Fenton's Creamery in Oakland, CA
After heading to Vik's Chaat Corner in Berkeley, my friends and I decided to continue on our eating adventures by going to Fenton's Creamery in Oakland. Getting there was easy (we took local roads), but we drove through some pretty sketchy parts of town. However, Piedmont Street, where Fenton's is situated, is adorable (but parking was a nightmare).
The only thing we had at Fenton's was the ice cream, and I really wasn't that impressed. We sampled several different flavors, and none were truly outstanding. The ice cream was very, very creamy (obviously lots of butterfat), but honestly, not all that tasty. It's almost as if they added all the calories without any of the taste. Pumpkin didn't really taste like pumpkin, mint chip was so minty as to have a bitter aftertaste, coffee chip was more style than substance, and peanut butter chocolate was only so-so. I enjoyed the chocolate ice cream base of the rocky road, but I'm not a huge rocky road fan (the little marshmallows don't do it for me in ice cream). I asked for chocolate sprinkes on my scoop, and I swear I counted 15 of them. Really, not a good coating of sprinkles at all. The only generous thing about our order was the size of the ice cream scoop (enormous), but because I didn't enjoy the ice cream that much, it wasn't such a good thing.
We also had issues with being seated. The hostess gave us a buzzer, saying the wait would be 15 minutes. We walked two blocks down the street, and our buzzer buzzed. We immediately came back, but the hostess had given away our seat, claiming she'd buzzed us 10 minutes prior (it was more like 2 minutes). If you're going, definitely just wait there; don't walk anywhere.
The place seemed like it had a lot of nostalgia. A kid's birthday party was going on, and there were numerous kids in soccer uniforms with their parents, obviously having come straight from practice. Old-timers sat alone, eating grilled cheese and sundaes.
I was really sorry that I didn't like this place more.
Fenton's Creamery
4/10
The only thing we had at Fenton's was the ice cream, and I really wasn't that impressed. We sampled several different flavors, and none were truly outstanding. The ice cream was very, very creamy (obviously lots of butterfat), but honestly, not all that tasty. It's almost as if they added all the calories without any of the taste. Pumpkin didn't really taste like pumpkin, mint chip was so minty as to have a bitter aftertaste, coffee chip was more style than substance, and peanut butter chocolate was only so-so. I enjoyed the chocolate ice cream base of the rocky road, but I'm not a huge rocky road fan (the little marshmallows don't do it for me in ice cream). I asked for chocolate sprinkes on my scoop, and I swear I counted 15 of them. Really, not a good coating of sprinkles at all. The only generous thing about our order was the size of the ice cream scoop (enormous), but because I didn't enjoy the ice cream that much, it wasn't such a good thing.
We also had issues with being seated. The hostess gave us a buzzer, saying the wait would be 15 minutes. We walked two blocks down the street, and our buzzer buzzed. We immediately came back, but the hostess had given away our seat, claiming she'd buzzed us 10 minutes prior (it was more like 2 minutes). If you're going, definitely just wait there; don't walk anywhere.
The place seemed like it had a lot of nostalgia. A kid's birthday party was going on, and there were numerous kids in soccer uniforms with their parents, obviously having come straight from practice. Old-timers sat alone, eating grilled cheese and sundaes.
I was really sorry that I didn't like this place more.
Fenton's Creamery
4/10
posted by epicure | 3:58 PM
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