Stewart’s Ice Cream

Wow, why aren’t there any Stewart’s on Long Island?
Each year in Saratoga Springs there is a huge art competition that students of all grade levels from all over NY participate in — the OVA’s. After chaperoning the Olympics of the Visual Arts, 25 hungry and tired high school students, the other chaperone and I needed a litte treat. Hey, we did take first place for sculpture and third for painting, so a celebration was in order!
How those two workers were able to handle thirty exhausted ice cream wanting people I’ll never know. They did so with ease and with a smile on their faces. Plus it was so cheap! Waffle cones for $ 2. What!!! Plus unlimited free topping bar which the kids loved.
I did indulge a little myself. Stewart’s are known for their sodas. So I just had to have a root beer float. Plus, I figured I could enjoy it slowly on the bus ride back to the island. Mmmmm. Two bucks and change will buy you two scoops of yummy vanilla and a bottle of RB to keep adding to your float. Awesome. I also picked up a bottle of water and a tube of bubble gum chap stick since I had forgotten mine. Total bill = less than $ 5.
Please Stewart, come visit your downstate friends sometime.

Im on vacation & anything goes when food is concerned! We were lake George & ice cream just seemed like it would be the right fit on the boardwalk! Once I walked into Hershey’s ice cream shop & saw the carton of artificial flavoring cream in the refrigerator it was game over! We took a shuttle from our hotel to Saratoga springs to get on the train back to the city & the driver Greg, was such a doll! He was born & raised in the area & once I asked him about authentic ice cream, he said this is the place!!! Just plain old vanilla is what I had and it was fantastic! The only reason I did not give it a 5^th star is because it was attached to a gas station. If Greg did not drive me here, I would have never walked it. I’m told that they are all over upstate & the best ice cream around… it certainly was :-)

Not being from the area, I walked into a Stewart’s thinking it was just a gas station that happened to serve ice cream. Usually I avoid ice cream from places like this like the plague. Then I overheard local people talking about going there for some ice cream and I thought I’d give it another chance. I’m glad I did.
I wouldn’t say it’s the most amazing ice cream I’ve tasted. But I did enjoy it. I highly suggest the Irish cream. The cake batter is also pretty good.
What sets this place apart from other quality ice cream parlors is the price.
CHEAP! When I went a shake was only $ 2.75, a single scoop sugar cone was (I think) $ 2.25. A pint: $ 2.25!!!
That’s ridiculous. The price makes it impossible not to get it.