Amazing food, great prices, amazing staff this place rocks! Check them out for catering any of yrou…read moreparty's, really the best food in mercer county

Super yummy! Cutest ice cream store + souvenir store in one. We got the oo-oreo which was soo…read moreyummy. The cookie dough wasn't as good as I remember. The portions are huge and great priced. I cant wait to come back again!

Very nice ambience! Pulled up at around 7pm and it was quiet-ish. They let us try some flavors,…read morewhich I really liked and- this ice cream is genuinely the best I've had from any ice cream shop :)

Yelp has steered me right yet again! We split a deep fried pepperoni roll as an appetizer. Best one…read moreI've ever had! It's listed as an appetizer but you easily eat as a meal for one. The burgers, I had the James Dean and my wife had the Porky Pig, were delicious. The milkshake, incredible! The restaurant is inside an old pharmacy. A lot of the old decor remains and is really cool. We will be back!

We had a great time eating lunch and having ice cream for dessert. Great little gem to visit…read more Burgers and onion rings were awesome. Wait staff kept drinks filled and were so friendly!

The Candy Store is conveniently located in the bottom floor of the Center in the Square, in the…read moreheart of Downtown Roanoke. This is in the same building where the Mill Mountain Theatre is located as well as the Roanoke Pinball Museum. The store specializes in regionally crafted artisan chocolates, vintage candies, and unique confections from around the world, and has an surprisingly large selection of known candies and chocolates as well as never before seen ones. It also contains toys and many gift items. The store itself is very clean and organized and the owner and employees are very friendly and helpful. If you like chocolates and sweets I would highly recommend you give them a visit. It's a great place to go for sweets and to get a gift for family or friends.

After a fun two hours in the Roanoke Pinball Museum…read morehttps://www.yelp.com/biz/roanoke-pinball-museum-roanoke?hrid=_aVRvVUx4AoYrhkv-k-7Cw, the Candy Store is practically their gift shop. I bought way too much here. Fortunately, they do the bulk candy pretty well with both gloves *and* scoops so that not only are you not touching the candy, you're not even touching the thing that touches the candy. I'll take it on faith that no one put their hands in the candy bowls. The candies are separated by type, which is helpful. I filled three bags, one with sours, one with chocolates and a third one (that was mine) with chocolate covered nuts. All are priced by weight. The shop also has some mass produced bars and boxes and even a few games. Neat, tidy, masks required to enter. [Review 13800 overall, 1121 of 2020, number 1234 in Virginia.]

The main lady who appeared to be the owner was super friendly and inviting. As the hubs and I…read morewalked around the store, she even showed us where the restrooms were. I guess two Asians wandering around scream tourists. There were odd knick knacks and country home decor items on one side of the store. I even found a pair of earrings that didn't appear to be made in China. On the other, there were plenty of food items: fruits, candy, snacks, spices, drinks, and more. The sodas, peach pie, pepperoni roll were great. We swung around for a 2nd trip to grab more sodas (buy 3, get 1 free deal) and grabbed the pepperoni roll and peach pie dessert. Both food items were deliciously made in-house and were great road trip snacks.

Grandview Market is a wonderful place. It has a variety of products and a kind staff. It's…read moredefinitely a stop you need to make if you're in the Grandview area.

One of the most beautifully creative gift shop in Roanoke, Sugar Magnolia seems to amaze me every…read moretime I visit it. Today, Black Friday, I was fortunate enough to meet the owners of the place, a husband and wife team who came up with the idea of this store and very successfully have made it come true. The husband deals with the numbers, while the wife is the creative mind and buyer of all the one of a kind interesting gifts displayed in the store. This store has so many categories of gifts that it would be impossible to mention them all in this review, but take a look of the photographs accompanying the review and you will be able to get an idea of them all. After all, it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Two of the main categories are Chocolates and Ice Cream. I went there today to purchase a box of hand picked chocolates which I myself selected and one of the friendly employees arranged very neatly inside the box. Some other categories of gifts include very lovely, quality Greeting Cards, very nice Souvenirs of the Star City of Roanoke, Stuffed Animals, Magnets with Quotes that touch the heart, Pottery such as mugs, plates, pitchers, cookies jars, and during this special time of the year, Nutcracker, Christmas decorations and ornaments, and other festive items that celebrate the Holiday Season time of the year. There is also an area with Purses, Jewelry, scarfs, soaps, incense, and a diverse variety of other beautiful items, that the wife and co-owner of the store has hand selected on her trips as Buyer. But if all this seems amazing and spectacular, what is even greater are the hand picked and well trained employees of the store. Immediately after you enter the store they make eye contact and greet you with a smile, making you feel comfortable and at home. They help you with any questions you might have and in locating that perfect gift for a family member or a best friend. They serve you that special ice cream behind the counter, for you to enjoy while sitting at one of the small tables or while browsing around the store. The customer service they provide is absolutely amazing, and they are key in providing the ambiance that make this store so special. I highly recommend this store to all. Go in and browse around. Enjoy the beauty of the store and the diverse gift items in stock. I am certain that it won't take long for you to find a gift for that special person in your life, for your best friend, or maybe even a gift to get for yourself.

Great staff, amazing ice cream and adorable shop. My brother and I shared a banana split and my…read moredaughter got some of the chocolate truffles out of the case.

(Wow, I have never seen an overall rating for a business be so wrong! 2 stars is absurd.)…read more The Chocolate Spike is one of my favorite places anywhere to get handmade chocolate and it's right HERE in Blacksburg! I imagine if you came here looking for a cafe you would be disappointed, but this is a chocolate shop. It's true that the shop lost some of it's charm when it moved from downtown, but I am sure they do better business where they are now and I can't really begrudge them the move. Things I love from the Chocolate Spike: - Chocolate covered candied fruits (especially orange peel) - Truffles - Plain dark chocolate or bittersweet bits that you purchase by weight. The selection of chocolate and chocolate cover goodness is extensive, but the basics do not suffer because of it. The prices are good for homemade chocolate. The chocolate is excellent quality. Buy some for yourself, your sweetheart, your mom, your officemates... they will love you for it!

I recommend Chocolate Spike for: - Personal treats (I…read morealways keep some of their solid chocolate of nonpareils around) - Gifts for family, friends, and loved ones (you can put together great gift boxes of whatever you think the person will like - I usually go with solid chocolate plus a few fancy looking truffles or chocolate covered fruit) I LOVE Chocolate Spike. My personal favorite is the bittersweet chocolate solids and the nonpareils, but I also regularly buy chocolate covered oreos and chocolate covered marshmallows as a special treat. Their chocolate-covered caramel apples (only available in fall unfortunately) are also one of my favorite foods in the whole world. I'm not a big truffle fan myself, but I ordered the "Bit of Bubbly" white chocolate truffles for my wedding and they were a huge hit. If you are ever throwing an event like a wedding, baby shower, or other party I definitely recommend ordering your party favors/treats from Chocolate Spike - you can do a tasting (don't even bother asking how excited I was about that - the answer is VERY) and they'll do custom shaped chocolate solids and adjust the size of truffles to fit your theme and budget. I can't go home to my parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles anymore without a box of Chocolate Spike chocolate for each. My grandparents are diabetic but Chocolate Spike's sugar free chocolate solids taste better than most normal chocolates so it's always great to get a big box that everyone can enjoy without leaving anyone out! I actually like the new location more too - it means they're open until 9pm most nights and I often forget how much I want chocolate until I finish dinner and realize I've run out and need more!

If you are coming off of the Blue Ridge Parkway or have any other reason to be in Meadows of Dan,…read moreyou have to stop at Nancy's. They make the candies locally and there is so much variety. Service is good despite the lines. One bite of the Orange creamsicle fudge made me feel like I had jumped in a Time Machine taking me back to 1980 when I would patiently wait on the ice cream truck in the summer. The sea salt caramel fudge gives you both the salty and sweet fix while the maple nut fudge is like eating maple nut goodies which were my Dad's favorite treat at Christmas. If you're lucky you may see them making all of this yummy goodness. Definitely stop in!

One of Debbie's stops. Busy place and lots of candy! Smelled so good in there…read more Saw them making candles. We did not want to wait in the long line to buy anything but it was a neat stop.