Foo's Fabulous Frozen custard is located at 6235 Brookside Plaza. They have been in Brookside since 1988. They make the frozen custard right there in the store. You can watch it come out of the machine. Probably the most asked question is do you have anything beside vanilla? No! The custard only comes in vanilla and they mix in other stuff like candy, chocolate, strawberries, rassberries etc. They probably have well over a dozen things you can mix in.The store is a small place in the Brookside shops. It's usually staff by high school age kids that live in the area. The kids do a really good job. Usually when you go to a place staffed by 18 and 19 year olds, they care more about yapping on their cell phone than helping the customers. I can't think of a time when I went in and had the kids who work there give bad service.
One friday night, Zoe, Kai and I stopped in for a treat. It was a rainy night and business was slow. There were about 4 kids working, but we were the only customers. After we got our ice cream the kids just kind of sat around. As we left we met the owner. She's pretty cool and has owned the place for years. We chatted for a little bit then left. As she walked in and closed the door I heard her say something like "OK everybody get off your asses." Reminds me of a few of my old high school jobs.
In the summer time, people in brookside love to hang out on the sidewalk in front of Foo's. They serve a doggy custard too. It is a small custard topped with doggy treats. I know it sounds pretty pretentious to buy ice cream for you dog, but hey my dog likes them and my daughter told me it is only fair that he get ice cream too. There is a Baskin Robbins just a block away, but all of the cool people go to Foo's.
Foo's recently opened a second store in Leawood. I hope that doesn't mean they have jumped the shark. Johnson County seems to be able to suck the coolness out of everything.
