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The Wind Chill Factory & Mini Golf at Ballston Spa
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5 Reviews on “The Wind Chill Factory & Mini Golf at Ballston Spa”
Great food at reasonable prices. Lots of outside seating both in the shade and sun. Great play area for kids. We easily spent almost 2 hours there relaxing while the kids played.
Clam Strips, French Fries, Happy Days~
When I first moved to Amsterdam I recall the days of seeing this location totally shut down and thinking “wonder what that place was like in it’s hay day”, well many years later and the location reopened under the same name and likely serving the same kind of food.
For my order I called it in a few hours ahead of time, getting a Chicken Sandwich, Fried Clam Strips, Onion Petals, Pickle Chips and a Vanilla Milkshake. I was going to also order the Fried Twinkie, but apparently their online menu is outdated as that was only around during their opening event. They do have Fried Oreos, but I can’t eat chocolate sadly. All in all the total came to around 42.00, which for as much as I ordered, seemed a fair price.
Picking up the meal was easy and the girl working the front end was very friendly, and when I got everything back home I was very satisfied with what I found. The proportions were very acceptable, and the me of then had no idea that they were even too much for me to finish. Hindsight is 20/20.
Digging in the Chicken Sandwich was first, juicy chicken breast grilled just right, fresh onion and lettuce, a splash of mayo and ketchup, with the toasted yet soft buns made for an excellent start. The french fries that accompanied both the sandwich and clam strips had that very obvious home made texture to them, and I loved it! Looking back on it, probably should have not got the other sides. Speaking of which the pickle chips were indeed crispy, but I felt them a tad too salty. It was easy to mellow out the salt with the included dip, but on their own they were not as enjoyable as I was hoping. The onion petals were better, but in their case they had a somewhat lack of flavor, and needed the sauce included to make up for the fact. The sauce by the way I think was some kind of ranch? It’s not on the menu, nor was I asked about them when my order was taken. And finally the last main course, the clam strips. What can I say, they were just as I recall carnival clam strips tasting. Slightly chewy, just that hint of sea food flavor, all bundled up in a crunchy breading. In fact they were so good on their own, I hardly needed the included tartar sauce.
Ah, but before I forget, the milkshake. Of course I really wanted to try that Twinkie, so this was already a sort of filler pick, but hey, at least it was very much a homemade milkshake. Not that goop you get from McDonalds or even the recent Dave’s Hot Chicken, something more akin to Stewarts, but with a very diner milk + ice cream flavor to it.
I was put into a somewhat of a mild carb coma thanks to everything, but I enjoyed what I had all the same. Next time though, I think I’ll just get the Chicken Sandwich or try the fried shrimp. Oh, and an important note, this is a Cash ONLY location, so be sure to bring at least $60 if you plan on getting anything close to what I ordered.
Great place to go when your entire family is in the mood for ice cream. If you have little ones they’ll enjoy it even more.
Good sizes and prices. Ice cream is just Perry’s so nothing special or homemade. But nice place.
We were there towards the end of the night just for soft-serve ice cream my girls ice cream cone was alright but my large cup definitely could have been more generous for the $6.00 that was charged for it.
I usually just keep driving by this place for a reason from a few bad experiences from the old owners years ago. I figured new owners. What the heck. Unfortunately I will keep driving by again and I live very local. But the banana ripple ice cream was very good.