Huntley Dairy Mart

Huntley Dairy Mart is a staple of Huntley and new owners are doing a great job. This is a cute former drive-in fast food restaurant. It's not pretending to be a health food or fancy spot. They offer delicious burgers, hot dogs and great ice cream creations. Always friendly staff and they have picnic tables to eat outside. No indoor seating. 4 vs 5 only because prices are a bit above what you'd expect, but it's location on Rt 47 near Algonquin Rd is a prime spot and don't doubt is an expensive parcel to own/run a business.

My first visit to the Dairy Mart. Very cute local spot. I've been waiting to try this. They had a few people who were ahead of us but the line moved fast. We both ordered crunch dipped cones. One large & small came to eight bucks and change. The cones were a little stale but the ice cream was outstanding! Haven't had one of those in decades! Very good! Would love to try other stuff on the next visit.

Place was pretty decently good when it comes down to comparing their frenzie to a concrete mixer from Culver's. Service was good, there were two young women you can tell that one of them was good at what she does, she made three of the same frenzies from my order and the previous person who was in line before myself. You order from the outside and I believe you order food on the inner side for food...having two different sides to order from. I'll say depending on how you feel this is a decent place for ice cream if your sick of custard. I recommend.

If you like Chicago Hot Dogs, Frozen Custard, Onion Rings, and Crinkle-Fries, all served from a window in an mid-20th century Midwestern food stand - then Read On. "Huntley Dairy Mart", usually referred to simply as "Dairy Mart" is an iconic and historic Lake Michigan regional frozen custard and local 'Street-Food' stand (like the places that my family used to stop at for a local snack on our driving to points north in Wisconsin). Dairy Mart is basically a mid-sized plank-board box, covered in hand painted menu-signs, with upper windows so can see the people making the food, and a parking lot with a strip of makeshift roof running down the middle and some cheap plastic picnic table & bench units under it. The small building has an order window and a pick-up window. The whole thing looks like it was built on the carcass of an old A&W Drive In place, where girls on roller skates brought trays of food to hook onto your Chrysler's open window. But the food & frozen custard here is as Midwest-Classic as it gets. And from teens to adults to grandparents, people come here from many miles away to show their friends, families, and children this place and to share this experience that they had from their own youth. Thus, there are always lines. This is truly a fun "See & Do" place to grab a cone and a dog. As a side note - Dairy Mart in Huntley has had a long running competition with it's similar rival, The Freeze, in Crystal Lake. So check both of them out to find for yourself which one of these Iconic Food Stands is the Best.

Huntley Dairy Mart looks sort of nostalgic like carhops on roller skates would be serving you. This place is a nice and lively spot when the weather is warm, especially during the summer. I only had a soft serve vanilla ice cream cone. They were out of butterscotch dip so I opted to go with cherry. Not a fan of the dip, it hardens after the ice cream is dipped in it and it had sort of a waxy texture when eating it. There are plenty of desert and food selections on the menu which is nice. There is no indoor area so most people sit at one of their outside tables or eat in the car.