Restaurant & Winery Reviews: Knudsen's Ice Creamery

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Knudsen's Ice Creamery - Castro Valley, CA

Knudsen's Ice Creamery
3323 Castro Valley Blvd.
Castro Valley, CA 94546
(510) 582-2775
icecreamery.net

Knudsen's Ice Creamery Family Restaurant is located on Castro Valley Boulevard just past Santa Maria Avenue. They have ample parking in the rear, so don't worry if there's no parallel parking available in front. We came here tonight for the first time and ordered burgers with salads, then of course...ice cream!

The Phaeton burger was excellent and served immediately off the grill on delicious potato bread. It had cheddar cheese, caramelized onions and Jack Daniel's sauce...which was good, but not awesome like TGI Friday's. The burger was cooked perfectly and I thoroughly enjoyed every last bite. Unfortunately, I couldn't eat much of the salad because my first couple of bites consisted of wilted lettuce and stale croutons. Oh well...more room for ice cream!

The Sedan burger was supposed to have "slow-roasted garlic" but it was missing...and when my husband brought it to our server's attention, she told him it was a sauce and that she saw the cook put it on the burger. Well, although the menu didn't say it was a sauce (it specifically said "slow-roasted garlic") we didn't feel it was worth arguing about. He enjoyed the burger anyway, despite not getting exactly what was ordered.

No complaints about Knudsen's ice cream, though...it was absolutely creamy-yummy-licious! I had the regular ice cream dish and he had the large ice cream in a waffle dish. On the menu, the flavor I chose was listed as "Reese's Peanut Butter" but in reality, it had Knudsen's peanut butter cups (which were these perfect-sized mini cups) tossed in their homemade chocolate ice cream. He had one scoop of the Chocolate Fudge Brownie and one scoop of the Dark Chocolate Chip, both decadent and delightful! Now we know where to go for future ice cream cravings...