Ingrams July 2023

BETWEEN THE LINES

garish light, as subtle as a traveling carnival. You can’t miss it. You can either walk up or drive through, but you can’t really hang out there—no tables inside or out. That may be Andy’s defense against the sporadic madness of today’s Kansas City. As part of my journalistic commit ment, I went whole hog, ordering a Triple Chocolate Concrete. I gained 3 pounds just reading the description, “Andy’s chocolate frozen custard blended with chocolate chip cookie dough and melted chocolate chip.” The result was as decadent as prom ised, each spoonful a venial sin. I stopped after about six to save my waistline and my immortal soul. But Andy, please, we do not need to know the calorie count!

Andy’s, it turns out, is not so small a business. In fact, it is one of the great Missouri success stories of recent years. In 1986, John and Carol Kuntz opened their first shop in Osage Beach and named the business after their son. With his name already on the shop, Andy put his muscle into it. Originally from Raytown, Andy and his high school sweetheart, Dana, learned they could work together when scooping out custard for Mom and Dad. A hit at the Lake, the family expanded into Springfield in 1987 and remains headquartered there to this day. John died in 2008, but by the time of his death, the operation had already begun its move beyond Missouri. Today, Andy, wife Dana, and mom Carol own and/or franchise some 140 shops in 14 states from North Carolina to Arizona. I was well into this article when it dawned on me that my only connec tion with Andy’s was worrying about it.

Eating there, I realized, might just add a touch of authenticity. So venture there I did on a soft summer night.

I was well into this article when it dawned on me that my only connection with Andy’s was worrying about it. Eating there, I realized, might just add a touch of authenticity.

The Andy’s on State Line looks like the kind of place at which the Jetsons would have hung out, the future as envisioned in the past, all glass and

The views expressed in this column, which is also published online in the Heartlander, are the writer’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Ingram’s Magazine. Jack Cashill , Senior Editor, Editorial @ Ingrams.com

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