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Applegate Farms is the perfect place to celebrate the end of summer. As you drive up, you'll immediately spot the giant, fake cow that signals your arrival. The place is packed in the summer, but the lines move quickly. Since we visited in the fall, the lines were minimal.
Before ordering, you can scan a QR code of you could get close to the cashier or take a picture of the flavors listed nearby. Last time, I tried the famous peach ice cream. It was good, but a bit too sweet for me, though my husband loved it. This time, I got the Cappuccino Crunch, my husband had the Peanut butter fudge brownie, and our kid ordered a "root beer" float.
Upon tasting the "root beer," we noticed it didn’t taste quite right. The server explained that he'd substituted it with Coke since they were low on root beer. He apologized, admitting he was a new hire and hadn't thought to ask us first. The drink was fine, but we would have preferred a heads-up.
Our order also came with some confusion about serving sizes. Both my husband and I ordered Junior size. My junior size was huge, but my husband ordered ice cream was small. They looked completely different. The server had charged us for a root beer float for the kid’s, small cone for me, and my husband for a junior, and when we pointed it out both my husband and I asked for juniors, he simply said it was a mistake but he'd already rung it up. "Oy," was my exact thought. We decided not to push it, since we've all been new hires at some point.
When it's busy, the place can be a bit messy, but most people do a good job of cleaning up after themselves. There are no tables or chairs, but you can rest your cups on barrels or sit on makeshift benches by the wooden planks.
A word of caution: there are no bathrooms, so bring plenty of wipes since the ice cream melts fast. The servers are very nice and patient. My hope is that the managers will provide better training or be more available so that new hires don't feel flustered to ask for help when they make mistakes.
