Stone Ridge Orchard — Attraction in Town of Marbletown

If I could rate this lower than one star I would, recently went to stone ridge orchard to go through a light show with LUMAGICA… and it was TERRIBLE! There was no effort put into the show what so ever, it was very bad work considering there was extension cords IN puddles when walking by the entrance… what really got me was spending over $100 to bring my family to the light show, and it wasn't handicap accessible in any way so my father couldn’t come with to enjoy it with us.. When we asked about a refund for at least his ticket (due to it all being inclines and in NO WAY help for my dad to walk it) They told us they couldn’t give us a refund but that we were welcome to get stuff from their farm stand… when we got there, The FARM STAND WAS FILTHY! Floor looked like it’s never been cleaned …the pie I chose had some mold on it so I had to give it back while still in the store, after it was given to me….overall I see a lot of possible potential, but my overall experience SUCKED! Elizabeth Ryan must have people that don’t know what they are doing, or she don’t know what she is doing, the overall experience with this orchard...

This was a bit of a miss, and I'm unsure if I should've done more research or what. I discovered Breezy Hill at the NYC Grows Wednesday and Saturday tent at Union Square. It was initially the sugar-free cookie that drew me in. The PERFECT cookie and when they stopped selling I went with the carrot and raisin, which is amazing. I had a day to kill and drove up to the Breezy Hill orchard, only to get there and learn there aren't direct sales done there and the retail place is about 45 minutes on the other side of the Hudson. Fair enough, so i drive to Stone Ridge, and I just felt let down by the offerings. No cookies, the produce was okay and the plums were amazing but not much of a variety to pick from. None of the donuts that are at the tent in the city either. Bummed cause I figured I was making my way to the Mecca of Breezy Hill, where the best of the best was, but that wasn't the case. I still visit the tent and grab about 5 carrot cookies once a month or so, I think...

hot cider was amazing! it was very hot (so be careful) but once it cooled down, it was delicious. wasn't pleased with the donuts as much as i thought i would... guess that's why they don't put out samples (other places i've been to had samples and you had an idea of their products and you could tell the quality was good - but here i guess they're not as confident in their products. it's the first place i've gone to that didn't offer samples of anything - not even apples). the donut was dry on the inside. also the apple selections were subpar - didn't really find many apple selections which was disappointing and the ones we wanted to try did not look good...