Dandy Don’s
16760 Stagg St. (bet. Balboa Blvd. & Hayvenhurst Ave.),
Van Nuys, 818-994-0111
Every day 9am-5pm

A specialty caterer who lives and breathes ice cream, turning every event (they’ve handled groups from 25 to 16,000) into a fantasyland of mile-high sundaes with scores of toppings served from rolling carts, allowing kids of all ages to create the concoctions their parents never permitted; in other words, if you’ve always dreamed of mounds of ice cream topped with a dozen maraschino cherries, Dandy Don will make that dream come true.

Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? Pretty soon you’ll hear radio and television advertisements for ice cream playing hourly. Your customers will hear them, too. This could be a good time to start serving Dandy Don’s ice cream. Dandy Don’s makes super premium ice cream every day in Van Nuys. Juan Hovey of the L.A. Times calls it, “the best ice cream made by mortal man.”

Our flavors have won gold medals at the L.A. County Fair in 1996, ‘97, ‘98, and ‘99. I’m talking about vanilla, vanilla bean, chocolate, strawberry, cappuccino crunch, and white pistachio.

Over 115 restaurants and hotels in the L.A. area serve our ice cream to their demanding clients. Restaurants like Eladio’s in Santa Barbara, Mandevilla in Westlake Village, Fins Seafood Grill in Calabasas and Westlake Village, Crustacean in Beverly Hills, Flint’s in Santa Monica, Geoffrey’s in Malibu, Joe’s in Venice, The Beach House in L.A., La Scala in Beverly Hills, and Saddle Peak Lodge in Calabasas.

Hotels and country clubs include Century Plaza Hotel, Luxe Summit Hotel, Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club, Sheraton Cerritos, Wilshire Grand Hotel and Centre, Sportsmen’s Lodge and Braemar Country Club.

Please give us a call at 1 800 DANDY DON or 818. 994. 0111. We can talk about ice cream. The first scoop is on us.

Los Angeles Times
Valley Life footnotes
Friday, May 14, 1999

Summertime and the livin’ is easy. And it’s also the time for outdoor parties. Memorial Day, graduation, a June wedding, Fourth of July, successfully folding your laundry, or just about anything are all ample causes to celebrate.

So, you’re going to have a party. Now only one question remains: Will your party be one that friends will remember for years or one they would just as soon forget?

Dandy Don’s Ice Cream Sundae Bar Catering 818 994 0111 can provide ice cream sundaes for your party. Dandy Don’s ice cream, served at several area restaurants including all Cafe Bizous, all Maria’s Italian Kitchens and the Saddle Peak Lodge, is pre-scooped in disposable cups. Owner Don Whittemore recommends keeping it simple – vanilla, chocolate, nonfat sorbet – with a choice of as many as 35 toppings. Dandy Don’s award-winning ice cream for 50 guests costs about $300.

Dandy Don’s Ice Cream is staffing up for a heavy season of creating ice cream socials now that the warm weather is upon us. We just finished serving homemade ice cream topped with hot fudge, nuts, and other goodies to the television shows “ER” and “The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno,” and the charity Make-A-Wish Foundation. All in one day!

Recently, Dandy Don’s created ice cream socials for the cast and crew of the still-in-production Mel Gibson movie “What Women Want,” and to the chefs of all the Wolfgang Puck Cafes for their annual convention in Santa Monica.

If you want the happy servers at Dandy Don’s to bring homemade ice cream and 10-35 toppings to your party, call them now at 800 DANDY DON or 818. 994. 0111.

Dandy Don’s HomeMade Ice Cream makes ice cream for over 115 restaurants and hotels in the L.A. area and has created ice cream socials for hundreds of clients since 1981 (see the enclosed list of current T.V. and film sundae bar customers).

Also enclosed is our list of top 20 toppings to help you plan your sundae bar. After all, July is national ice cream month. Bada boom, bada bing.

Daily News
News
Wednesday, April 26, 2000
By Jason Kandel

Weeks of cool weather have come to an abrupt end and Southern Californians who basked in 70 degree temperatures are getting a taste of the region’s other weather phenomenon: wilting heat.

In the meantime, many are seeking refuge from the heat, diving into cool swimming pools across the Southland.

The heat wave was a boom to ice cream shops across the city, “Duh! Business is fantastic,” said Don Whittemore of Dandy Don’s HomeMade Ice Cream in Van Nuys, which caters to more than 115 restaurants and hotels.