Fosters Freeze — Restaurant in Torrance

Maybe its old-school thinking like memories of how it was when I was a kid or believing in getting a good value for what I'm paying because there something quite missing at my first visit to Fosters Freeze in Torrance. I was surprised that FF was still around. I remember it from my childhood years when going to FF or DQ (Dairy Queen) and Baskin Robbins was an long awaited, exciting treat. Stepping out of the heat into a cool lobby peering thru the glass windows of the ice cream troughs choosing your ice cream flavors and then you point to the various toppings you want and it was an interactive experience to create your very own ice cream creation. At least its what I remember and kinda expected. The FF is in a beautiful setting of old-tiwn Torrance of small business shops & boutiques surrounded by leisurely walking streets in a neighhood of family homes like in those old Disney movies. And right there a Fosters Freeze. But like I said...something missing,.yeah good ice cream could be stepped up a notch, and its all service through an outside window and pretty it like... FF: Yes, what do you want or like or wish to order.. but I just the 'next' look Me: I'll take a ice cream sundae FF; What size Me: Oh I don't know (the entire window area was plastered with signs. depriving one of the view of at least seeing their treat created. Nope can't see nothing nor pick toppings Might as well be ordering off a soft serve truck FF: Ok here you go $5,50 Me; ( thinking $5.50 for a scoop of ice of ice cream that seemed to be a cheap knock off of a subdae. I mean its a very drab exoerience....if you gonna charge premium prices then provide the ambience, maybe ice cream parlor music, clear the windows cause I wanna see my text made, display toppings. I can tell when a product is made by someone who doesn't love to eat the product and probably didn't grow up and around the product culture. Otherwise its like buying ice cream from grocery store. So retail food service can be indifferent, robotic service but made to order food comes from a long legacy of street vendors, amusement & concession stands and cozy shops & parlors where you get a tasty good value product for a fair price and ...wait for it... And an enjoyable experience. Other than that...

I had the triple Berry Cheesecake and my friend had the Dirt and Worms. While the place is cash only, you'll be happy to see there is a convenience atm right outside the shop. That said you get quite a bit of ice cream possibly more than you can finish with the products shown in the images. If you're feeling classic they also have hot fudge Sundaes as well. I've been going there as a 4th of July Tradition after fireworks since I was at least 4 years old and my family probably even longer. I hope this place remains successful to delight future generations in a tradition of old school and new school ice cream concoctions. As for our specific treats I loved how there was actual cubes of cheesecake in the mixture and real fruit too. And the dirt and worms, don't worry they didn't use real dirt or real worms in it, it was those gummy worms most are familiar with from the 1980s and 1990s inside oreo cookie dust. That said neither of us could finish ours so I froze them in our freezer and we enjoyed a second sitting of it. Excellent bang for the buck when one considers how many servings we had. Hopefully I'll get to return again this fourth of July if...

We went to the foster freeze on Carson st in Carson for the first time since it closed at 10pm. We usually go to another one closer to home but it closes at 8pm.🤦‍♀️ first the ladies take our order and instead of paying attention to what we are saying they are speaking in their language back and forth laughing and talking, then they give us the totally wrong items and we said that we ordered something different, they had the nerve to get mad and tell us that we ordered that..then when they serve it to us it was with Bad attitude. Next the item I got was a soft serve with a brownie...or should I say yucky sticky gooey pieces of little block chocolate that they call brownies I guess..it was so bad I ate a little and had to throw it away...I guess they call it chocolate brownie sundae...taste more like...a no way jose... really nasty. So the customer service sucked and the dessert really sucked...a double downer..I would NEVER RECOMMEND THIS PLACE AT ALL...DON'T...