A nostalgic ice cream parlor and deli said it will now be opening a storefront in the heart of Pittsburgh's Strip District next year. Jim Conroy, who has co-owned Isaly's LLC since 2015 with his wife, told our news partners at the Trib Tuesday he hopes to capitalize on people’s memories of the revered brand when he opens a vintage-ispired Isaly’s dining space, ice cream parlor and deli in 2026. “People in Pittsburgh cherish the Isaly’s brand, and we want to keep the brand alive,” Conroy, who grew up in Blawnox and visited the Isaly’s in O’Hara, told the Trib.The plans to open have been years in the making, but Conroy said he found the perfect spot on Penn Avenue. Isaly's will be leasing a space, and the plan is for people to flood in by 2026. “This is a long time coming,” Conroy said to the Trib. “We wanted to find the right spot. The Strip District is great because it is the No. 1 tourist attraction in the city, and there is so much foot traffic as well as a growing area of residential.”According to its official website, the story of Isaly's began in 1833 when "Swiss cheesemaker, Christian Isaly and his family crossed the seas with his family to join other Swiss settlers in the picturesque hills of Monroe County, Ohio."Generations of the Isaly family carried on the family trade, the website continued, expanding from cheese making to dairy farming and delivering bottled milk from house to house in horse-drawn carts. Eventually they formed Isaly’s Dairy Companies to sell farm-fresh dairy products and a wide variety of fresh deli meats and cheeses through Isaly’s own chain of retail stores in Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania — including Pittsburgh. Conroy told the Trib they will make all the ice cream and plan to have the famous skyscraper ice cream cones and have a Klondike inspired by the Isaly’s brand.Additionally, they plan to serve breakfast and lunch with plenty of chipped ham available for sandwiches. Isaly’s super-premium ice cream is available at most Kuhn’s and Giant Eagles and select Shop ’n Save locations. Flavors include the popular whitehouse cherry, vanilla ice cream with plump maraschino cherries and mint chocolate chip, the Trib said. An estimated opening date has not been announced.