Groton Red Caboose

06/10/2026

Happy National Black Cow Day!!

National Black Cow Day is observed every year on June 10 and celebrates the beloved beverage also known as a root beer float🥤🍦

The drink, was invented in August 1893 by Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, who owned the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company. The story goes that Wisner, inspired by the sight of the full moon shining on snow-capped Cow Mountain, added a scoop of vanilla ice cream to Myers Avenue Red Root Beer, creating a hit drink he initially called Black Cow Mountain, later shortened to Black Cow by local children.

What better way to survive the scorching hot day than with a root beer float!!

Hope you are cool enough to leave the pasture, so we can see you at the Caboose!! 🐮🐮🚂

06/04/2026

OMG!! Dole whip is back!

Current flavor: Orange 🍊

06/01/2026

We’ve extended our bedtimes!! We are now open nightly until 8:30! Hope you see you at the caboose! 🚂

05/28/2026

It’s back!! Dubai chocolate ice cream is back in stock! For a limited time (which we hope is all summer) come on down for some delicious chocolate pistachio goodness (while supplies last) 😊😊

05/26/2026

We think our system is back (sort of - cards are fine but tap to pay is unavailable tonight) 🤪 thank you for your patience!!

05/26/2026

Happy National Blueberry Cheesecake Day!!

Now that Mother Nature has decided that Spring might stick around for a bit, why not celebrate with some delicious Blueberry Cheesecake ice cream? Better yet, add some blueberry topping and make it a Smurf sundae!!

Available all season long, but it tastes better when Gargamel isn’t making causing trouble (like that icky weekend weather)!

Let’s take advantage of this gorgeous day and head out for some ice cream! It will be smurfalicious! 💙

Hope to see you at the Caboose! 🚂

05/25/2026

05/24/2026

This holiday weekend provides so many opportunities to celebrate! From the prom last night through tomorrow when we take time to recognize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we have so many holidays to celebrate!

Today is not only National Scavenger Hunt Day, but it’s also National Brothers Day, and National Family Fun Day! So, why not make a scavenger hunt to look for sunshine, and come on down to the Caboose with your family and find our new flavor ice cream: Carrot Cake!! Or maybe, try out one of our Memorial Day specials: a red white and blue banana boat (vanilla, strawberry, and blueberry cheesecake ice cream with strawberries, blueberries, and marshmallow topping) or a star-spangled sipper (blue raspberry, cherry, and glitter)?

Hopefully we find some sun this weekend, but if not, we’ll make our own sunshine at the Caboose! Hope to see you there! 🚂

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms and mother figures out there!!

As James E. Faust said, “The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.”

So whether you are a new mom or one with “more experience,” we would like to take today to celebrate you and all that you do for everyone around you!

Stop on down to the Caboose for the “Berry Best Mom Flurry,” combining vanilla soft serve with strawberries, blueberries, and granola, or the Heart of Gold Lotus Drink, a sparkling pineapple and raspberry drink, for “the love of mom!”

Hope to see you all at the Caboose! ❤️🚂

05/05/2026

Happy Cinco de Mayo! The day that commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the 1862 Battle of Pueblo!

In honor of this, we would like to celebrate the Mexican-American culture with a few specials!

Stop on by the Caboose and try one of our Mexican-themed items:

A traditional Mexican sundae- with Hershey’s syrup and Spanish peanuts

Chocolate jalapeño ice cream- it’s hot and sweet all at the same time!

Ice cream nachos! Your choice of campfire s’mores or extreme peanut butter!

And to wash it down, a “Cinco Sabores” lotus drink! Five separate flavors mixed together with the plant-based energy drink!

No matter how you celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we hope to see you at the Caboose! 🚂