I REALLY WANTED TO LIKE THEM. I REALLY,REALLY WANTED THIS TO WORK.
BUT,I'd give no stars if I could. I know years ago THE MILK BARN was packed which was nearby and torn down ( maybe McCobbs is trying to be like that and they do advertise Gelotti....(I like Totowa s gellotti flavors) So that is what they trying to emulate as a family gathering along with an ice cream stand....nice outdoor tables, a stocked trout river behind them,hotdogs, shakes, burgers, and other items It can be a hit or miss dr pending on the day or nite . Not cheap either. The grilled chicken sandwich was good. But,I would rather go to Paul's in W.Milford or Hiram s in Fort Lee ( my fav) for dogs, shakes, burgers, etc.if I had the option.
NOW FOR THE WORST PART. THE MILK BARN IT'S NOT! I did not want yo wait on the long line at Curlys around the bend. And I don't know , or have family involved or work for either of them I must mention.( the line at Curlys and no line at McCobbs on a nice summer evening should tell you something right?) We'll , knowing their shakes and seeing the Gelotti brand( which supposedly comes from the place I go in Totowa I figured how bad can it be?
Well, EVEN if it's family at least train the window person before you throw her on it! A young girl who I asked for two vanilla soft serve sundaes ; one with strawberry , one with chocolate.She looked at me like she had never heard of one let alone made or seen one. Many places have made their smalls become mediums and the mediums become large in this economy like everything. I did not however expect a sundae that was melting before I even paid for it handed to me! Not even syrup but a jellied , or congealed strawberry topping (really gross put in the clear lid,instead of the usual white Styrofoam cup bottom. I asked where the lid was, so she put the white Styrofoam bottom on it but as I tryed to pick it up and pay for it it was spilling everywhere since it was the clear flexible lid on the bottom. I was so preoccupied with my situation and the guy behind me was seeing this and getting impatient since it looked like a Charlie Chaplin comedy short. He was finally offered help by the same girl because he spoke up as I was trying to mop up all the mess. He walked away disgusted because they did not even have Italian ice. Meanwhile while I was waiting for the girl to make my second sundae ,the soft serve vanilla with chocolate syrup , some older person had noticed this science project and me trying to pick it up and mop it up as the girl had given me a LG white Styrofoam bottom to support the medium size clear lid now a bottom.The adult told her to make a new one. I also at that point added that I would appreciate having a "complete sundae"with whipped cream and a cherry on both sundaes. She did remake the strawberry one, but I also had to wait yet again because she made the chocolate sundae with chocolate soft serve instead of vanilla soft serve. A pretty simple order turned ridiculously bad. And the whipped cream ( chemical or cool whip I am not sure , but it was awful to taste AND look at .In addition the whipped cream & cherrys she also forgot again ,so she put them all in separate containers ? A fix it yourself with more mess? Both sundaes were melting into ice cream soup and over flowing and the night was not that warm. I was the only customer during all of this except the other man who left. I forgot what it was for the two large sundaes ; but the bill was not cheap either, but it was also not worth it in anyway. The probably should have just offered them to me I guess for my trouble . Still even at that, I know NEVER TO GO THERE FOR ICE CREAM EVER AGAIN. Like the other guy said to me as he left, there's obviously a reason there's no line here on a nice night like tonite.
All I can say is if Hal Roach had seen it, he would have filmed it. read more