Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream

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charlestondiner

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Like Going Back In Time. When was the last time you had a crinkle cut French fry? No, seriously. This is just one of the many surprises that we stumbled upon at the Ye OleFashioned Ice Cream & Sandwich Cafe in Mt. Pleasant this past weekend.

With limited time for lunch we turned into the parking lot of this restaurant and I have to say that overall, I was pleasantly surprised. Although I?ve driven by it several times, I had ventured inside. In the area since 1972 it?s been voted the place for the ?Best Ice Cream? by many publications for several years.

Take a step back in time when you enter and are quickly greeted by a few high school kids working as servers. A long counter welcomes you and to your right there is an ice cream oasis of 36 flavors! We couldn?t decide if we wanted ice cream as our entree, but we knew it was in our future.

For a small sandwich cafe the menu is extensive. There are 24+ sandwiches, many choices of burgers and hot dogs, salads, soups and ice cream treats. There is also a ?specials? section that pairs an item with various things on the menu. This is where we made our selections for lunch.

My husband ordered the ?World Famous BLT? that claimed to be made with 10 slices of bacon. It was also to be served with a large scoop of potato salad, two scoops of ice cream and a fountain beverage. I chose a cheeseburger served with fries and a fountain beverage. Both items were $7.89 and we felt like we got a bargain.

Although the cafe was busy our lunch was served in six minutes. My burger and the BLT were both a large portion and served very hot. Within a few minutes of tasting our lunch the crinkle cut French fries arrived. As I began to watch other patrons receive their meals they were served in the same fashion. Once things are ready ? out they come.

I thought about this for a minute and wondered if it would be better if everything was delivered at once. That would have meant that something had to ?wait? for the fries to be cooked and honestly, the fries were out in a blink of an eye and almost too hot to eat. I concluded that it?s a service system that?s not broken and doesn?t need fixing.

My burger was not a ?gourmet? burger by any stretch of the imagination, but it was good and actually too large to finish. The same held true for the fries that we ended up splitting. The potato salad was something I would not recommend. If I?m not mistaken the salad was very similar to the processed variety that you would find in the deli of a grocery store. Hardly memorable.

The BLT got rave reviews. Served on white toast (how else would you order it?), the bacon was crisp, tasty and more than abundant. It reminded me of something my dad would have made for me when I ran home for lunch in grammar school. Nothing fancy, just good. And then it was time for dessert.

There?s something about an ice cream shop that brings out the little kid in everyone. When it was time to order the ice cream that was included in my husband?s meal t