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Fountain Heads: old-fashioned milkshakes and floats are back, this time with grown-up ingredients

By Meaghan Binstock

| August 27, 2015

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Fountain Heads: old-fashioned milkshakes and floats are back, this time with grown-up ingredients — Hover or tap numbers for annotations. (Image: Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott; Styling by Carol Dudar)

Summer’s the time to revel in childhood eating habits, and at the top of the naughty list are awesomely junky milkshakes and floats. A recent mini-resurgence of old-fashioned soda shops and diners inspired us to taste-test the city’s most delicious ice cream concoctions. Here are our favourites.

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