The whole family went on this latest adventure, but there was the promise of ice cream so it's no surprise we had a full car! Today we went to the home of Velvet Ice Cream in Utica Ohio.
Velvet is a 4th generation family owned company, They proudly boast that the current President and VP's are women and direct descendants of the original owner. They are also very proud of "Ye Olde Mill" this baby is from 1817 and definitely the center of attention....
Actually that's not true.... The ICE CREAM is the center of attention, and rightfully so! My hubby ordered this bad boy and I've never been so jealous of someone else's ice cream!
Actually that's not true.... The ICE CREAM is the center of attention, and rightfully so! My hubby ordered this bad boy and I've never been so jealous of someone else's ice cream! It was called The Buckeye Sundae.. chocolate, peanut butter, bananas, whip cream topped with mini-buckeyes! YUM!!
We also treated our self to lunch in the restaurant and all of the items from the kids meal come served in a 1/2 gallon ice cream carton, without the ice cream of course, but the kids thought it was SO fun to get lunch in a box of ice cream! 
After lunch we went through the gift shop and ice cream museum. There were lots of things to look at and read, one of my favorite is this GIANT ice cream scoop!
The Ice cream parlor had a cute little table and chairs for the kids to sit at!
What I liked.
We also treated our self to lunch in the restaurant and all of the items from the kids meal come served in a 1/2 gallon ice cream carton, without the ice cream of course, but the kids thought it was SO fun to get lunch in a box of ice cream! 
After lunch we went through the gift shop and ice cream museum. There were lots of things to look at and read, one of my favorite is this GIANT ice cream scoop!
The Ice cream parlor had a cute little table and chairs for the kids to sit at!
What I liked.
Loved all the historic things, the kids learned about the mill and they had some old time machines. The Ice Cream parlor and museum were so quaint and really add charm to this place! Huge shelter houses with picnic tables and a fun little playground for the kids to play on.
What I was a little disappointed about.
The tour- It was 2 large windows with a young girl handing out free samples of the ice cream. Don't get me wrong the ice cream was good, but we couldn't really see them making ice cream, nor did we know what they were even doing. There was a TV screen and a microphone so perhaps if there had been someone talking about what we were seeing it would have been better. or even a video playing it might have been more educational! When we got there they were just finishing a tour so we thought we'd go to the next one, but by then the kids were ready to eat and play and so the tour was kind of a bust. I'm glad we went, it was worth the trip up there, but maybe not someplace you go again and again. They did advertise weekend entertainment and a farmers market so perhaps that would make it worthy of return trips!
Getting there
Velvet Ice Cream is 35 minutes East of Columbus and ten miles north of Newark on Ohio State Route 13.... Physical Address...11324 SR-13, Utica, OH, 43080
