Cereal Trip is a restaurant in the Fulton Mall area that specializes in cereal. Customers are allowed to choose the type of cereal and milk and any additional toppings they may want.

The restaurant offers eight different milks for customers and their cereal; the list of milk includes coconut, almond, skim, soy, chocolate, whole, horchata and 2 percent. The restaurant is also an art gallery that showcases local artists.

The restaurant has a video game console set up in the corner of the room for customers to play while they eat. The restaurant is decorated with pieces of art inspired by video game and cereal. The tables have vintage cereal boxes as decorations.

Behind the cash register, a picture of Sonny the Cocoa Bird in some sort of demented welcomes customers. Many flyers and papers announcing upcoming video game tournaments and art shows at the restaurant also sit next to the cash register.

The restaurant offers pre-mixed cereals including one called “Coconut Dream” which consists of Frosted Flakes with coconut milk and coconut flakes.

I ordered one of these mixes offered by the restaurant. The S’mores mix I ordered is Golden grahams cereal, mini marshmallows, chocolate chips and a drizzle of chocolate syrup. I also added plain chocolate M&Ms to the mix and chose 2 percent milk.

At first, this seemed like a sure recipe for diabetes in a bowl but once I had the first spoonful I stopped worrying about all that and I was transported to a different time when I was young and cereal was more than a quick breakfast as I rushed to school.

As the cereal became soggy and the chocolate syrup turned the 2 percent milk into chocolate milk the 10 oz. bowl became more and more delicious. The m&ms had lost their candy covered shells and all that was left were small pieces of chocolate floating around in chocolate milk.

The restaurant had slow indie music playing over the speakers which helped the relaxed ambient in the place.

The only thing out of the ordinary was when the employee behind the counter pulled out his guitar and played along to the music coming from the sound system.

The place seems like a nice relaxing place for people to sit and study or just get a blast from the past by eating cereal and playing Super Nintendo.

Cereal Trip also has sandwiches, soups and drinks along with the cereal but the main draw here is the 28 cereals, eight milks, and 17 toppings.

Cereal Trip works because of its simplicity, there is nothing pretentious about simply walking into a place and ordering a bowl of cereal.

At $3 for a bowl the low price also helps one buy into the idea of driving down van ness, playing some video games and paying for cereal.