Ross's Ice Cream & Hamburger Stand

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  If this is the "best of the seasonal places" as another Yelper suggested, we are all in deep doo doo.  Overpriced.  Poor flavor selection.  Ice cream that has melted and refrozen so that it is grainy and has ice crystals in it.  I did not try the food, and, based on what I saw I won't.  The onion rings were the heavy coated kind when when you bite into them it is just a lot of dough and the entire onion can slip right out.  I like the kind that are flaky and crispy - not an onion-donut.

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  Posted on 07.04.13 Dawn R.

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  Came for ice cream with friends and miraculously had no line. I got the Pillsbury cake flavor and it was absolutely delicious. Real pieces of homemade fluffy cake in really good vanilla ice cream. Everyone loved what they got. There is plentiful seating at picnic tables behind the stand plus benches out front, and a playground in the back too. I might head back pretty soon to try a cheesesteak or some fried seafood since the ice cream was so good.

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  Posted on 07.05.12 Louise P.

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  Best of the seasonal places in the area! Really, no snark whatsoever. A fine almost archetypical go-to when driving around aimlessly in the dusk light.
  
  We shared a scallop roll last night, juicy and deep-fried in clean oil. The excellent fries are home-made. The strawberry sundae made by the very harried counterwoman looked almost biologically terrifying but tasted great. The grounds feature a small playground for the spawn, too.

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  Posted on 07.10.09 ThinkAnd D.

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  Is this place even still open?  Who goes here?
  
  I haven't lived in the Albany area for years, but when I did, it was common knowledge that Ross's was the pits.  We had to drive by it often as a kid, and my ice cream cravings were always shot down by my parents who classified Ross's in the same category as creepy men in vans, drugs, and stealing.
  
  Only after finding out on my own that this place is frequented and staffed by emotionless teenagers and overpriced (for no apparent reason) did I make my own decision to boycott Ross's.  Really, though.  When you live in a place that has so many options for soft-serve, there's no reason to come here.

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  Posted on 06.16.09 Dave K.

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  1. Ice cream flavors: obscure flavors, limited selection, hard to read from the menu.
  2. Employees that I dealt with were confused and unfriendly. I think one was even the owner.
  3. Initially overcharged ($11 for two small cones); employee adjusted to $5.60 and told me that she 'undercharged me now but didn't feel like fixing the register' and that I should expect it to be more expensive next time
  4. Ice cream wasn't even that good, esp. for the price.
  5. Although the landscape is large and has a gazebo, it doesn't make up for the terrible customer service.

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  Posted on 05.22.09 Matt H.

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  I like Ross's. You might miss it if you drive quickly, but they make great onion rings and clam strips (ok, who can really say no to anything fried?). Their soft serve ice cream is also very good.
  
  There's also a gazebo behind them in addition to benches and a nice yard. If you live close by, it's worth checking out.

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  Posted on 06.21.07 Lai-Yee B.

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