"Here's your damn strawberry."
Although the natives do not agree on whether it was Mark Twain who coined: “The coldest winter I have ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” , the truth is that the appointment is not without reason. Fog, lack of sun, wind and low temperatures characterize the summer months in this city. But not even that manages to intimidate the San Franciscans, who also in summer and on days that are not necessarily hot show a unquestionable refrigerator addiction . We don't blame them, there are too many good ice cream parlors in town. Here is a list of the best:
Humphrey Slocombe
They are certainly the kings of mysterious names and unusual flavors . His list of tastes is endless and changes very often, with a selection of 10 or 12 flavors per day . One of its star ice creams is the Secret Breakfast, made from cereal and bourbon . Don't be shy and ask why it is hard to know what the hell is in a Harvey Milk & Honey Graham (milk, honey and wholemeal cookies), a Elvis The Fat Years (banana, peanut butter and bacon) or in a Baracky Road (dark chocolate, sugar clouds and nuts) . They will also let you try different things if you ask. If you're coffee grower you're in luck, in Humphrey Slocombe they also do coffee and they make their ice creams with one of the city's quintessential brands, Blue Bottle . Though run away from “normal” flavors , you can catch them on one of the days when they deign to offer the Here's Your Damn Strawberry **(Here you have your damn strawberry) ** , a delight. We especially recommend their store in the city's Ferry Building, where in addition to eating ice cream you can stroll through this **indoor market and do things as idiosyncratically San Franciscan as buying a loaf of sourdough bread at Acme**, a cheese at Cowgirl Creamery or look at pottery on the Heath. All handcrafted brands from the area.
#?Sorrynotsorry?: chocolate on chocolate.
Smitten Creamery
The only store on this list that won't let you try their flavors before you buy them. , basically because their ice creams are made at the moment . They do not offer more than four or five options daily , which often includes **versions of American classics like the Fresh Mint Chip** or Cookie Dough & Chocolate Chips (chocolate chip cookie dough) . If you prefer something more chocolaty, it is still best to opt for their 60.5 percent cocoa ice cream of the TCHO brand, an institution in the city. Although the best thing about Smitten, apart from the creaminess of its products, is its monthly flavors according to the change of seasons. In November there is cinnamon apple crisp , in April rhubarb Y July is the month of nectarine ice cream . You'll have to queue for sure to try them out at their store. Hayes Valley, located in a container in the middle of the street , but they are worth a visit. You will also be able to see Smitten employees apply **liquid nitrogen on their ingredients (milk, cream, sugar... and no unpronounceable substances)** to turn them into delicious and very creamy ice creams at the moment.
Few flavors, but great.
**Bi-Rite Creamery**
maybe the quintessential hipster ice cream parlor , and its location in the **Mission neighborhood** helps a lot. The queues to buy a ball of creme fraiche or of salted caramel cream they can be seen **from Dolores Park**. Luckily you can avoid them by entering the supermarket that is right in front of the ice cream parlor, Bi-Rite Market , and get there a tub of this brand . This small grocery store is the perfect place to scratch your pocket with someone else. deli . Although, if you don't mind waiting, we highly recommend the ice cream parlor seasonal flavors . A summer classic is the masumoto peach ice cream , grown in a farm southeast of town whose family has been dedicated for decades to the search and cultivation of the “perfect peach”.
Ice cream-passion cheesecake with blueberries.
Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous
They are in the emerging and increasingly hip neighborhood of Dogpatch and they are so in that they don't even have a website . Rare is the day that their menu of some ten constantly changing flavors does not offer some temptation for theine addicts (English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Jasmine, or Genmaicha are common choices.) Far from having the inventiveness and creative capacity of Humphrey Slocombe when it comes to names, in Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous they do not fall short and they also like that the customer may have to hesitate a bit before ordering. That is why they have baptized creations with the name of Pink Squirrell or pink squirrel (almonds and chocolate liqueur) , WhiteRabbit or white rabbit (condensed milk and white chocolate) or –following the animal line– grasshopper or grasshopper ( mint cream with chocolate pearls ) .
Three Twins
With a decade of history, they are one of the oldest names on this list . As in the rest of the ice cream parlors mentioned, they follow the principles of using only top quality ingredients and preferably from zero kilometer and organic farming. If you buy their tubs in any of the stores or supermarkets that sell this brand in the San Francisco Bay, you can taste their versions of classic flavors like strawberry (their Strawberry Je ne sais quoi has a dash of balsamic vinegar ) , fair trade vanilla pod either coffee with dark chocolate chips . In addition to that, in his store in the very hippie neighborhood of The Haight, you will also find less typical flavors like Rice Milk Stormy Night (Rice pudding and chocolate), raspberry or chocolate and lavender sorbet.
Its vanilla from Madagascar, a hit.
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