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Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor
3801 Penn Ave
The Strip, 15222
412-434-0451
May-September: M & Tu: 10-5; W-F: 10-9; Sat & Sun: 12-9
October-April: M-F: 10-5; Sat: 12-9; Sun: closed

What an amazing place! I will always love Klavon’s, our very own local family-run authentic soda fountain in the Strip. It isn’t retro, it simply IS authentic. The story goes that the owner’s grandparents closed up the 1920’s shop after one too many downtown floods, and when the grandkids went to check out the old building decades later they found a pristinely appointed full service ice cream store, replete with weird old medicines (can you believe people used to take some of this stuff?) and usable furniture and equipment. In fact, the only new things in the whole store are the milkshake maker and the ice cream itself! (more…)