Article: PARLOR DAYS SEEKS RENTER

The owners of this small ice cream and food shop at the foot of Mill Mountain have served visitors from around the world who stopped off in Roanoke while traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Even if they couldn't speak English, "most people from whatever country could come in and pick out whatever ice cream," said Richard Mardian. "They knew what it would taste like."

At Parlor Days, this shop on Piedmont Street, ice cream has connected the masses, said Mardian, co-owner of the shop with his wife, Erin.

But the Mardians didn't reopen Parlor Days earlier this year, after closing it for several months during the winter season as is customary. They have operated the shop for the past 25 years, ...

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