Whoever heard of the need to be decent at cooking to open up a restaurant?
Whyyyyyy is this place so pricey? I can literally buy anything that this "restaurant" offers and cook it up at home. Besides, I'll probably have more fun doing that than shelling away my hard earned money to this establishment. Most of the menu items here are just cereal and Perry's ice cream. The exceptions to this standard are like...what, they sell cupcakes with this dinky little squirter of milk? I can buy all of those things at Aldi's.
I should also reiterate how they proudly claim to offer Perry's here. Because they don't want to be original, or because they don't want to take the time to experiment with how other (superior) ice cream brands taste, they stoop to the bottom level and offer Perry's, which basically every other local ice cream shop and grocery store sells.
I like two Perry's scoop shop flavors out of their entire selection. Two. And even THEN, I found a pizzeria (Pine Ridge Pizza & Subs in Cheektowaga) that offers a decent sized cup of bubblegum ice cream for $2, and I discovered John And Mary's on Transit Road in Depew, which offers flavored versions of their decent soft serve custard for roughly around $2. Those are good deals. Because Perry's is so overused, I have no qualms about supporting the competition when I want those flavors. But more often than not, I choose to eat BETTER ICE CREAM BRANDS. Like Rita's, Abbott's, Bruster's, Carvel, or heck, even Hershey's Ice Cream at Abbitt Ice Cream in South Buffalo. Most local ice cream purveyors can't seem to grasp this concept. Most especially, The Cereal Shop, who bases their entire business around screwing up this concept.
This place won't last two years in business. I'm shocked that they managed to open this place up in the middle of the Covid pandemic and keep it open for this long.
They opened it up in an artsy part of Buffalo, on Hertel Avenue. And the whole place is decorated in rainbow cartoon murals and cereal boxes galore. But it's only going to be a matter of time before consumer tastes change, and then no one will really see the appeal in supporting such a pricey business, regardless of the nostalgic artsy atmosphere they're trying to go for. The owners have stated that they wanted to make this place a "Saturday morning cartoon-like experience for all ages". If I wanted a Saturday morning cartoon-like experience, I'll watch Saturday morning cartoons off of Youtube.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to melt some grocery-store bought marshmallows so that I can make some homemade Fruity Pebbles Treats. Topped with vanilla custard from Rita's. Mmmmmmm... read more