Forbus General Store — Local services in Albany

My daughters and I had stopped in for ice cream on our way home from Kentucky. This was the first visit this year, we had been there several times before. There were 3 teenagers working the grill/ice cream area. It was not busy, the boy was making fries, a blonde girl standing with the deer in the headlights look on her face and then another teen dark haired girl was putting something in a bag and talking at the blonde. After waiting several minutes an older lady asked if we were waiting for ice cream, I replied yes please. The dark haired girl, annoyed came to take out order. My oldest daughter with her infant in her arms ordered a cookies and cream regular cone. After handing the cone to my daughter the girl looks at me and says what do you want? Very cold very rude and I said wow, that's rude. She giggled. I got 2 more cones. These cones has barely enough ice cream to see over the top of the cone, kind of like a kiddie cone. Went to cash out and the older man said just the ice cream, no smile, no small talk, no friendly nothing and I said yes, then I asked him if those were his grandkids, he said a couple are, my guess would be the 2 girls. Honestly the boy seemed to be doing his job and smiled at least. Maybe I hit them at a bad time but dear Lord No Southern Hospitality there at all. One of my daughters works at a similar place closer to our house. She said wow if I ever said that at my work or wasn't smiling when customers walked in Miss... Would have my butt. We will not go...

WOW ❤️ what a beautiful hidden treasure,I just absolutely loved this old general store , quite the hospitality,so kind and I reckon you can say they had a bit of most everything and great prices ,oh the fudge is all homemade and so many flavors to choose from,it's a must try ,they also sell Amish goods, toys like marbles,toys from the past and candy I haven't seen since I was a child ,wooden floors ,awe just a great place hidden treasure as I call it ,I only found due to my GPS kept me off hwy 3xs due to accidents so I'm grateful for the beautiful scenery and this lovely place . Oh bye the way the fudge was amazingly delicious I bought 3/4 Lb of chocolate with walnut & 3/4lb of Rocky road,mmm yummy 😋. I'll make a special trip for that fudge and a few other items I'd love to buy ....

Thank God that this store popped up right when I did not think I could drive another mile! I have never driven on hilly, curvy mountain roads that don’t have a shoulder and a constant double line in the center. I couldn’t wait to stop somewhere and rest and see if I could get off of this mountain! This was a great store and it was very quaint and it helped to get my mind off of the drive. I bought some great fudge and would have eaten some thing, but they were out of the two things I was interested in. Lots of old-fashioned, toys, and souvenirs and it seems everyone that came in the door of this store/restaurant/souvenir shop, knew one another. Luckily, I found out that the road gets better once you reach the top of...