A few years ago, Linda Udell Zakheim, owner of Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant, was doing some cleaning in the restaurant’s second dining room. As she wiped down surfaces and some of the old-fashioned, kitschy decor that defines the Dania Beach ice cream parlor, she opened one of the old metal boxes on display.
Inside, she found love notes from customers, scrawled on napkins and bills, thank yous and congratulations, jokes and praise, not only for Jaxson’s beloved ice cream but also for the warm memories created across generations.
“We’ll have these memories forever!” one note reads…