Annette J.
Yelp
Like the other reviewer I spent A LOT of time here in my youth. Rolling up on my bike in the summertime for a cone then sitting on the wall enjoying the sweet deliciousness before it melted all over my hand. My picture is even somewhere on the wall in one of the many Polaroids of t-ball teams they've sponsored throughout the years.
Admittedly I rarely ate food here because what I came for, and still go there for, is the custard. A rich and sweet soft serve vanilla custard in a cone covered with their AMAZING sprinkles (seriously, I don't know where they get them but they are the best sprinkles in the biz). It's been my regular order for as long as I can remember. I used to rock the chocolate/vanilla twist but the chocolate is so good and chocolaty that it would overpower my beloved vanilla so I just go with the plain cone. But if you're a chocolate ice cream/custard lover it's totally for you.
The space is small and hasn't changed in 20+ years. A brick building, yellow-orange counters with a few stools by the nacho chip warmer, and some coolers with hand dipped ice cream flavors (if you want to go with something other than the soft serve custard). The posters and the handwritten signs are still all the same ones they had when I was a kid. The smell is even exactly the same--I walk in and I feel like I'm 8 again! The menu is posted up near the ceiling on plastic signs with those black plastic moveable letters (you know the kind). The only thing that's changed are some of the prices but even those are still so low! The last time I was home I was jonesing for a cone but didn't have cash on me (they're cash only so bring your dollars). Luckily I was able to scape together the last of my change in my wallet to cover my usual small vanilla cone with sprinkles and a tip for the high school aged gal behind the counter!
The menu offers up your standard fast food type fare--burgers, pizza, fries, etc.--which you can enjoy on the picnic tables out in the parking lot. When finished you'll obviously run back inside for a dessert! A wide variety of ice cream flavors, custard, sundaes, shakes, popsicles, and my other favorite--the slushi (blue raspberry for me, please!) are yours for the choosing.
They're open only in the summers which always bummed me out as a kid but as I got older and more patient I've come to appreciate their summer only status. The Custard Hut is a treat you only get to experience one season a year which makes it all the more special.