Patio Drive-In Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor

05/29/2026

🐾🍦 SAVE THE DATES! 🍦🐾

Calling all dog lovers and their four-legged best friends! Join us this summer for Yappy Hour at The Patio — a monthly social hour for our customers and their pups!

📅 June 14th
📅 July 12th
📅 August 9th
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Bring your favorite furry friend and enjoy some delicious ice cream while your pup enjoys a special dog-friendly treat too! We'll have special Yappy Hour pricing and plenty of tail wags, smiles, and summer fun.

🐶 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙪𝙥𝙨 𝙈𝙐𝙎𝙏 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨.

Mark your calendars, invite your fellow dog lovers, and plan to spend a relaxing summer afternoon with us at The Patio!

📍 The Patio Restaurant & Ice Cream Stand New Gretna, NJ (Outside only)

We can't wait to meet all of your furry friends! 🐾❤️

05/28/2026

🍔 Introducing our National Hamburger Day Special at The Patio…

🔥 The HUNGRY MAN BURGER 🔥

A juicy cheeseburger topped with:
🥓 Bacon
🍳 Egg
🧀 Cheese
🥬 Lettuce
🍅 Tomato
🧅 Onion
Ketchup & Mayo
If you’re hungry…this burger was made for YOU 😎🍔

Celebrate National Hamburger Day with us and give our Hungry Man Burger a try!

05/26/2026

🍔 It’s basically a holiday…National Hamburger Day is Thursday, May 28th!

And at The Patio, we don’t mess around when it comes to burgers:

🔥 California Burger
🥓 Bacon Cheeseburger
🍄 Swiss Mushroom
🌶️ Jersey Devil
🐖 Stone Pony (Pork Roll) Cheeseburger

If there was ever a day to treat yourself…this is it!

We’ll see you at The Patio 😎🍔

05/25/2026

We’re scooping up something extra special and you’re going to want a taste of ALL of it! 😍

Say hello to your new favorites:

🍒 Cherry Vanilla – sweet, creamy with a fruity twist
🍓 Soy Strawberry – smooth, refreshing, and dairy-free delicious
🥜 Peanut Butter Ripple – rich, nutty goodness in every bite
🌰 Butter Pecan – a classic you know and love
🥤 Rootbeer Water Ice – icy, refreshing, and packed with that nostalgic rootbeer flavor

Whether you’re craving creamy, nutty, fruity, or ice-cold refreshing… we’ve got your perfect scoop waiting! 🙌

📍 Stop by The Patio and treat yourself today — because one flavor is never enough 😉

05/24/2026

Great article...Thank you!!!

We are open 7 days a week. Come on by we can’t wait to serve you!! 🍨🍦🍕🌮🍔🌭

At a small drive-in restaurant and ice cream parlor nestled between the Pine Barrens and the Bass River, one family hopes to revive the slower days of the region’s past with comfort food and summer nights complete with ice cream cones. “The town needs it,” owner George Kurtz said of The Patio,...

05/22/2026

Summer starts NOW at The Patio! ☀️🇺🇸

Our Red, White & Blue Frozen Celebration is here just in time for Memorial Day weekend—and it’s only $2.50 on (Monday) Memorial Day! 🍧❤️🤍💙

🍨 Cheery water ice, vanilla soft serve and blue raspberry water ice with whipped cream and cherry 🍒 on top!!!

Bring the family, enjoy something sweet, and kick off the summer with us!

Who’s grabbing one?! 👇🍦

05/16/2026

Brownie Sundae 🍫🍦

🍨 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠! 🍨

Meet our Brownie Sundae…and trust us, it’s a GOOD one 😍

3 scoops of your choice, a warm fudgy brownie, and rich hot fudge on top 🤎

✨ Sweet. Warm. Decadent. ✨
Only $9.85

Stop by and treat yourself at The Patio!

05/15/2026

Chef Ray is busy today at The Patio cooking up everyone’s favorites! 🍽️

Stop in for lunch, order takeout, or come on over for dinner — we’d love to see you!

Bring your appetite! 😋

10/02/2025

❤️💙💕
Thank you for a great 2025!!!
We reopen in March of 2026.

09/11/2025

Heads up!!!!

The soft serve ice cream is selling out fast!!

** Get yours today!**

5729 Rt 9 & E Greenbush Rd, New Gretna, NJ. Across from Viking Yacht.
609-296-0916