Tom’s Chill Zone Brings Italian Ice to Oneonta’s Main Street

Tom Knuth, Joyce Knuth and their son, John Knuth, just opened Tom’s Chill Zone on Main Street across from City Hall. It is a family-owned business named after Tom Knuth. (Photo by Monica Calzolari)

Tom's Chill Zone Brings Italian Ice to Oneonta's Main Street

By MONICA CALZOLARI
ONEONTA

There is a new business on Main Street right across from City Hall. Tom’s Chill Zone is easy to spot because it has a red and white umbrella outside that says “Italian Ice.” It is a family-owned business named after Tom Knuth.

Tom’s Chill Zone will be a vendor at the Independence Day celebration this year on Thursday, July 4 in Neahwa Park from 10 a.m. to dusk.

Before opening their brick-and-mortar seasonal business, the Knuth’s started selling Italian ice at festivals, using their pushcart with the red and white umbrella.

Tom and Joyce Knuth lived in Manhattan and Westchester before moving to upstate New York permanently in 2008. Italian ice is easy to find on many street corners in the Big Apple.

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