Classic egg cream, ice cream sodas and floats are on the menu at Schnackenberg's Luncheonette in Hoboken. (Kathryn Brenzel/NJ.com) When I finally got Peter Freeman from Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda ...

Despite sharing a history with several New Jersey ice cream parlors of the same name, Mattituck's Magic Fountain is now independently run, with an approach all its own.

A La Mode Ice Cream Parlor, Ocean City: 301 E. 55th St.; 609-398-2207, alamodeicecreamparlor.com Cliff's Dairy Maid, Ledgewood: 1475 Route 46; 973-584-9721 ...