Longacre's Modern Dairy Bar

1445 Route 100, Barto, PA - (610) 845-7551

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Posted By Michael Stern on 7/9/2008 6:09:00 PM

Dairy farms abound in this part of Eastern Pennsylvania, and Longacre’s has been milking cows for decades. Adjacent to the big dairy is a modest-size dairy bar where you can sit down in a booth or at one of four counter stools and enjoy your choice from a full repertoire of homemade ice cream dishes including floats, sodas, banana boats, cake rolls, and sundaes. Milk shakes are superb, available in any flavor on the ice cream board, and the supreme creation is known as a Garbage Sundae: ten ice cream scoops, ten toppings, whipped cream, and a cherry in a 32-ounce goblet. Our personal favorite sundae here is a Dusty Road: chocolate syrup and malt powder over ice cream.

Longacre’s little eating area – a short counter and a handful of booths – opens at 7:30am, a time when most ordinary customers come for coffee and an egg sandwich. (Sandwiches of all kinds are available at lunch time.) But the waitress assured us that it is not uncommon for the doors to open at dawn for customers who grab a booth or a stool at the counter and order up a cookie dough sundae or a CMP (chocolate marshmallow peanut sundae) for breakfast. Humankind’s fundamental need for excellent ice cream is a craving that cannot be controlled by the hands of a clock.

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Overall: Legendary - Worth driving from anyplace

banana boat	CMP (chocolate marshmallow peanut sundae)

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"The peach melba sundae includes real raspberry topping and super sweet praline nuts."
Cliff Strutz

"These were the available ice cream flavors for 7/28/07."
Cliff Strutz

"One day, we'll actually eat something other than ice cream! "
Michael Stern

"The four counter seats are convenient for watching your sundae being made, but aren't particularly comfortable. But don't worry... there are big, plush booths in the back."
Cliff Strutz

"Go for a seat on a stool at the counter. The employees are very nice and offer great suggestions, samples, and nice flavor combinations. After you order, take a look around the perimeter of the counter where the dairy bar's more than thirty flavor offerings flank the walls. "
Ben Morton

"There are plenty of booths to sit at if the bar seats are taken. It looks as if the place has not changed much since its birth in the late 40's."
Ben Morton

"Longacre's ice-cream-themed interior includes this stained glass tribute to the banana split."
Cliff Strutz

"An old milk locker at Longacre's"
Michael Stern

"Longacre's metal mascot perches atop the dairy building."
Michael Stern

"Note the picnic tables on the left: a good place to slurp multi-dip cones."
Michael Stern

"At a sign like this, our car automatically turns into the lot."
Michael Stern