Cabell’s Ice Cream

Yummy Ice cream! Out door seating and friendly staff. Love this place.

Nothing special about this little ice-​cream stop. I did ask for extra Oreo’s in my milk-​shake… I was not disappointed at all!

Had a huge banana split here recently and it was great, was about $ 6, but tasty. This place has been for sale and maybe had different owners the past few years. I am glad it re-​opened this year. The owners must be deeply religious as they keep a sign on the side of the building saying trust in Jesus and play church music, which for an ice cream shop I thought to be strange, but to each their own. Guess a lil church music doesn’t hurt, ha.
Back to the ice cream, the cones are filled and stacked high, seems everything is a big serving, and tastes great. Sadly I forgot to snap a photo of my banana split masterpiece before devouring it, so you will have to wait for a photo or go order one yourself, ha.

Cabells is tops. I’m a local and my friends and I many times will avoid other ice cream joints specifically to reward the owner here at Cabells who is committed to customer service. In addition his product is fabulous! Go, support the local owner, and enjoy your cool treat.

I’m not a local by any means, so obviously I don’t frequent this place — but the one time I did end up there (in fall of 2011) still stands out to me.
A friend and I were in the midst of a road trip, from Milwaukee all the way to Cincinnati. After several hours of driving, she decided she was in the mood for ice cream — specifically, Dairy Queen. Now, I’m ALWAYS up for ice cream, so I was all, «Sure! Let’s!» Unfortunately, it happened to be rather late at night when this craving hit… in Somewhere, Indiana… and when we finally did find a Dairy Queen, it was CLOSED. Gasp!
Well, Cabell’s happened to be nearby, and it looked to be open (at least, a couple of lights were still on, and a man was bustling about). We asked the man if the business was indeed open; he nicely affirmed, then asked us what we wanted. I don’t remember what my friend ordered, but I chose the peanut butter sundae.
The man continued to make friendly small talk as he prepared our ice cream and rang up our orders. Somehow we ended up telling him that we were on a road trip, and he even let us know how far we had to go until we hit Cincinnati.
It was only after we thanked him and started to head back to the car that I noticed (after glancing at a sign) that the business had actually closed something like 10 – 15 mnutes earlier. I was already impressed by the man’s customer service — and now I was even more impressed that he still took the time to help us (even though he would’ve been well within his right to say «sorry» or give us a curt «no» when we asked if he was still open).
Plus, the sundae was big and DELICIOUS — especially the peanut butter!
With all due respect to Dairy Queen, I’m glad we ended up at Cabell’s; and I would definitely visit again, should I happen to find myself in Shelbyville, Indiana!