Comments on: Jake's Ice Cream and McDonough Street Market Closed

By: DecaturSurfer

DecaturSurfer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:07:29 +0000

JohnD hit the nail on the head. Jake is a scam artist whose main business is talking other people out of their money. Anyone considering doing business with this guy (or any of his surrogates) beware!

By: decaturmom

decaturmom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:52:29 +0000

You should have seen the sad faces on my toddlers when we pulled up to Jake’s in our stroller after playing around on the square and enjoying the lovely weather this evening. At their young ages they often reject disappointment by expecting mom or dad right all wrongs, but I could tell by their wide eyes looking into the window, seeing that not even the ice cream counter was left that there was nothing that mommy could do. (We’ve been going to Jake’s for over two years now.) Then the older of the two snapped out of it and reminded me that Chick-fil-A has ice cream so we went there. It was also Family Night, so they got their faces painted and the clown made custom balloons for them and the got a free kids meal…oh yes, and ice cream. It was a good save, but it will still be sad the next time we need to stroll by Jake’s.

By: JohnD

JohnD — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:21:00 +0000

Jake is a snake. He has shady business practices. There are several people in line to sue the heck out of him. Never liked is ice cream either. Too icey.

By: jkga

jkga — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:59:16 +0000

We checked out Greene’s yesterday – I didn’t try it, but they do have frozen yogurt if you’re looking for a cold treat downtown.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:44:15 +0000

Apparently I had it backwards. An anonymous source reports…

“The McDonough Street Market failed to reach an agreement with the landlord. Jake of Jake’s Ice Cream no longer had a lease and was subletting from the Market, so everyone is out.”