Midweek on a hot July day, this was the only place in town that was open, and boy were we lucky. We…read morewere driving out of town after a fun educational visit to the state museum grist mill, saw this place was open, and we had to stop. And boy was it worth it. Cold waters, cold sodas, and perfect one scoop waffle cones. I had pumpkin ice cream and the wife enjoyed cookies & cream. Friendly service. Incredibly inexpensive. And the cookie jars are as advertised, floor to ceiling, with an entire back room filled too. If you're touristing around in Metamora, this unique place needs to be one of your stops.

Grannies Cookie Jar & Ice Cream Parlor is a Metamora, Indiana icon, though it may be weird to call…read moreanything in this historic Franklin County town an actual "icon." There's quite a bit you know about me if you've followed my reviews for any length of time. This likely includes my long friendship with fellow Yelp Elites Rick G. and Holly G. - in fact, I performed their wedding ceremony! The three of us have actually collaborated on quite a few projects over the years, either due to Rick's music and comedy or because of my long history of activism and charity work. Frequently, our collaborations combine Rick and Holly's creativity with my activist spirit. For a couple years, Rick and Holly owned a shop in Metamora called Mosaic Learn & Play - I, in turn, owned a small charity bookstore within the walls of Mosaic. While I never spent nearly as much time in Metamora as did Rick and Holly, I spent my fair share of time there and grew to appreciate the picturesque, friendly town. Rick and Holly's wedding was even in Metamora! As is true of most historic towns, accessibility can definitely be an issue in Metamora. Truthfully, I'd say there's more that's not accessible than there actually is accessible in the town. Grannies is most certainly not perfect, a step greeting you at the front door and a crowded shop making even the most experienced wheelchair user more than a little paranoid. It's possible, I've been to Grannies more than once, but it's definitely a shop where I take my time wheeling and I am super careful everywhere I turn. Grannies, first of all, is an official world record holder. Granny owns over 2600 cookie jars - and I believe they're all actually here in this shop. She's held the record since 2012, as I recall. Grannies is, of course, an ice cream shop. Granny even makes all of her waffle cones by hand. Each one has a Hershey kiss at the bottom. She puts a whole lot of love in her waffle cones. The ice cream is pretty incredible, too. She has quite a few flavors and they're at reasonable prices for pretty darn amazing servings. Grannies is open 7 days a week throughout the year. While I can't say I'd drive all the way to Metamora for her ice cream, if I am in the Metamora there's no way I'm leaving without stopping at Grannies. Metamora is a beautiful little canal town. It has definitely been impacted by the pandemic, but the people are also hanging in there. I'm not quite going to say that time stands still here, but it's sure not a place you go to speed up. Metamora is a surprisingly easy drive from Indy and the entire Franklin County area could easily be a relaxing, fairly isolated day trip with Brookville also nearby as the seat of the county. There are even a couple places you can stay in Metamora, though they aren't particularly strong with access and you'd probably want to go to Brookville if that's needed. If you get a chance, head south to Metamora and be sure to stop in at Grannies for some ice cream and definitely check out those cookie jars!

This was a good opportunity off I-70 for something unlike what most highway stops offer. This place…read morewas intriguing with the availability of loukoumades (Greek donuts), something you don't find every day. The facility was quite nice, especially for being appended to a gas station. Its decor was as nice as most coffee shops of any kind. I tried the coffee and was pretty happy with it. But the Greek donuts were the highlights. Unfortunately, they were out of banana sauce so the Funky Monkey loukoumades were not available. That was a disappointment but the traditional (honey, cinnamon & walnut) and the Nutella loukoumades were terrific. The service was very good as the woman who took care of us did a very credible job even though she was the only one working. The prices were also reasonable, making this a good value. We'll stop again if we have the chance.

Some of the best customer service I've had outside of Chicfila in a minute lol but I got an order…read moreof the raspberry Greek donuts and they definitely were not something I even desired to finish. Insides were still a little wet and were glorified donuts you'd get from the fair or if you dropped cheap dough into seed oils. I also got a coffeecino raspberry drink and it was good but very sugary and not so much coffee. Would have better luck going to a bigby or such for a roadside coffee place.

Great place for frozen yogurt. Healthy options and great…read moreprices. Awesome flavors. Only place in town offering stevia based product. Love the place and yogurt.

We have a local shop like this in Dayton, but not as good. We went to another local ice cream…read moreplace but it had closed down for the season. We saw this one, and figured we wouldn't be very thrilled because of the lack of information in Yelp. Well this is the first time a woman will be admitting she was wrong, and publicly to boot. We walked in and was greeted by the young owner who is a family man. Under 35 and a business owner is impressive. We spoke a bit about the flavors and his marketing ideas, how they figured out the price and make it low for their customers and still turn a profit. We had about 12 choices of flavors and then add the swirl option. A couple of the machines were down, but had more than enough options. We mixed our flavors and then went to the toppings. There was a great variety of hard crunches and then syrups and such. He then proceeds to tell us on Tuesday's it is buy one get one free. Heck yes! The yogurt was awesome and selection was great. What I loved is that it was a fixed price and not by Weight. We shall stop back if we are in the area again.

We encountered this business as we were participating in the Richmond Chocolate Trail. This…read morebusiness is one of the stops, with a free Ghyslain chocolate. They sell many different things inside this shop, including pottery, jewelry, cards, candles, lotions, loose tea, etc. Everything appears to be hand-made artisan items. There are a variety of items to choose from if you're interested in a gift.

My sister and I stopped into The Village Forager as part of the chocolate walk…read more What a great find! The store is stocked with both local and boutique brands. I liked the local items were labeled. The store has a great selection of jewelry, pottery, tea, beauty (lotions and scents), loose tea, Ghyslain chocolate, candles and etc. There's also a coffee shop that seemed quite popular but it's to-go only since there isn't seating. There were so many wonderful things here and we both spent a lot of time browsing the store. The prices are similar to similar places-no better, no worse. This would be a great place to find a unique gift or a little treat for yourself.

I visited this business as part of the Richmond Chocolate trail. There is a display case of small…read morebite desserts and a couple places to sit. The gentleman helping us was friendly and talkative. There was a variety of desserts. I bought a cake pop, which was perfectly made and delicious!

To find Lisa Cakes- know they share a buildings in the historic depot district with Roscoe's…read morecoffee. Where to begin?? Cakes, cookies, cake pops and sweet treats. Custom order or stop in for a surprise. Flavors vary during seasons which makes it always a new surprise. I love the chocolate chip cookie dough cake and and the lemon cake pops. Whether you need a wedding cake, birthday cake, or a quick treat...this is your place to visit.

Actually met the owner Tammy at a dog event in Ohio, and she told us about her shop in Richmond,…read moreInd, which was on our way home via 70 W. She mentioned free pup cups for the doggos, too! When we got there, we realized it was only indoor seating, so we got our ice cream and pup cups to go and eat near the cars. (Cute little shop, though!) My friend and I both got the Honey B, which was a big #yum. And the 3 doggos with us thoroughly enjoyed their pup cups.

To start, the girl who took are order was not friendly at all. She looked like she hated her job…read more Not a good first impression. Then came the ice cream. We tried four flavors and all of them were terrible. They were incredibly over churned, which made they grainy/icy and absolutely disgusting. The peanut butter ice cream was also the only one of the four that had any actual flavor. Then of course is the fact that you sit there with the grumpy employees with no music playing in there. It's just awkward. All in all a truly horrible experience and we won't be going back.

This is a beautiful place, for unknown reasons it felt like an old time ice cream parlor. The…read moreservice was great, I neglected to ask the server her name. The place has so many fresh made candies and desserts. The ice cream was delicious. I had the butter pecan omg it was great. My wife had a scoop of black raspberry and a scoop of chocolate chip, she loved both. I will definitely be going back.

My son & I stopped in to try their ice cream for the first time. I was disappointed to see there…read morewas no customer parking. My son ordered the Dutch Holland chocolate while I got the banana. We both got our ice cream on sugar cones & agreed the ice cream was absolutely delicious! It's a bit pricey but worth it for an occasional treat.

There's a lot going on here. The name of the business is actually Tüken's Orchard & Farm Market…read more Depending on season they offer pick your own peaches, apples etc. They sell a variety of fresh produce, flowers, autumn gourds and pumpkins. And as of May 2022, they are also a winery! Stopped in on Saturday and tasted the plum, blackberry and cherry apple wines. The plum was my favorite so of course it's the most expensive variety at $24 - the others are $18. The very enthusiastic hostess explained a lot more work goes into making the plum variety. But it was delicious. A sign points upstairs where formal wine tasting sessions are held. I don't have anymore deets on that but will be checking back. The shop features their home made jellies, preserve, pickles in jars. I was looking for sugar free versions but didn't see any. Outdoors is a little petting zoo with goats, sheep, donkey and a llama. It might have been an alpaca but you get my drift. Last time I was there, a resident cat was also making his rounds. Weekends in fine weather are very busy, only two staff members to serve the checkout or set you up to go picking, or provide you with some wine samples. This may be a seasonal business as I recall driving by in the winter and it did look closed. I hope to get back here before the end of September and will update with any further info, especially about those wine tastings!

Great place for fall family fun! They have rows and rows of apple picking, pumpkin picking, pears,…read moreanimals to pet and feed, picture spots, little shop with goodies (and ice cream!), and more! Had lots of fun with the family and brought home a huge variety of apples.