Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
ST. GEORGE — A few months after its neon burger-carrying boy in sunglasses went dark, Larsen's Frostop is coming back.
The drive-in burger joint at 858 E. St. George Blvd., which dates back to the 1960s, closed its doors in December after it was sold to a local developer. That developer has leased the site to some of the owners of nearby Morty's Cafe, who are "soft reopening" the restaurant to work out the kinks before a formal grand opening sometime in the spring.
It will still be known as Larsen's Frostop. It will still offer drive-in, carhop service. And to answer the most frequently asked question: Yes, the popular Piccadilly chips will be back.
"We were definitely bringing that one back – that is the most requested item," said Preston Parker, the co-owner of both Morty's and now, the Frostop. He said he knew the importance of the thick, square, English-style fries after meeting with St. George City officials. "As I'm leaving the meeting, one of the city workers … that's exactly what he said to me: 'Are the Piccadilly chips coming back?'"
Parker, a Logan resident, leased a building that had previously been Maverik at 702 E. St. George Blvd. and converted it into a location in 2019 for Morty's Cafe – an upscale burger and sandwich restaurant that he co-founded in Logan in 2014. Parker said Frostop, which sits about a block and half from Morty's, will share a management team but will not share a menu and only some of the owners. The plan is for the two to complement each other.
