On our way to black belt camp last weekend, we missed our first lunch choice (my fault) and bypassed our second (not realizing yet that we had missed our first), so we found ourselves in Brookston, Indiana searching for a late lunch. For anybody not familiar with Brookston, the Wikipedia entry for the town shows it’s total area as 0.66 square miles with just over 1,500 residents as of the 2010 census. A quick map search showed a few restaurants nearby, but Lickity Split was the closest. We pulled in across from it, wondering if it was just ice cream, and noticed a sign mentioning other food options – hot dogs and burgers were available.
The other food options are a tiny portion of Lickity Split’s menu… you could get lost in their ice cream/milkshake/malt options. When we ordered, we were warned that the fries would take 10 minutes… that didn’t seem like long until the milkshakes were served after about 2 minutes and the burgers after 5. Talk about fast! I had just finished my burger when the fries arrived; we actually discussed ordering a second burger each because of how fast they were ready and how hungry we were.
The other great thing about their milkshakes (I ordered butterscotch) was the size. A small milkshake was actually just that, a single serving milkshake. While I love a good Oberweis milkshake, I typically split it across multiple meals because of the size, but the Lickity Split small milkshake was perfectly sized to finish with our meal. Even if we eat somewhere else some years, this will be a good place to pick up a milkshake on the way to or from camp.