frozen custard type private industry restaurant founded 1950 in milwaukee wisconsin founder elsa kopp headquarters 7631 w layton ave greenfield wisconsin wi 53220 united states area served milwaukee metropolitan area key people elsa kopp founder deceased karl kopp son owner of greenfield and glendale stands mac mcguire owner of brookfield stand products fast casual restaurants specializing in frozen custard jumbo burgers website www.kopps.com kopp s frozen custard is a restaurant chain located in the milwaukee wisconsin area . it specializes in frozen custard and large jumbo hamburgers . founded by elsa kopp in 1950 the restaurants continue to be heralded by local publications for their quality food . 1 they have locations in three milwaukee suburbs . kopp s was the first custard stand to offer a special flavor of the day in addition to the more traditional chocolate and vanilla flavors . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 flavor of the day 1.3 joe biden visit 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links history edit founding edit elsa kopp opened the first kopp s stand at 6005 w. appleton ave. milwaukee wisconsin now the site of junior s frozen custard in 1950 . 3 a german immigrant with no prior business experience kopp started the stand after her husband karl kopp developed parkinson s disease . some support in starting the business came from leon schneider a custard machine repairman the founder of leon s frozen custard in 1942 whom elsa kopp had met while working at a bakery . the kopp s frozen custard stand rose in popularity quickly during the 1950s and was soon seen as a milwaukee staple . 4 the glendale location 5373 n. port washington ave. is on the site of the former milky way drive in restaurant the inspiration for the external look of the happy days diner arnold s drive in . kopp s is now owned by elsa s son karl kopp who also owns restaurants in arizona and new york . 5 6 flavor of the day edit by 1960 the kopp s stand was successful enough that elsa felt comfortable experimenting with more exotic frozen custard recipes . initially she mixed chocolate and vanilla in the process committing what many in the early frozen custard community considered a heretical act . after this kopp s began offering increasingly diverse concoctions which became their well known flavor of the day menu option . 2 kopp s offers two unique flavors every day and a featured shake and sundae of the month . the featured flavors are often related to events for that day or month . 7 flavors of the day are developed by employees and approved by karl kopp . 7 joe biden visit edit in june 2010 vice president joe biden visited a kopp s frozen custard location while campaigning for democratic senator russ feingold . biden asked the manager of kopp s what he owed for his custard . in response the manager stated don t worry it s on the house . lower our taxes and we ll call it even . in response biden came back later to the manager and said why don t you say something nice instead of being a smartass all the time the story was covered by both local and national news agencies . 8 references edit kopp s oscar s top our custard dream team . milwaukee journal sentinel . archived from the original on february 10 2007 . a b a peaches n cream career . milwaukee journal sentinel . dead link trousil carrie . kopp s frozen custard . about.com milwaukee . retrieved 2013 10 04 . custard cool off . shepherd express . archived from the original on march 20 2006 . tarnoff andy april 14 2004 . kopp s restaurant empire doesn t stop at state line . onmilwaukee.com . tarnoff andy march 10 2009 . milwaukee s kopp continues westward expansion with hanny s . onmilwaukee.com . a b need a treat check the flavor forecast at kopp s frozen custard . studio a. milwaukee wisconsin the tribune company . july 17 2014 . fox6 witi . v.p. joe biden visits kopp s custard ; banters with manager . milwaukee wisconsin wisn tv . june 26 2010 . further reading edit jane stern ; michael stern 4 june 2009 . 500 things to eat before it s too late and the very best places to eat them . houghton mifflin harcourt . p. 238 . isbn 978 0 547 41644 1 . allison engel ; margaret engel 5 september 2000 . food finds america s best local foods and the people who produce them . harpercollins . p. 236 . isbn 978 0 06 095837 4 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kopp % 27s frozen custard & oldid 743559220 categories companies based in milwaukeerestaurants in wisconsinprivately held companies based in wisconsinrestaurants established in 1950frozen custardice cream parlorshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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