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NO LONGER AT MN STATE FAIR
"Rainbow Ice Cream has been a Minnesota State Fair tradition since 1930.

Our blend of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla flavored ice cream is swirled in a colorful mix and served in a waffle or cake cone."

11/16/2021

PRESS RELEASE

Rainbow Ice Cream/Davis Family says Goodbye to the State Fair

In business at the Minnesota State Fair since 1929, Rainbow Ice Cream owned by generations of the Davis Family, will be selling at online auction. After the death of family member, Greg Tetrault, current owners, Maxine and Lynn Davis say the time has come.

YUM! Owner Patti Soskin, local food guru Sue Zelickson, Newscaster Aaron Brown are only three of hundreds of entrepreneurs, lawyers, teachers, & doctors who learned the value of hard work scooping ice cream for the Davis Family.

Started by brothers Barney & Jim Davis, Davis Concessions began in one small wooden booth selling Strawberry-Chocolate-Vanilla ice cream and Caramel Apples. Over 90 years, they sold apple cider at the Ag Building, War Surplus after WWII, they brought Sno Cones and “hop-off-hop-on” buses to Fairgoers in the 1950s.

In 1965 Jimmy Davis brought Belgian Waffles -- and the French-speaking Belgians -- directly from the NY City World’s Fair. Then there were Bomb Pops, the Potato Man & Sweetie, Lingonberry and Bacon Ice Cream, and Thai Rolled Ice Cream. The Rainbow name continued into the 21st Century with the Rainbow Cloud Roll.

Food stands, food service equipment, old coke and soda-pop signage and more are all up for bid at online auction. Auction Masters, a local online auction company, is managing this sale. Other iconic Twin Cities businesses Auction Masters has helped liquidate are Roller Gardens, Nye’s Polonaise Room, Thunderbird Ramada in Bloomington, and Porky’s Drive Thru in St. Paul.

This sale starts closing November 22 at 6pm. This is a direct link to the auction: https://bid.auctionmasters.com/ui/auctions/71376
Equipment in-person viewing will be Mondays 11/15 & 11/22 from 9am-5pm.

Davis Concessions Contact:
Maxine Davis, [email protected], 612-805-0146
Auction Masters Contact:
Sarah Ness, [email protected], 612-232-248

08/16/2021

🚨Announcement 🚨

Rainbow Ice Cream will be absent at this year’s Minnesota State Fair.

See you next edition!

07/02/2021

Rainbow Ice Cream is hiring for the duration of Minnesota State Fair! Positions available for our concession stands outside and in the Grandstand! If interested leave us a voice mail or email👇

12/07/2020

Did you enjoy our lingonberry ice cream at Minnesota State Fair in the past? Good news! We are now delivering across US and in the Twin Cities 13-County Metropolitan area.
More details here : https://www.lingonberryicecream.com/s/order

11/24/2020

Until this fall, this Lingonberry Ice Cream could only be found at the Minnesota State Fair. Luckily, the “rose-tinted goodness” (Rick Nelson, Star Tribune) is now available at www.lingonberryicecream.com. Visit for details and create a new holiday tradition full of lingonberry memories at your seasonal winter table. Your ice cream will be hand-delivered in the 13-county Metro area or shipped around the country for your enjoyment.
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11/11/2020

Missing our Lingonberry Ice Cream? Now you don't have to wait until the next Minnesota State Fair to have a taste. It can be ordered online directly to your house at www.lingonberryicecream.com. Just in time for the holiday season!
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11/05/2020

We got news! Now you can order the much loved roses-colored LINGONBERRY ICE CREAM to indulge your family, your friends - and yourself - this holiday season!

*Minimum order 2 pints. More details at
www.lingonberryicecream.com
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08/07/2020

August 8 & August 9 will be our last weekend at Minnehaha Scoop ( 3352 Minnehaha Ave, Mlps)! Stop by this Saturday or Sunday between 2pm and 6pm to try our Rainbow Cloud Roll, an ice cream cotton candy burrito that was a hit at the 2018 Minnesota State Fair 😋

08/06/2020

This weekend (August 8 & August 9) is the LAST CHANCE to get your Rainbow Cloud Roll until probably the 2021 Minnesota State Fair. Find us between 2pm - 6pm at Minnehaha Scoop (3352 Minnehaha Ave, Mlps).
Photo Credit: Weve Tried It

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1265 Snelling Avenue N
Saint Paul, MN
55108

Website

http://rainbowicecream.net/

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Our History

In 1927 two brothers, Barney and Jim Davis, hammered together a few boards to make a concession stand -- and started selling ice cream at the Minnesota State Fair. They sold chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. Each day they ran out of one flavor or the other. So, they asked a friend at Northland Ice Cream if he could make an ice cream combining all three flavors together. TA DA! The birth of “Rainbow Ice Cream” at the Minnesota State Fair. In 1905 Harry Brooks, an enterprising 12-year-old with a horse cart, started selling produce. With a family recipe for caramel he started making Caramel Apples -- and Barney and Jim sold those as well. In the 1950s Jimmy Davis was traveling the mountains of Peru. On the side of the road he saw a man selling chipped ice with sweet colored flavoring on it. They were obviously popular, and they sold well during the heat of the day. A few years in the U.S., a commercial ice chopper making “snow” was developed. Remembering the chipped-ice in Peru, Jim bought one machine. During the summer heat of the State Fair that first snow cone was a hit – first selling for 5¢. Over the years Barney & Jim tried new food items yearly. From the 1964 NY World’s Fair came “Belgium Waffles.” They even tried a round Ding-Dog in the 1950s. New novelties came and went, but the eternal taste treats are always: Rainbow Ice Cream, Sno Cones, and Caramel Apples.