![]() That first go-round I ordered Rastetter’s favorite menu item, the Henry’s hot fudge brownie sundae the contents of which are a quarter-pound brownie with homemade vanilla soft serve and whipped cream, chocolate drizzle and a cherry to top it all off. I was pretty eager to meet its owner, Terry Rastetter-Helbling, to find out what all the hubbub was about. Though it had only been open for four months, Skoops won by a landslide. I first discovered Skoops during my internship with the Beacon Journal in the summer of 2020.Ī few weeks before my visit, I had conducted a poll for the best ice cream shops in Summit County. Tawney Beans Keeping it cool at Skoops Ice Cream La Fresa Ice Cream Mexican Restaurant 447 Darrow Road, Akron 23 11 a.m. I thought this was pretty fitting since the restaurant’s name literally translates to “the strawberry.”ĭishes like fresa con crema, coupled with their complete dinner menu and attached piñata candy shop, are what make La Fresa a must-try for both ice cream and Mexican food. Photographer Jeff Lange got fresa con crema (medium costs $9.99), which is simply a cup filled to the brim with fresh strawberries covered in sweet cream and topped with whipped cream. There is also a wide range of menu items for those that don’t want ice cream, popsicles or sundaes. Keeping to a strict, eight-minute timetable, Torma continued to fill pint-sized and half-gallon-sized Country Maid boxes with the chocolate ice cream, handing them off to sister Rose Marie Torma, who closed the boxes, stamped them with their flavor names, set them in a tray and passed them through a vault-like window into a big freezer room. "It's freezing up and I'm gonna draw it off," Torma said before drawing the finished ice cream into a 2½-gallon container. The machine whips air into and freezes the ice cream at the same time to produce 10 gallons of ice cream every eight minutes. When Beacon Journal photographer Jeff Lange and I arrived Monday morning, Torma was doing a chocolate ice cream run in a 10-gallon batch freezer. "Everything I made last weekend and the weekend before is gone." ![]() "This is a very tired man right now," Torma said. Here they added the two greatest additions to their family - their son, Declan, and their daughter, Adalyn.It was ice cream-making day Monday at Country Maid Ice Cream in Richfield, where co-owner Dan Torma whipped up nine flavors to replenish supplies after a very busy weekend with temperatures above 80. They returned to the area in 2019 after Brandon was stationed as an instructor at NPTU Ballston Spa, where he continues to serve today. He and Keely left their home in the Adirondacks for Connecticut, where Brandon served four years aboard The USS Minnesota. ![]() Brandon enlisted in the Navy in 2013 as a Submarine Nuclear Operator. Opening their own Wind-Chill Factory together is something that Brandon and Keely have felt destined to do. Keely’s parents, John and Roberta Cooper, owned a roadside food and ice cream business in Crown Point, NY (just north of Ticonderoga) throughout Keely’s entire childhood, instilling in her a flourishing passion for the business. Brandon’s father, Bobby Porter, has owned and operated the Ticonderoga location since Brandon was three years old, where Brandon learned alongside his father. The Wind,hill Factory at Ballston Spa will have all the staples that everyone loves- top-quality food, the best soft serve, along with hard ice cream and the biggest addition of all - a newly renovated 18 hole MiniGolf Course! They look forward to sharing this family experience with everyone this Spring 2022!!īrandon and Keely were each raised in the food/ice cream restaurant industry. ![]() Brandon and Keely are excited to be bringing the same food, ice cream and hospitality to Ballston Spa - the newest Wind Chill Factory location. ![]() Everyone knows the northern location of The Wind-Chill Factory in Ticonderoga - it’s a summertime favorite. ![]()
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