- Detail: In 1875, Evanston, Illinois passed a law that said ice cream sodas could not be sold on Sundays.
- Detail: The local drug store owners served ice cream with syrup but no soda water instead.
- Detail: Customers liked the new treat and started ordering it on other days too; workers called it “sundae” to avoid using “Sunday.”
- Main Idea: To comply with a Sunday sales ban on ice cream sodas, drugstores created a new dessert (ice cream with syrup), which became popular and was renamed “sundae.”
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