Scoops Ice Cream — Restaurant in Bogue Banks

a wise man once said "don't ask questions you don't want the answer to." that wise man was agent k from men in black 3 and i usually follow those words to the t. today however, i threw all caution to the wind and decided to ask "y'all got a bathroom?" little did i know that the question coming out of my mouth would lead to an enormous line of troubles down the road. the bathroom of this establishment was behind a maze of cleaning supplies and old decor (i'm surprised i even made it out) when i walked into the cupboard of a toilet room i immediately noticed that the toilet seat was left up, so i knew i was in for a classy and comfortable bathroom experience :) putting all that aside, i started to take care of my business and looked over to see the toilet paper situation. there was in fact a situation. it was like a scene out of the movie monster house. there was no toilet paper on the holder. not even the empty roll. there was however a thick and beefy roll resting on top of the holder. i was appalled. there is a title in my family called the "85 percenter." this title is given to one who is given a task and they only completes 85% of the task. in my opinion, this would be the model example of an 85 percenter. the effort and intent was there to take the empty roll off of the toilet paper holder, but it quickly dissolved when it came time to put the new roll on. 85%. my first thought was "the roll is probably too big to fit on the holder." so i pulled out my beginners geometry kit complete with a graphing calculator and dixon ticonderoga number two pencil to prove my theory. i measured the toilet paper roll and concluded that it was in fact able to fit on the holder. so i swallowed my pride and did their job for them. fast forward to my hand washing experience. after i washed my hands to the tune of the ABC's, i was quickly alerted to the fact that there were no paper towels with which to dry my hands. to my right, there was empty roll. to my left, there was a towel dispenser also empty. however, had there been paper towels, there would be nowhere to toss them as the only trashcan was used to catch the water leaking out of the pipes. needless to say i tried to get out of that bathroom asap. overall the experience was zero stars. but the ice cream...

Went about 15-20 minutes before closing, which we usually try to avoid doing to staff, but the staff was definitely ready to leave. Not super helpful, made us feel rushed. I guess you make your own float. They gave vanilla ice cream then you go get your own soda and make it yourself. Weird. They had 2 sugar free options, which I loved because I can't really have sugar. Not good signage from the road because they have a large sign with other businesses listed in front of their building. Good ice...

They were out of several toppings, but it was the end of the season. Message them on fb if it's the end of the season, and Google says they're open. We went on a Friday night when Google said they were open, and Scoops said they'd be open that Friday in a post the week before, but they weren't. Saturday, I messaged on fb and found out they were open, so we went then. We love the Hershey’s ice cream they have, and it was much closer to us. They have a cute old painted VW van to sit in and...