♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Prairie City is host to an upbeat eatery serving up traditional small town delights.

[BRAD MAGG] We really strive to not just be the small town ice cream shop, but be a step above and and offer something that you can't get everywhere else.

[KOHLSDORF] Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe first came into being in 1995 as a seasonal ice cream eatery, keeping Prairie City residents cool with sweet treats on hot summer days.

[FEMALE WORKER] Have a good day.

[FEMALE CUSTOMER] Thank you very much.

[FEMALE WORKER] Hello, how are you doing today?

[KOHLSDORF] After more than two decades, a new owner stepped in to expand Goldie's offerings.

[BRAD MAGG] I got to be the new owner of Goldie's in 2007.

My intention was to serve just a lunch special so that there was somewhere for people to eat in the community because at that point in time, there had been a restaurant in Prairie City for a few years, and it got a little out of hand.

And so now we're more of a full fledged restaurant.

[FEMALE WORKER] Order whenever you're ready.

♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Brad Magg is the owner of Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe.

His love for cooking and baking began at an early age, and the restaurant he now owns is where his love of serving good food got its start.

[BRAD MAGG] So as a kid, I always loved coming in here and sitting at the counter, spinning on the stools and Golda always just cared about the ice cream so much.

And it's, you know, the best part about small town is seeing your neighbors and seeing people and not only having your own family traditions, but making those traditions with your neighbors.

♪♪ [KOHLSDORF] Magg's chance at creating traditions would arrive in a big way when he set out to honor an Iowa menu statement.

[FEMALE WORKER] And then the tenderloin.

[BRAD MAGG] Every restaurant in Iowa has to have a good pork tenderloin, in my opinion.

And so that was something we knew we wanted.

And then, lo and behold, in 2009, the Iowa Pork Producers named us the best tenderloin in Iowa.

We went from doing 300 tenderloin sandwiches a week to 500 a day like that.

So that was quite an experience.

It was life changing and amazing.

[KOHLSDORF] Today, Goldie's serves a combination of small town diner staples and ice cream favorites.

They also align their options to match other nearby traditions.

[BRAD MAGG] We honor the Tulip Time and all the travelers coming by on Highway 163 with a Dutch letter twister.

We only do it for about 30 days because it is very labor intensive.

We make our own almond paste filling, we mix it in with it, and we bake our own puff pastry.

So that way you get the right ice cream to almond paste to puff pastry ratio to make sure you really taste the Dutch letter experience.

[BILLIE REED] Well, it's a very quaint little restaurant in itself.

When you walk in the front door, you feel very welcome because you have people that greet you and they greet you very kindly.

Goldie's is just a shining example of that.

Everyone here is lovely and friendly and very kind.

And they have fabulous food.

So what more could you ask for?

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