TEANECK — Eighty-five isn’t typically an age associated with picking up the latest technology.

But Bischoff’s, the old-fashioned Teaneck ice cream parlor, celebrated the milestone anniversary earlier this week and is accepting credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay for the first time since it opened its doors in 1934.

“It’s time to jump into the modern age,” said Steven Mather, whose great-grandfather Albert Bischoff opened the Teaneck shop after running ice cream parlors in New York City and Ridgefield Park. “So many people would come in asking if we take credit cards and then would have to run to the ATM next door.”

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To celebrate the anniversary, the shop on Cedar Lane is selling a line of limited-edition flavors — chocolate cookie crush, coconut, creamsicle chip, grape nut, coffee temptation and black raspberry chip — only available in pints to go.

Some of the flavors, like coffee temptation — coffee ice cream with almonds and marshmallows — are discontinued varieties from decades ago. Others are flavors that Mather invented especially for the occasion.

“I thought it would be fun to revisit some of the old flavors,” he said. “And I’ve been playing around with some new ideas a bit.”

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The shop offers 40 flavors, including ices and sugar-free options. But vanilla and chocolate have held steady as the top-selling flavors over the past 8½ decades, Mather said.

“Very boring,” he said with a laugh. “The plain stuff is always the go-to for little kids.”

The shop has regulars who come in several times a week, Mather said. Other customers who grew up eating ice cream from Bischoff's and have since moved away make the shop their first stop from the airport on visits back home.

Candi Rodriguez of Teaneck was at the counter on Thursday afternoon buying some sweets.

"I was going to pay with a check, but this makes it so much easier," she said after signing her credit card receipt.

Mather, a fourth-generation co-owner with Anita Mather, his mother, and Richard Zanetto, who has worked there since he was a teenager, said he’s looking forward to celebrating the shop’s centennial in 15 years.

“It’s kind of fun celebrating all these milestones,” he said. “I don’t know if our kids will want to take over and be involved one day, but whatever makes them happy.”

On Thursday, customers had been in and out all day buying last-minute gifts for Valentine’s Day, Anita Mather said.

Her first six customers all paid by credit card.

“It’s a big change for us, but so many people don’t carry cash anymore,” she said. “We decided to finally join the crowd. It’s just the way people live these days. I’m just happy that we’re still carrying on the family tradition.”

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