The Oberweis Ice Cream and Dairy Store on Kinzie Avenue in Bradley, IL
I have a love/hate relationship with Oberweis. I love their milk and ice cream. I hate their owner. Jim Oberweis is a name every Illinoisan knows. It would be hard not to. He’s ran for and lost just about every public office in Illinois. He’s the king of saying something stupid and can’t make it out of a primary. Usually, he does more damage to the Republican party by running a smear campaign in the primary that gives the Democratic challenge in the general election a head start. Case in point, the last gubernatorial election. He ran a smear campaign against rival GOPer Judy Bar Topinka showing her dancing with incarcerated former Governor George Ryan. He called it, “The Pay-To-Play Polka.” When he lost the primary, Topinka’s Democratic opponent and incumbent, Rod Blagojevich started using the same video and same tag lines against Topika driving home the connection to her and Ryan. Blagojevich won and now Illinois is the political laughing stock of the country.
Oberweis milk on the other hand, is the best cow juice you will ever have. I hate buying it because all it does is fund another failing campaign, but I just can’t help it. I started buying the milk six years ago before I really knew who Jim Oberwies was. The thing that drew me to it was the glass bottles. No plastic here. All Oberweis milk is sold in glass bottles. I picked one up at the store and fell in love with the stuff. I’m not really a milk drinker, but I was drinking three or four gallons a week. Read the rest of this entry »
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