!
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Very interesting video. My dad was born and raised in Claiborne County. My Grandmother's maiden name was Sowder. A lot of my Drummonds ancestors are buried in Tazewell. I live in Maryland and need to get down to Tazewell soon.
We were down there Saturday May 13th and the place was packed. We couldn't find a parking place. Glad they are doing such a good business. Hopefully we will make it down again and are able to get in.
This is the best place around to eat. Great prices, friendly people, and wonderful food. All the food is delicious. Fast food places don’t even come close in any of those categories. Thank you for doing this series and including this amazing place.
Couldn't agree more!
I live in Connecticut, I never eat fast food, I haven't been to a McDonalds in probably 7 years...But last night I was running really late, and I stopped at their Drive-Thru, I got a Fish Filet sandwich, it was $6.98!!! I couldn't believe how expensive it was, that will be the last time I ever patronize them.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this 👍. I enjoyed the video
You’re welcome it’s my pleasure
I love this video! We're in Johnson city and we had to close a business due to the pandemic. I'll tell you what, everyone realized they could work from home and that's where the majority of people are. I'm thankful for businesses like this! Long live the Frostee Freeze!!
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I just love this owner Martha of the Frosty! She is so compassionate and kind regarding her community, patrons, and her business. We need more owners like her in the USA. She proud of her business and how it’s touched the lives of her community. Thank you for your obedience serving us with these amazing videos. I really enjoy them.
Very very awesome
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John you are a marvelous person for bringing these stories to us. Ricky is a rare talent. He could be a rich man. These people are marvelous.I Watch your videos and enjoy them so much.
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Long Live the Family Business 👍
yes for sure Long Live the Family Business 👍
AMEN 👍🏼✝️
Absolutely love THIS VIDEO, wow I could almost smell the food, and the people are so wonderful.
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved the whole staff at Frostee Freeze. Thankful their doors are still opened. I wish we had more businesses like this. You know they do it right, and have for over 60 decades. Thanks John.
We agree!
I love this place.i live in Lawrence county Ky but my son now lives in Tazewell just across the road from the Frostee Freeze
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I was there 3/10/23 and absolutely loved everything about this place. The milkshakes are the best I have ever had in my life. The friendly service and food was totally astounding. Thank you so much for carrying on the tradition
Travis
My pleasure
Oh and I forgot to say thank YOU for doing all you do for your community by documenting and telling the history! You do an awesome job! I also forgot to say how much I loved Martha at Tastee Freeze! They don't get any more real and good than this lady!
You’re so very welcome. It’s been my passion for years
The fact she has so many long time employees says a lot about her as a person and boss!
Simple, friendly and uncomplicated people not shoving agendas down everyone's throats like in the cities! So refreshing!! Says a lot about Tennessee!! 👍
Family restaurants that survive this long is what I like. I am a regular at a small mom and pop Vietnamese restaurant in Spokane Wa. During pandemic the owner was about to go under. Us regulars didnt want this to happen or let it. Owners son made sure it didnt. He set his dad up for take out orders. His son posted the change on Facebook. Owner was worried about quality changing, it didnt. Happy to say our community kept him going during hard times. My job transferred me about a year ago. When I go back to Spokane to visit relatives, I stop by the restaurant. Seen to many small places go under during pandemic. Hated to see that.
Thank your for sharing, I know what you mean about stores going out of business, times are harder nowadays. That is great that he continued to thrive. Thanks for watching
Now that’s how mature, true Americans run a business. All of you that work there and the owners deserve 👏👏👏👏. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you for your videos sir
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I’ve had an opportunity to eat at the Frosty Freeze a few times as I was traveling through Tazwell. I really appreciate all that you are doing to record the historic hometown places in this region of Tennessee. God bless and I hope that you enjoy everyday. - Tennessee Smoky
its a stop worth making, I know I stop there overtime that I'm in Tazewell.
Another great one John.
Martha and the girls at Frostee Freeze are so precious and hard workers too. What wonderful history of the restaurant there in Tazewell. Hope to get through there soon. Thanks John, Martha, and The Girls, God Bless and Take Care 🙂.
Glad you enjoyed it
stopped there years ago and enjoyed it might need to return
Come on back, they'd love to have you!
A dedicated, caring owner with good hardworking employees delivering delicious food to the town and little has changed after all these years. Continual blessings to you and your staff🙂
Hey John, nice job. Worked a family DQ of 30 yrs. Know the hard work it takes to keep a place go'n like the Frostee Freeze. Loyal customers & great staff are a tribute to the honest, hard working owners. Hats off to everyone.........Bath, Oh.
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❤️WOW..Loved this special place, great people and great food…looks yummy
The food is good and the Ice Cream! Stop in if you ever pass through New Tazewell, Tennessee! Thanks for watching my channel
I really enjoyed seeing this old place still standing and doing so well. Amazing People, each and every one. I'm from the Boston, Massachusetts area and everything is so overgrown, you wouldn't find any cool history like this! :-)
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I'm from Boston and there's alot of cool history in and around Boston. There's even an old drive in close to a trail head coming off the Appalachian trail. It's been so long since I've been home, it may be called Neposet Drive In.
It's pretty much the same way it was when I use to go as a child.
Look into it, something to do come spring.
Are you joking? Boston. Beginning of this country . Revolutionary war. Does any of this ring a bell? Freedom trail. Boston tea party. lol. Been many times and the entire area is historic.
I love that you’re a loyal business owner to the people! I’m hoping to visit when I visit Tennessee again. Thank you!
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My home town. I've eaten here many times. Great video! Thank you!
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Great video! Sounds and looks like a great place to eat. These places were in every small town and are about gone now. People growing up in today's world missed out on these types of restaurants where the food was made to order, fresh off the grill, and sometimes you could watch it being cooked from the counter. Kids and grownups only know Macdonald's and the like, and most have missed the experience of these home owned businesses where the quality of food and service far outweighs the franchise fast food joints. My grandchildren have never eaten at a restaurant like this since all these cafes and diners have sadly disappeared from our area. Brings back memories from my youth. Keep the videos coming!
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We've got a place like this in Canton, Georgia, but it is a drive in style. It is known as Jiffy Freeze.
Thank you for staying open for your community and for travelers who find their way! I never thought I'd see the day when even if we're able to travel (post covid), there would be nowhere to eat! Crazy world but I'm so appreciative of the little businesses that fight like this one! I'd so much rather eat at an independent restaurant than a chain restaurant if there's a choice. Anyway, I'm saving this so we will remember to stop in if we're able to drive thru the Appalachian area again!
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That's the MAIN GOAL of the EVIL gov. They want to Shut ALL of the little places & soon to be middle class places & have nothing but the Big Chain Restaurants... ((SO THEY CAN CONTROL THE POPULATION))
I've lived in Tazewell all my 65 years and we used to cruise the Freeze on Saturday nights when I was in high school in the 70's. It was what everybody did back then. They still make the best burgers around.
What a gem to have! Great story appreciate it!
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God Bless you guys for carrying on a old tradition. I'm in Northwest Indiana and our old drivers and old root beer stands are slow but sure goin away. I hope everything is going well.
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@@theappalachianchannel Not a problem. My favorite places to go thru my life were where you are at. I'm disabled now but want to get out again to visit Mom and Pop diners,root beer stands and small non franchised restaurants. Except Waffle House. They kept me goin on the road 30 or so years when I visited my grandparents or my favorite aunts and uncles. Keep up the good work, Dennis
Thank you for your kind comment.
All the workers are all lovely especially that 24 years old young women looks like a very hard worker!
Yes!
Absolutely love this thank you for sharing another awesome video
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Thank you so very much for the memories. I was born at Claborine County Hospital. I grew up camping on Powell River and living on a houseboat on Norris Lake during the summer with my parents. We enjoyed eating at The Frostee Freeze every chance we got. A wonderful place to eat with great food. I hope you have a wonderful blessed evening.
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I love to see businesses like this thrive. May God bless this business and keep the family well and strong to keep it going.
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Great video I love to get down there &see some of those places u go too
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Those three ladies have done a wonderful job.
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These are the types of businesses we all need to be supporting. Just like your neighborhood hardware store carpenter plumber, restaurants. Support local before the big corporations take over everything.
I miss Frostee Freeze. I loved the cheeseburgers!! I could never find a replacement! Come back to me😅
These wonderful small businesses are disappearing, sad to say. If I lived in the area, I would support the Frostee Freeze! God bless the folks who own the restaurant and the staff, too.
God Bless you as well and thanks so much for your comment
Great video. Highlighting the local are was awesome. I am in mascot now I need to drive here and eat. Thanks
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Love these older places thanks for sharing
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Very smart lady not to change things. Usually new owners want to come in and make a statement. In my opinion most of the time the changes are negative . Wish I was close enough to frequent that place.
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A fantastic place and even better the people are priceless. Thanks for these great videos of true Americans.
Wow beautiful history! I don’t remember ever eating there. I’ll have to give them a try soon
Frostee Freeze Drive-In
1617 N Broad St, Tazewell, TN 37879
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We may be heading down to the Smokies this week. If we get over to Tazewell I think we'll look this place up. Love watching your videos about the Appalachians.
Please do!
Another great video, thanks John.
You’re welcome
I'm in chattanooga and hopefully soon we can take a ride and check it out
Please do!
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What a wonderful place to enjoy great food, and experience an authentic treasure of Americana at its best. John, the video is excellent. My wife and I will very much look forward to visiting the Frostee Freeze as part of our travels thru Tennessee. God bless and see you all later.
Thanks. Her is the info to get there.
Frostee Freeze Drive-In
1617 N Broad St, Tazewell, TN 37879
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Small towns are wonderful places to grow up and live in and are best left alone , as people come into them and want and try to change them and the way they've done things and there never the same again.. it ruins them as the place I grew up in. Wonderful place and enjoy your videos
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I really enjoyed this video. A place like my generation grew up in.
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I grew up in New Tazewell I've lived in Ohio now for 20 years every time I come in I always stop at the Frosty Freeze
when I would go out with a friend we would always eat at the Frosty Freeze I miss it good times
This video was awesome 😎 i love seeing old general stores and old restaurants. It brings back wonderful memories. Thanks for all that you do. May God bless you all
Sure wish I lived over there instead of middle TN...I'd probably be at the Frostee Freeze everyday...LOL!!! That is so awesome that it is still there. I was saddened to hear that the drive in is gone now. We still have a working drive in here in Marshall County, TN. It opens in the spring and shows movies, then closes during the fall/winter months. The only difference now than when I was a kid is that you don't have those things you hang on your windows for the sound. You go to a radio station and listen to the movie from your car that way....I'm just glad that it is still standing and it's one of the few in the US that is....Great video....Thank you for sharing...:)
they are not many drive in movie theaters anymore for sure..
Awesome!
Thanks
WOW, Thanks. 👏👏👏
My pleasure. Thanks for watching
I love these ladies and their place. Well done ladies.
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@@theappalachianchannel i love your channel. It is one of my favorites. Thank you.
my father run a south ga. swaunnee store in monticello fla. in the 50s and 60s but giving out credit made it hard to manaqge but i remember sitting behind the counter eating potato chips and drinking cokes. he sold buckets , 25lb flour bags. can goods cut meat to order , he started in ceder key with mr.gunther but that was before me, i love following you videos i wish i had a picture of the store but all i have is memories
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I used to eat there a lot. I grew up near there in Jonesville VA. It was the place to go back in the 70s.
Cool, we love these places and will go to many more once we get our camper and start traveling more to give you all more good videos. Thanks for watching
When I was a kid I would go get ice cream cones I would always get a different color animal cracker I miss living there
great memories
Love that you are doing these video's. It would make for a Great Vacation just going from one town and business place to the other. The Frostee Freeze is a must stop place for sure, such nice people! God Bless their long time service to the community!🙋♂️
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Great video with lovely folks!
Honest to God, I couldn’t carry one box and a Coke out to a car without dropping something and they have to make change! Impressive…
It's funny because I bet they make a lot of tips just because the customers feel bad making them get change while holding all that stuff. 😆
What a wonderful place
Coming for a visit
Loved the show. So happy for them all. God Bless
God bless you too
Thanks John for sharing this series , the wife and i ar heading to the Smokies next week and thanks to your channel we are going to vist Tazewell . keep up the good work.
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We absolutely LOVE eating here! Awesome food, awesome service.
Us too!
Loved this story John. Such sweet ladies.
Glad you enjoyed it
We ate here today and the food was great thanks for the good food love the Carter family
Thank you John. This is just awesome.
You're very welcome
If we are ever in this area, we will certainly stop by..what a gem…Thank you.
Awesome! I know that they would love to have you!
I love near Seattle. And now I have a reason to come to that wonderful corner of the world. Count on us. Love what you stand for. We have a place near us that has a similar story, God bless you all.
Thanks a million.
So good to hear people who want to keep it the same and good staff
Thank you for making this. What a wonderful place and story. Now it's on my bucket list.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching
This is my kind of place👍
same here
The burgers with the toasted buns...the only way! Yum.
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Love this place , use to circle it and the old Texaco that was above it , loved their fried hot dogs , corn dogs and best hamburger to this day. Anybody remember the old Texaco, I can't remember if it was a open station or not. But I sure do remember going through the Freeze 20- 30 times a weekend.
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Really enjoy your video's! Love going back in time . Live in Charleston,SC & we had our share of these placesback in the 50's when I was a Teenager. Piggy Park Drive In
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This was a great video. I love places like these. What a great place and I hope the daughters continue with the family business!
My grandpa had a drive-in/dine-in restaurant called The Wheelburger in my hometown. It had big canopy on the front and left side so that cars could park in the front and a few on the side. The left side had wooden picnic tables so you could eat in the shade and get some fresh air. The entrance was on that side also.
I remember going there as a little kid and dining in, my dad gave me a quarter for the jukebox, and first selection was “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” by Freddy Fender. My grandpa wasn’t the original owner. A man referred to as ZuZu owned it, which my dad worked for when he was in high school. We moved to another state after my dad served his time during the Vietnam War, so there was no one to take over once my grandpa retired. It burned down years later before I graduated high school, and there went an opportunity for me to take over.
Are you still in business?
@@theappalachianchannel I had to re-read my comment to see what I had said, and realized I didn’t write the last sentence correctly. I meant that my opportunity to take over the restaurant was dashed due to it burning down. It was never rebuilt, plus, I was in high school, then my grandpa died the year I graduated. I think the land went to my great uncle, and I went to college studying under a different field. Now, a Dollar General sits in its spot.
Side note: My grandpa was General Omar Bradley’s personal driver from 1939 to the end of World War II. He also had some driving duties for General Eisenhower.
Love The mom and pop businesses. Sad to see so many go! Our family‘s Italian restaurant started in 1952 and my dad sold it in 1976….Just a fond memory!
Wow that’s great thanks for sharing your memory and thanks for watching
Wish I had a great place like this where I live.
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If I'm passing through, I will make it a point to stop and eat there!
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I love these old places. They always have great food.
Excellent Video! Pure Americana!
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When I was a kid it wasn't Frostee Freeze it was Tasty Freeze and we loved it so much!
Thank you for this video !
My pleasure!
This is very sweet with the family and such nostalgia.
I live in Michigan but really enjoyed this.
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I absolutely appreciated this video I loved hearing all the stories it takes me back to a simpler time ill be coming through there to check them out
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John, Love the channel. I really like the old stores and beautiful places you go. I have to say this though, Ralph and his store is what got me watching all of your videos. ( You have to bring Ralph to The Frosty Freeze) Thanks for the great videos, I am planning our stops when we go on vacation in a couple of weeks, and this is a must eat at place. Keep up the good work.
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Great video love those kinds of places, they're the best places to eat 😊
I ate there a lot as a child.
I grew up in New Tazewell .
There was also a drive in across the street until the 1980's.
I was very impressed by the Owner and her Daughters, I would Definitely stop here to eat while visiting the area!
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OUTSTANDING!
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