Its signature item is the "concrete", a serving of frozen custard so thick that it is customarily presented to the customer upside down.

[2] A noted local athlete who starred for his high school basketball team and later dominated municipal tennis tournaments for more than a decade,[3] Ted Drewes started making frozen custard while working for a carnival and opened his first fixed location near St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1929.

The Chippewa location served as an outpost near the city limits for travelers heading to or returning from an Ozark weekend getaway.

[6] In the wake of the transition, the Chippewa store expanded its building and bought a neighboring property to accommodate parking.

[7] In 1986, The New York Times revealed that the origin of the Blizzard from Dairy Queen was an attempt by a franchisee to mimic the Ted Drewes concrete.

In 2011, Ted Drewes was featured in a "Route 66" episode of Man v. Food Nation, hosted by Adam Richman.

During the episode entitled "Ice Cream Revolution", it is stated that the concept of the Blizzard from Dairy Queen was copied from the Ted Drewes concrete.