Frozen custard blended with pretzels?
June 16th, 2008 by Cliff Bostock in Restaurants
We got lost in Tucker looking for Mint’s Restaurant (more about that in another post) and happened upon Sheridan’s Custard ( 4373 Lawerenceville Hwy., 770-491-1180). This outlet of the Midwestern-based franchise is located in a colossal building with no interior seating but, on a Sunday night, was host to a continual parade of addicted customers, including a cluster of five or six women who all looked like stout replications of Amy Winehouse.
The shop sells only vanilla and chocolate flavors. The gimmick is that you combine the flavors with your choice of a zillion toppings to make a sundae or one of the bizarrely named “concretes,” which blend the toppings directly into the custard. I chose a concrete made with caramel and salty chunks of pretzel. It was actually quite tasty, as was Wayne’s mocha-almond version.
While there’s plenty of good ice cream and gelato inside the Perimeter in Atlanta, it’s apparently necessary to trek to the suburbs to find frozen custard. The Sheridan’s concretes remind me of Zesto’s Arctic Swirls, but much richer. Still, I’ll stick with my Toffee Coffee Arctic Swirls until Sheridan’s moves closer to town. It’s more than a gallon of gas to Tucker and back in my SUV.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Rita’s in the Midtown Promenade makes some good frozen custard, so that’s one intown place to get it.
I’ve had Sheridan’s too and liked it — but honestly, I have to admit that I can’t really tell a huge difference in flavor between frozen custard and the kind of soft-serve ice cream you get at Zesto, and on cones at DQ and McDonald’s.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Is it wrong that I wanted to go here after seeing all the sign and all that neon? I love custard. It’s a shame we measure trips in terms of gallons of gas now, LOL
June 16th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Ah, thanks, Darin. I forgot that Rita’s had taken over the location in Midtown Promenade.
Broderick, I’m waiting for your comments on your dinner over the weekend.