Ike’s Eats & Treats

Ike’s Eats & Treats sits on Main Street in downtown Auburndale, close to the small cluster of storefronts near the city’s old commercial core. Rather than being a straightforward ice cream shop, Ike’s bills itself as an old school soda shop, an identity built around the nostalgic diner and soda fountain feel that has become harder to find as more small towns lose their independent sweet shops to chain competitors. The business has been operating for roughly 14 years, giving it a solid, established presence on Main Street.

The menu leans on named suppliers that signal a commitment to quality ingredients over generic wholesale products. Ike’s serves Vienna Beef hot dogs prepared Chicago style, a specific and recognizable style of hot dog build that includes toppings like mustard, onion, relish, tomato, pickle, sport peppers, and celery salt, notably without ketchup, a detail Chicago dog purists take seriously. On the sweet side, the shop serves Working Cow Ice Cream, a Florida based ice cream brand known among local shops for small batch, from scratch production, along with milkshakes made from that ice cream.

What sets Ike’s apart from a typical soda shop or ice cream parlor is the addition of a full size arcade on site, a detail specifically called out in customer feedback and directory descriptions of the business. That combination of Chicago style hot dogs, ice cream and milkshakes, and arcade games has led at least one reviewer to describe the venue as a “Family Fun Center,” a fitting label for a business trying to give both kids and adults a reason to stick around rather than just grabbing a quick treat and leaving.

The shop keeps a six day operating schedule, closed on Mondays and open the rest of the week from late morning into the evening, with slightly later closing times on Friday and Saturday nights to catch weekend traffic. That schedule fits a business built around after school and evening visits as much as lunchtime hot dog orders, especially given the arcade component that tends to draw families out for an evening rather than just a midday stop.

Being on Main Street puts Ike’s within an easy walk of several of Auburndale’s other small, independently run food and drink businesses, including The Shake Shoppe and The Java Hounds nearby, making that stretch of Main Street one of the more concentrated pockets of independent food business in the city. For a family looking for something to do on a weekend evening in Auburndale, a stop at Ike’s for a Chicago dog, a milkshake, and a few rounds on the arcade games offers a combination that is hard to find replicated at any of the national chains in town.

Specific pricing and a dedicated business website were not found during research for this listing, so anyone planning a visit should call ahead to confirm current hours and offerings, particularly around holidays when small independent shops often adjust their schedule.