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    Frisbie's Dairy Barn

    3.8 (105 reviews)
    Closed 1:00 pm - 10:00 PM
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Dan R.

    "Sundown's gonna catch me Down behind the barn In my sweet baby's arms" (Steve Miller Band) There are three Frisbie's Dairy Barn shops in CT and MA, plus you can get their excellent ice cream in four independently owned Connecticut shops. Today, we visited the OG Frisbie's at 951 Farmington Avenue near the Farmington-New Britain border. They have around 30 flavors in their "made daily on premises" arsenal. I asked our super helpful server what their best seller was and he quickly answered with "Blue Devil Cookie Monster", a blue vanilla ice cream with Oreos and chocolate chip cookies. As tempting as that sounded, a few of their flavors caught my eye -namely Raspberry Cheesecake and Connecticut Coconut Almond. Unfortunately, both flavors were on today's "Out of Stock" list with ten others. My third choice was Pulaski Pistachio "Made with real pistachio paste and pistachio pieces" and since it was available I had a small cone for $5. The ice cream was very good- rich and creamy and smooth with plenty of pistachio chunks. My wife had a Plainville Peanut Butter, and I sure enjoyed my taste of it. The PB flavor was deep and quite honestly, fantastic. There are plenty of seats inside, so we grabbed a table and enjoyed our cones with a people watching parade of customers. We saw families coming in for cones and dishes, and one big guy who looked like an NFL lineman cooling off with a big chocolate shake. I'm sure he enjoyed that as much as we enjoyed our cones.

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    Allison C.

    We visited Frisbie's for the first time to take their ice cream class! My husband and I had such a fun time making our own flavors. The owner was our instructor, and he was great at explaining the process and making it an easy experience. We came home with Biscoff coconut almond and peanut butter brownie flavors that we love! We'll be working through our gallons for a while! Loved that the class includes a build your own sundae too since you have to leave your ice cream overnight to freeze. Quality ice cream and amazing people! We'll be back!

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    John L.

    $11.00 for a pre-packaged pint? Whaaaaaa? And to add further insult to my injured credit card; I purchased 3 pints! Sorry, the Panna ice cream is good, but not THAT good. Mixing is visible from the front counter and just did not appear to be clean and well mastered, in other words messy.

    Fun menu of ice creams.
    Lindsay N.

    We scooped up some homemade, fun named, Connecticut inspired, unique flavors from Frisbie's Dairy Barn in New Britain. They have a few other locations in Bloomingfield, in the Parkville Marketing in Hartford, and shops in RI and MA. All their ice cream is made here in New Britain barn. We got scoops of Rum Raisin, Vegan Pina Colada with Rum, Newington Nutella and Little Poland. These were all so good that they sell pints for you to take home. Rum Raisin had juicy raisins and the rum ice cream rum was sweet and warm. Newington Nutella had chocolate pieces with a Nutella flavored ice cream. Little Poland was probably my favorite flavor of the day. It was a vanilla/custard flavored ice cream and the best way I can described it is that it tastes like the filling of a cream puff. Cream puffs are one of my favorite desserts. You could not tell the Pina Colada flavor was vegan--they had other vegan options and an entire list of allergens of what ice creams what. This list was extremely helpful for me to decide my ice creams because their are ingredients I have to avoid. Frisbie's parking lot had plenty of spaces for parking and large seating areas inside and out. I can tell they want you to stick around and enjoy your ice cream. The staff was very helpful and we learned that they have some yummy seasonal flavors for the fall that we will need to come back to try! Overall, if you are from Connecticut and want to try a great ice cream shop, give Frisbie's a try!

    Stewart's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Chamberlain Chocolate Chip mix  Delicious treat for National Ice Cream Day
    Steve Ray F.

    Speedy service, nice clean tables and friendly service Open until 9 so plenty of time to come and enjoy some delicious iceberg cream

    Chocolate shake with PB crisps
    Monica B.

    The weather was perfect for some ice cream today so I officially had my first ice cream for this season!! The girls were very nice and served the 4 cups of ice cream very fast. Not that many people around 1 so it was nice and quiet, plenty of seating inside and outside. The kids size was very generous and more than enough for me!

    Elisa F.

    Since recently finding out Frisbee's is only 15 minutes from our house, we've quickly made them part of our ice cream rotation. Absolutely love their unique flavors named after towns with my personal favorite being the Newington Nutella. It's hard to find a GOOD Nutella flavor and this one absolutely hits. Creamy, almost soft.. it's perfect! Their Little Poland Lod Smietankowvy flavor is really unique - it's a very creamy vanilla made with extra eggs, almost like a custard! We recently came here for sundaes and tried their PB sauce which was thicker than I expected, more like a hot fudge consistency than a sauce, but awesome flavor! Their Strawberry ice cream was a little too icy, unsure if it was sitting for too long or if that's what you get when ordering a fruity flavor. I'll probably stick to the Nutella!

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    Jason P.

    Frisbie's Dairy Barn ("FDB") had been on my radar, but when I heard they were coming to Parkville Market, FDB had my full attention. Since my wife and I had a mid-afternoon lunch, it was the perfect time to skip dinner and try FDB. FDB is in New Britain near Stanley Quarter Park. That's a new part of New Britain for me. They have great branding and art. The teal, maroon and white in their unique font, the S's that look like smiles and the ice cream cone I's all make for a great sign and logo. The ice cream flavors are listed on individual boards with creative local names, unique fonts and flavor-related art. Terrific stuff that I appreciate. FDB's white building and slanted and lined charcoal grey roof looks new, modern and welcoming. The outside is filled with teal and white Adirondack chairs for comfortable eating. FDB pays attention to details that improve the experience. The ice cream is very good too. FDB makes its ice cream. I ordered a scoop of Stanley Park Strawberry and a scoop of Blue Devil Cookie Monster. The Strawberry tasted fresh, light and soft. It was one of the better Strawberry ice creams I've had. The Blue Devil Cookie Monster is blue-dyed vanilla with pieces of Oreos and chocolate chip cookies. It looked great and tasted very good. I also photographed my wife's Sundae with a scoop of Chocolate Peanut Butter Parks, a scoop of Southington Salted Caramel, hot fudge, whipped cream and M&M's. It looked beautiful, and the colorful dots on the ice cream cups are fun. I'm looking forward to some post meal scoops of Frisbie's Dairy Barn at the Market. Welcome to the show!

    Karen Kay F.

    $5 For kids $5.50 small one scoop/split $7 regular $9 large. Toppings are a $1 additional, which I think are high prices. See you can get soft serve or hard ice cream with cleverly created interesting names after hometown New Britain, local towns and sites. I got Berlin Black raspberry with DARK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS and chunks of raspberry fruit and STANLEY PARK STRAWBERRY with chunks of strawberry fruit. One drawback was the unfortunate frozen ice crystals when they rinse the scoop to change scooping flavors to serve. Sundae $8.50 -$12, Float or milk shake offered. Also sorbet and lemon ice. Avery's flavored bottled soda for sale. Some inside seating approximately 10 tables.

    Dawn H.

    This is a really nice icecream parlor. They have creative flavors and milkshakes. The names are definitely all about New Britain. The names are of parks,streets,monuments etc. Great idea to do so. The employees are very friendly and they have plenty of tables to enjoy your treats at . Today I tried bitter pecan and peanut butter . Pretty good ! My friend had a huge banana split. He loved it . No inside dining yet due to restaurant restrictions for covid.

    Zack G.

    Very basic spot for home-made ice cream, with both indoor and outdoor seating. They also have a window for their outdoor ice cream. There is cream is VERY creamy and tastes more milk-y than your average ice cream. They have a lot of creative flavors, but they don't have a ton of the classics. Since they did not have my go-to ice cream, chocolate chip, I got a vanilla ice cream with chocolate chips on top. This make-shift adjustment was still disappointing however, since the chocolate chips were the generic cookie chocolate chips that you would get from a grocery store. They did give me a ton of them though, which I appreciated. There cones were not fresh, and my waffle cone was cracking and about to break as I ate my ice cream. They also have soft-serve ice cream in addition to hard ice cream Ice Cream Quality: 7/10 Environment: 2/10 Flavor Variety: 2/10 Cone Quality: 1/2 Sufficient Mix-In's: 2/2 Overall: 7/10

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    Great ice cream! Friendly staff in a clean space. The banana pudding ice cream was memorable.

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    A lot a milk almost no ice cream. If you're going to charge $12 for a milkshake they should be made to order. Won't return.

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    Thank you!! So glad you enjoyed!

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    We got the ice cream on the Tumbler Day. The servers were always friendly. Always love this place.

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    Great ice cream. Certainly weird hours, but the food is exceptional. Not really anything else to say.

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    Big on advertisement and prices. Small on flavor and portions. Not worth the trip. Unkept dining area/dirty.

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    Delish three scoop hot fudge sundae. At a wonderful price, ice cream made on premises. Highly recommend.

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