Sawyer's Ice Cream Co.
190 Ulster Avenue — Saugerties, NY 12477
Open Daily Noon – 9pm • Opened October 2022
Your Grandfather's Shake Shack
The Siracusano family opened Sawyer Ice Cream Co. on Halloween 2022 at 190 Ulster Avenue in Saugerties, NY — and they built it to feel like somewhere your grandparents used to go for ice cream. The aesthetic is deliberately old-school: walk-up windows, a covered patio with picnic tables, no drive-thru, no indoor seating. You order at the window, find a spot outside, and let the afternoon take care of itself.
The menu earns that comparison. Handcrafted hard ice cream anchors the lineup, alongside soft serve, banana splits, root beer floats, shakes, and malts. It's a complete, uncompromising ice cream stand menu — the kind of thing that used to be everywhere and now feels genuinely rare. In the Mid-Hudson Valley, Sawyer's has become the place people drive to on purpose.
Running that kind of menu at the volume a popular summer destination demands requires serious equipment depth. Sawyer's runs two Taylor C712 twin-twist soft serve machines for soft serve output and two Taylor 428 milkshake units for the shake and malt program — enough capacity to handle peak summer throughput without backing up the window. A Cool Chiller Treat blending system adds specialty blended desserts to the lineup.
The equipment story at Sawyer's also highlights what Taylor Upstate brings beyond a standard equipment sale. The operation runs two Taylor Upstate-modified refrigeration units by Turbo Air — a purpose-built ice cream shop configuration featuring a refrigerated topping bar and organized shelf system mounted over a Turbo Air under-counter refrigerator. Engineered and assembled by Taylor Upstate for the specific demands of a high-volume ice cream service station. A Waring shake spinner and two Lolsberg scoop showers round out the hard ice cream service. Seven pieces of Taylor and Taylor Upstate equipment, all working together under one roof.
Inside Sawyer's Ice Cream
Walk-up windows, covered patio, handcrafted ice cream — a look at Saugerties' favourite old-school ice cream stop.
Seven Pieces of Taylor Equipment
Two C712 soft serve machines, two Taylor 428 milkshake units, a Cool Chiller Treat blender, and two Taylor Upstate-modified refrigeration units — all running together at Sawyer's Ice Cream Co. in Saugerties.
This is what a fully outfitted walk-up ice cream stand looks like when the equipment is done right.
Taylor Equipment Running at Sawyer's
A fully outfitted ice cream operation — seven Taylor and Taylor Upstate pieces of equipment, including two custom-modified refrigeration units built specifically for Sawyer's setup.
Two Taylor C712s give Sawyer's the soft serve capacity to run both flavors and twist simultaneously through a busy summer window — no bottlenecks, consistent output from open to close.
Soft serve • Twist cones • Soft serve sundaesTwo Taylor 428 units power the shake and malt program at Sawyer's — high-frequency output built for an ice cream stand where shakes and malts are central to the menu, not an afterthought.
Milkshakes • Malts • Frozen beveragesThe Cool Chiller blends soft serve, milkshakes, or smoothies with mix-ins — cookies, candies, nuts, fruits, or coffee — into a chunky, thick, creamy dessert. Foot-controlled with a spoon agitator for consistent results every time.
Cool Chiller blended treats • Mix-in dessertsA Taylor Upstate-designed configuration built specifically for ice cream shop operations — a refrigerated topping bar and shelf system mounted over a Turbo Air under-counter refrigerator. The topping bar keeps cold toppings at service temperature and within arm's reach, the shelf organizes lids, spoons, and sundae supplies, and the under-counter unit keeps backup mix and product cold throughout a full service day. Two of these custom configurations run at Sawyer's, engineered and assembled by Taylor Upstate for the specific demands of a high-volume ice cream service station.
Backup mix cold storage • Cold toppings • Sundae stationA Waring shake spinner handles additional shake volume alongside the Taylor 428 units. Two Lolsberg scoop showers keep the hard ice cream service station running cleanly — rinsing scoops between flavors and maintaining sanitation through a busy service window.
Supplemental shake volume • Hard ice cream serviceOwned and operated by the Siracusano family. A walk-up ice cream stand with a 1950s feel — handcrafted hard ice cream, soft serve, banana splits, root beer floats, shakes and malts. Covered patio with picnic tables. Opened October 2022 in Saugerties, NY.
190 Ulster Avenue
Saugerties, NY 12477
Open Daily: Noon – 9:00pm
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