Edenville General Store — Restaurant in Town of Warwick

I unfortunately did not have a good first time experience here. We came here during lunch and saw the parking lot was packed, but there were hardly any people in the store so it was a bit confusing to understand what was happening there (front and back parking only had 1 spot open, but only about 5 groups of people in the store). We ordered some food, smoked chicken, western omelette with no onions, and pancakes, all to-go. Then we took a seat and waited. And waited. We watched multiple people getting food who came in after us, debating which of us ordered something that would take that long to cook.

It wasn't until the store was nearly empty that I went to the counter to ask about our food when they checked with the kitchen, saw no tickets left, and realized that our food had been brought to the front counter without us being notified. When they discovered this, someone whom I assume was either a manager or the owner started yelling at the workers saying you need to call the name of to-go orders and not just bring the food up, and apologized blaming new people on the team. Realistically, this could have been avoided if they had a sign that all to-go orders are picked up at the front.

Now, it wouldn't be too bad to deal with this if this was all, but there were a couple other issues. One, there is literally no phone or Internet service in that building. Probably not a problem if service is quick, but waiting for a half an hour was rough (I believe it was closer to 45 minutes, but I didn't pay attention to the actual time we ordered and only kept track after a certain point). Two, multiple people were working and if only one of them had noticed us getting frustrated with an increasingly fussy baby actively trying to catch any of their attention, they may have realized our food was done without us knowing. Three, by the time we got home, I discovered my omelette was practically buried with onions, with no mushrooms instead. I was originally planning to share this with the little one, but he has issues with onions, so I couldn't even give him it as intended.

All in all, I hope this was only a singular bad experience versus what I should expect as a standard because this is one of the only places that sells smoked meats and I would truly love to be able to go here on the regular. At a minimum, I'm planning to order ahead or order delivery going forward to remove at least the problems that stemmed from being in the...

The food is really good to amazing, depending what you get. Like smoked/BBQ pork or ribs? Yeah, come here. Macaroni salad to die for. Service with a smile. Everyone is really friendly and willing to help. Atmosphere. Looking for a 5 star NYC style linen table cloth place that someone stands around to scrape the crumbs off the table with every bite of bread??? Well, go somewhere else. 🤣 Looking for a rustic setting with mismatched tables and chairs, and birthday of Halloween napkins year round? Where it's ok to come in with your work clothes on or farm boots? With a nice wood burning stove keeping it warm on chilly days?? Come on in y'all. This is upstate NY, not Chelsea. You're in farm country! Catch the open mic night on Saturday's! Never know what type of music. People will play guitar, sing, do duos, whatever. A friendly, judgement free place to let out your inner music star! No charge, no 2 drink minimum. But have a beer and some ribs and enjoy!!!

Oh BTW when you pull up in front, there is almost always a big table with FREE STUFF out! Take what you want. Donate yourself. Books, baby items, toys, clothing or shoes, electronics.........

Debbie does a terrific job with making sure this restaurant is run well. I admire the fact she hires local kids from the area. Food is cooked to order and is always hot and Good.

Now that this is out of the way, during the summers, Edenville General store runs a car show/cruise on Thursday nights in the summer. On this Thursday night, I attended the car meet, and I saw a few smatterings of classic antique cars, which is what I thought it was supposed to be. There were 5 antique cars off to the side, and 10-15 showroom new cars.

I asked the guy in charge if he intends to implement a 25 year old cut off. Well, he got highly insulted. (Weird) His response was No, there is only one rule to have fun!!

Well, I can't have fun if I bring my car that's 75 years old and park next to a showroom new Dodge, and talk to a 25 year old owner. Frankly, you are dividing the car community. I couldn't care less about showroom new cars and 25 year old boys don't care about classic vintage automobiles. Have fun?

Have a good summer sir, no one will see my car...