Soft Stuff Ice Cream — Restaurant in Maryland

I had a yen for some soft serve ice cream this afternoon, so decided to stop by here after finishing my afternoon rounds. According to Google Maps, I was last here 3 years ago ( Wow! Has it been that long?!) When I walked up to the window, I was greeted by a nice young man who showed me the menu board behind him when I said I wasn't sure what I wanted yet, but wanted to see what flavors they had. I was surprised to see that Soft Stuff offered regular (or hard) ice cream as well as the soft serve version (contains less milk fat, whipped with air, and can be made from a mix). They also have a few other items added to their menu, now, too. Anyway, I ordered a small soft serve in my favorite flavor. Unfortunately, the machine wasn't behaving properly and was offered the choice of an improperly mixed product of my flavor, or one of the basic flavors (vanilla, chocolate, or orange-vanilla(?). I chose to go with chocolate. Although I asked for a small, it was a rather large amount. I guess that's what a small looks like now! It cost about $5.00 plus change. I chose to pay with cash, though they do accept credit cards now. I was talking about all of the changes with this young man since I was the only one there at the time. I found out that the previous owners of Soft Stuff retired about 2 years ago, so the shop has new owners who wanted to build the business with some new items and accommodate people who might not always have cash on them. All in all, it was a very good experience and I thought the ice cream tasted very good. The only disappointment was not getting my favorite flavor because the machine was broken. Oh, well. I'll try again another day when the yen for a soft serve ice cream...

Oh that soft serve… so delicious 🤤 definitely live up to it’s name “soft stuff” 😁 creamy, milky, and not overly sweet.

The young adults that work there are very friendly and efficient at what they do. However, training for new item of the season needs to keep up. We ordered the new strawberries dip in hot milk chocolate and none of them knew how to make it, so they tried their best to make something that look like the picture 😣 Not till later, another young man came in who knew how it should be made…. But too late.

Outside of what’s mentioned, the tables and chairs can definitely use a good wipe down. Some of the stains on the counter and tables seemed has been there for some time. As a food service place, cleanliness should be a priority.

Do recommend for the soft serve ice cream, not so much for sitting down to eat...

Good place to get an ice cream treat. I wish there were more flavors for the soft ice cream. Place is always clean and parking always available. First time we visited this place we ordered the big size ice cream cone, and it was huge, just like the picture by the ordering window, but since it seems to be getting smaller and smaller. After the first time my wife always brought a cup as she couldn’t eat it all, and just three days ago we visited the place again and after we were served our cones she asked me if I ordered large or medium. Large I said. She ate it all and didn’t use the cup at all. Honestly it was about half the size of our first time there. Maybe they need a drawing of the sizes next to the machine to compare. But still,...