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| - Rating this was a struggle. I had been to the former Madison Menchie's location several times and loved it, but this was my first visit to the Middleton location. I ended up with a mix of Vanilla Snow, Dulce de Leche, and Creamy Peanut Butter. They were all tasty - I think the peanut butter was my favorite of the bunch.
Reasons I can't quite give it three stars:
1) At least three of the machines I tried were empty. This location is on the smaller side, so that's a pretty significant number of machines to be out of yogurt. The two chocolate choices were included in the empty machines.
2) One machine was just grinding and growling away - really unpleasant to listen to while in the store.
3) No Dole Whip. I realize flavors rotate, but that was my main obsession at the other location and it was always there. Such a bummer.
4) There was a huge puddle of water under my chair, and another near the door - while walking out I slipped. Luckily I didn't fall, but I got about halfway into the splits. I'm generally clumsy so I'm pretty good at not hurting myself when I have a physical mishap, but it easily could have been ugly. I let the guy working the counter know, and he said he'd get it cleaned up.
The upsides of Mechie's are that you can sample before choosing your flavors (and are in charge of doing that yourself, so there's no waiting), it's a bright, colorful shop, and you can amass a fun spoon collection perfect for your lunch bag. I tend to use mine for eating yogurt.
I know the shop has potential, so I'll be back. Fingers crossed it was just an off night.
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