Meadows Original Frozen Custard to Open Monday at Former Cranberry Creamery

The frozen custard franchise will give away free small cones as part of its grand opening.

After months of construction, the new Meadows Original Frozen Custard on Route 19 is readying to open its door Monday, March 11 at the former Cranberry Creamery. While the business, part of a family-owned franchise, will be open all week, owner Joe Bier said the Meadows would hold its grand opening Saturday March 16 and Sunday, March 17. On both days, Meadows will offer free small cones to all customers as a way to let them experience the products for the first time, Bier said. There also will be frozen custard cake and gift card giveaways. Bier, who co-owns the Cranberry location with his wife, Jodi, has been renovating the former Cranberry Creamery since November. Besides changes to the interior, the couple has painted over the building’…

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Meadows Original Frozen Custard Taking Over Former Cranberry Creamery

Husband and wife team Joe and Jodi Bier plan to open the new business this winter.

Growing up in Indiana, Pa., Joe and Jodi Bier would head to the local Meadows Original Frozen Custard stand whenever they were in the mood for a cool treat. They weren’t the only ones. “Any time you would go there, it would be busy,” said Joe Bier. Now the husband-and-wife team, married for one year, is hoping to enjoy the same success with their own branch of the frozen custard chain, opening soon at the former Cranberry Creamery on Route 19 in Cranberry. “It’s definitely different from anything else around here,” Jodi Bier said.  The couple, both 2007 graduates of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said they were planning to start their own business when they learned Meadows, which originally opened in the central part of the state, was…

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Vote for the best place to get a frozen treat in the Cranberry area.

Whether you prefer an ice cream cone, a milkshake, a sundae, or maybe frozen yogurt, there’s nothing like a cool treat on a hot summer night.  So where do you go for ice cream? In the Cranberry area there are plenty of options, including the Cranberry Creamery along Route 19, The Dairy Queen (which has locations on Route 19 in Cranberry, along Route 228 in Adams Township and on Perry Highway in Harmony), Scherer's Ice Cream on Rochester Road, Bruster's Ice Cream on Route 228, Young's Custard Stand in Zelienople or Zimmerman's Ice Cream in Evans City. For frozen treats, there's also Rita's Italian Ice, YuM Frozen Yogurt, TCBY and Sincerely Yogurt, all located in Cranberry. We’ve put a list of nominations into a poll for your vote. If there’…

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