Reviews State Street Sweets & Eats

Nestled at the bottom of a residential hill transecting communities, State Street Sweets and Eats, formerly Kay's Ice Cream, is a place with a cultural landscape equal to it's tastes. Most noticeable, sweets, otherwise known as Jessica, the store's manager, gets to know all of her customers and speedily wins them over or offers to drive them home if it starts raining – she takes her career seriously. Her trusted cooks, sweet and savory, perhaps the most overqualified bunch in town, mull over their poems on their way to serve you coffee. Stay for a while. Welcome to the heart of Bristol, central to everything. Know them. The Hardware store owner, down for lunch, or Carl's mechanic, all line up for their generous servings. Church go-ers, newspaper readers, artists, or the down and out, sweet women and savory women, sweet men and savory men, although there is much chewing, and the conversation is as you would expect in a home town place like this, this restaurant will always be the community hub of our city. There is a common chord here, something unspoken, a reason beyond food that we come here. Every community needs an epicenter, often coffee shops, always small, historic places like this, a place that feels like home.

If you want a fancy place you will want to go somewhere else. However, if you are looking for a great sundae at a reasonable price this is the place. We got the biggest banana splits that were delicious and just overflowed with toppings. So far this is our favorite place to get ice cream sundaes in Bristol.

As a child, we came here when it was Kay's Ice Cream and then State Street Sweets and Eats. Ice Cream was great lot thicker and creamier than I remember. Tried their chicken and mozzarella sticks, fresh and delicious!!!! :)