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Having spent his formative years in the Ogden area, David Neal was well aware of The Oaks restaurant in Ogden Canyon. However, the historic eatery — established in 1902 and a fixture in its current location since the 1930s — often proved elusive for him. "We'd go up to Pineview and go swimming and that kind of stuff, and we'd always beg, 'Please, can we stop for some ice cream?' both ways," Neal told the Standard-Examiner. "My dad would always say, 'Oh, it looks like the parking lot is really full.' You know, all those little excuses that parents who don't want to pay make." Now, ...