"Eat-It-All" ice cream cone

That's not chocolate, said a passer-by, who recalled when a pizza parlor stood on this site some 30 years ago. After the Italian eatery gave way to a Chinese restaurant (though perhaps not the same restaurant shown below), the ice cream's original white sheen slowly acquired a patina that looks very much like deep dark soft-swirled goodness. In fact, it was and is vanilla — now coated with a decades-long Bronx dip.

Surviving "Eat-It-All" ice cream cone signage
Above Foo Hing Chinese Kitchen
522 East 138th St., Mott Haven, Bronx