#fortescue's

[derrickperegrine]

florean used to give me free ice creams. what's happened to him?

for @nevelles. happy birthday mari!

[badfaithsheir-blog]

Fortescue’s Leftovers || minipara

@secondcomingofjames

The problem with Fortescue sundaes, Scorpius decided, was that they were really just too big for any one person to eat. (Not that his friends seemed to have any trouble polishing one off but -- they were Weasleys. They didn’t really count.) He poked his lavender-and-pistachio-with-honey-sundae idly with his spoon, lamenting that he hadn’t waited for one of them to come here with him. He could usually prevail upon Albus to finish his deserts and almost always could get Rose to, unless he’d ordered something “too weird for ordinary humans to ever consume I swear there’s something wrong with your tongue” like he did sometimes, according to her.

But no, he’d been shopping for new books to take to school with him (without mother or father or his grandparents because he was fifteen now and that was practically an adult and he didn’t need someone to take him to Diagon Alley mother, don’t be absurd!) and he’d gotten peckish and decided to get himself some ice cream. And now he couldn’t finish the blasted thing; almost half of the green-and-purple sundae still sat barely touched in its tall glass bowl. He looked around, wondering if anyone would notice if he just got up and left. Scorpius knew he worried too much about what people said about him but he couldn’t stop doing it. And given the way Albus and Rose’s family liked to pick on him for his lack of appetite, he was skittish about leaving so much uneaten ice cream behind. What if someone thought he was doing it to snub Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor? That had been Hermione Granger-Weasley’s assumption when he hadn’t finished all his dinner when he’d visited Rose’s house, and now he was paranoid she wasn’t the only one thinking it...

A familiar head of untidy black hair caught Scorpius’s eye and he turned, anticipating salvation -- but it was the wrong Potter. Still, James could probably polish-off a whole sundae without blinking (but probably not without belching). Before he could think better of what was undoubtedly a really bad idea, Scorpius waved to get James’s attention and called, “Oi, Potter! Fancy some free ice cream?” He gestured to the table and immediately regretted it.

[mugglenet]

New details on Leaky Cauldron fare and Fortescue’s ice cream flavors revealed

Here, we wanted a very different dining experience than guests get over in Hogsmeade Village at the Three Broomsticks. There, people order their food, it’s then handed to them on a tray and they have to carry all that out into the restaurant by themselves as they’re being led to their table. Here, we wanted to marry the speed of quick service dining to the table service experience. So as soon as you’re finished placing your order, you’re handed a candle with a number on it. You’re then led into the main dining area at the Leaky Cauldron to be seated. And it’s that candle [that] helps the Universal team member who’s actually got your food find your table and then deliver your order.