The Old Lumber Yard — Local services in Johnson City

The restaurant here is amazing! The service, atmosphere, and food are ALL worth the drive. It's rare to get everything right in a restaurant but Proof and Cooper's does it.

The candy shop owners are really great and when we told them we were bringing our kids here for a bday party, they went out of their way to help us figure out what our daughter could have from their shop, since she has a food allergy.

The 3-star is reserved for the ice cream shop. We walked in and the lady was very friendly. However, when we asked about dairy free options, without hesitation, she enthusiastically pointed to a tub and said she had some. We were SO excited! Dairy free ice cream in a small town ice cream shop is non-existent! She pointed to the Blue Bell Sherbet. I was hesitant since we are very familiar with most dairy free brands and blue bell does not carry a dairy free line. So, I responded that I was surprised to learn that it was dairy free. She pulled her glasses down and read the ingredients aloud, from the ice cream tag on the plexiglass. Never mentioned milk. Then, she said Blue Bell TOLD HER it was dairy free. Although we have lots of experience with our daughter's allergy, thankfully, our daughter wasn't with us because I was excited that the ingredients she read didn't include milk and may have let my guard down.

She then started talking about her lactose sensitivity and how she can enjoy the sherbet. That raised a red flag because anyone with a true dairy allergy knows that people unfamiliar with it regularly mistake lactose for the actual allergen. After we left, my excitement faded and I decided to do some research. Turns out, MILK is the FIRST ingredient in the sherbet. I'm extremely disappointed. I didn't want to even leave this review but I feel like I have a duty to warn others. She blatantly lied to us. She "read" the ingredients. She stated that Blue Bell informed her it was dairy free. She could have just said she wasn't sure. I do get wanting to be accommodating but had we assumed she read the label truthfully and that the manufacturer directly told her the sherbet was dairy free, our daughter would have ended up in the...

Horrible. Didn't give me my refill. Got fried pickles they aren't even fried. 15 gorillas in the restroom doing the griddy. Deers still.moving...

Beautiful lights during the holiday season, entrance to Proof and Coooer is inside the...