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Dixon’s signature ice cream shop opens for season

By Troy E. Taylor
The ice cream was being eaten by the spoonful at Meusel's Dairy Delite, the seasonal sidewalk ice cream spot on Seventh Street in Dixon that opened on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.

The ice cream was being eaten by the spoonful at Meusel's Dairy Delite, the seasonal sidewalk ice cream spot on Seventh Street in Dixon that opened on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Troy Taylor)

DIXON — Two lines of cars curled around Meusel’s Dairy Delite on Seventh Street as the sidewalk ice cream shop opened for the season on Wednesday afternoon.

A handful of pedestrians were also crowded around the window on the opposite side.

Meusel’s, which also operates a store in Amboy, opened at 2 p.m. — just in time to catch students walking home from school.

The shop’s signature hard ice cream was available in traditional flavors, as well as, Blue Moon, Cotton Candy Confetti and Cookies and Cream.

Students from Grand Detour walk along Seventh Street in Dixon after stopping to get treats at Meusel's Dairy Delite on its opening day March 1, 2023. From left, Landen Cassens, Kamrynn Weaver, Carson Bivins, Emma Harrison and Bryce Nordan.

Students from Grand Detour walk along Seventh Street in Dixon after stopping to get treats at Meusel's Dairy Delite on its opening day March 1, 2023. From left, Landen Cassens, Kamrynn Weaver, Carson Bivins, Emma Harrison and Bryce Nordan. (Troy Taylor)

Orders are being taken as cars line up outside Meusel's Dairy Delite on Seventh Street in Dixon on March 1, 2023.

Orders are being taken as cars line up outside Meusel's Dairy Delite on Seventh Street in Dixon on March 1, 2023. (Troy Taylor)

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Troy E. Taylor

Was named editor for Saukvalley.com and the Gazette and Telegraph in 2021. An Illinois native, he has been a reporter or editor in daily newspapers since 1989.