Dream Hut — Restaurant in Bartonville

Review Date: September 14th, 2014

Where diabetic dreams come true.

Every town has a few things: A Casey’s gas station. A Subway Restaurant. A Dollar General store. Lastly, a locally-owned ice cream shack. Any small town will have a combination of these things, if not all. Bartonville is a smaller town that happens to have their own ice cream shack. I am not sure about the others but that isn’t why we are here today. Today, we are here to talk about a place where diabetics dream about. A place that causes diabetes. A place that your sweet tooth (or teeth) dream of.

The Dream Hut is like many ice cream shacks. It is nestled in a smaller standalone building that has a store front where you can walk up and place your order and then awkwardly mingle with everyone else that is standing around. The store front is wide enough to accommodate a place to order and a place to pick your food up. Their menu is plastered on the glass where you order and you can stand off to the side and gawk over it without standing entirely in the way of people who have dreamt here before.

On a cold day, a few of us decided to take a trip to this hut to see if we could order something dreams are made of. Around this time in my life, I was hopelessly dreaming about Peanut Butter Malts or anything similar. In a confession, I have a terrible peanut butter addiction that continues to this day and for the rest of my life. Upon arriving, I knew I needed something peanut butter-y. Glancing over the menu, I was drawn to the Peanut Butter Cup Blitz and I knew that was the thing my dreams were made of.

One sip… well, what can be had for a sip as slurping a thick Blitz through a straw is entirely nightmarish… I knew I hit something good. The Blitz had a nice chocolate/peanut butter blend that can only be described properly by scientists and clairvoyants. Absolutely delectable. My friend Matt ordered the same thing and he rather enjoyed his drink/meal, but not nearly on the level of mine. Devin ordered a simple ice cream cone but even that put a huge smile on her face.

Despite the change of the season and that nightfall was quickly approaching, the Dream Hut was everything I could dream in a ice cream place and more. While I only had the one item from their menu on this one and only visit, I would assume the rest of their offerings are just as good. I would like to revisit and try other menu items in the future.

Still to this day, I dream of that Peanut...

We had 6 pork tenderloin sandwiches and a few fries between 7adults, a good eating teen and a toddler.

Food was hot, clean, fast and in a great portion. This is not fancy food, but it was good eating at a fair price.

Many of us had ice cream, floats, or sodas.

It is just a tiny ice cream hut, but they offer some really nice hot food quickly. It was lightly raining but warm and they had a very nice covered picnic style dining area with three large tables.

I was sad to see it was so slow as it was the perfect day for ice cream.

We will definitely stop there again next time we find ourselves in town. Next time I will...

We've tried just about everything on the menu, but our favorites are the crispy chicken sandwich, the burgers, hot dogs, fried mushrooms, chili fries, mini tacos, and you just can't go wrong with any of their ice cream, blitz's, or any of their shakes. They've got a whole Blitz menu, but they won't hesitate letting you just BYO if you want! Considering how busy they get, they keep the line moving really well, even during their busiest hours. But the thing I love the most about Dream Hut is you don't have to check your bag before you take it home, they get our order right...