This week in Wisconsin history, Edward C. Berner, a pharmacist and owner of a soda fountain in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, created the first ice cream sundae on July 8, 1881. It all came together when a customer had requested that chocolate sauce be poured over a dish of ice cream, due to the fact that ice cream sodas were not allowed to be served on sundaes. Berner obliged, creating the iconic ice cream treat. He would later start selling it for a nickel.
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