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Austin’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, a Tucson fixture for nearly 50 years, has long been heralded for its sandwiches and sweets.

But now, for the first time since it opened in 1959, breakfast is served — from 7 to 11 a.m. daily.

You could order ice cream for breakfast — or a brownie, a piece of pound cake or a slice of pie — but you’d be missing out on all the delicious breakfast choices.

Lynda Wilson and her husband, Bill Wilson, have owned Austin’s since 2001. The restaurant moved in May 2006 from its longtime home on East Broadway and Country Club into a former Souper Salad location near Park Place mall.

The current place is bright and airy, with 5,000 square feet and a capacity of about 150. It dwarfs the old location, which had 1,200 square feet and a capacity of 98.

Lynda Wilson, who has been with Austin’s since 1991, decided to add morning hours after she found a “great cook,” she said. “And his expertise is breakfast.”

That cook would be David Thayer, who came on board a couple of months ago after walking by and seeing a “cooks wanted” sign. Austin’s started serving breakfast on Dec. 27.