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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An iconic crystal pick store successful Hanford that has been serving customers for 95 years is present for sale, leaving the assemblage emotional.
Superior Dairy is listed for merchantability astatine $2.5 million.
"I'm truthful sad. I unrecorded successful Huntington Beach. I drove each the mode implicit present conscionable to acquisition this, this crystal pick eatery. And contiguous I find out. It's my archetypal visit, I was hoping to travel back, and I find retired that they're selling it. And I said, what?" Linda Alvarado said.
Ryan Portugal, the realtor successful complaint of the sale, tells america the proprietor of the store, Tim Jones, wants to retire.
"It breaks my heart. I've been coming here, like, everlastingly since I was a young girl," Val Hernandez said.
Hernandez drives 2 hours to Superior Dairy each twelvemonth connected her mother's day since she passed distant successful 2005.
"We travel present each twelvemonth connected my mom's day to observe her successful her hometown wherever she was born. And it's similar it's bittersweet due to the fact that we're not sure. Is this the past clip that we're going to travel present and person crystal cream? So, you know, it's benignant of a bully and atrocious successful a mode for america today," Hernandez said.
The City of Hanford released a connection speechmaking successful part:
We’re hopeful that whoever takes ownership of the gathering tin person galore years of success. We convey the owners of Superior Dairy for providing saccharine memories and traditions for generations of Hanford families and visitors.
Brian Johnson, Community Relations City of Hanford"It's truthful sad. And this is similar specified a cute place, specified a cute municipality to travel to travel and sojourn and travel get crystal pick and they springiness you truthful much, truthful that's a batch of fun. This spot has truthful overmuch potential, truthful I conscionable deliberation it's sad. I consciousness similar idiosyncratic could wholly prime this spot up and revamp it," Anabella Norton said.
Superior Dairy is located astatine 325 N. Douty St. successful Hanford.
