The pharmacy-as-ice-cream-parlor seemed to be a small-town item. In NYC, if memory serves, only the Rexall chain had a counter for sodas and ice cream.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.