Chomping Ground // Berkeley: Ici

Ici

2948 College Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94705

tel 510.665.6054

www.ici-icecream.com

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This is my definite go-to place for ice cream while in the East Bay, or in the entire San Francisco Bay Area for that matter. I have never experienced the freshest, most flavorful ice cream anywhere else. And what I love about Ici is that the ice cream doesn't leave you feeling heavy or gross after - they have mastered the cream-custard-flavor ratio perfectly. 

And their homemade cones are something you absolutely must try. It is a perfectly crisp vanilla-butter cookie cone with an ingenious (and functional) surprise at the bottom: a chocolate seal which closes up the little hole so that your melted ice cream doesn't drip down your hand. 

Their flavors are updated daily and change with the seasons. Today's flavors include:

Strawberry Sorbet

Strawberry Balsamic Swirl

Darjeeling Cinnamon

Malted Vanilla

Orange Rosemary Toffee

Caramel Rose

Mocha Fudge Swirl

And while we're on the topic, some other ice cream honorable mentions in the Bay Area must be noted:

Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous

[Dogpatch, San Francisco]

http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-and-mrs-miscellaneous-san-francisco

Fenton's Creamery

[Piedmont, Oakland]

http://www.fentonscreamery.com/

Bi-Rite Creamery

[Mission, San Francisco]

http://biritecreamery.com/

Mitchell's Ice Cream

[Mission-ish, San Francisco]

http://www.mitchellsicecream.com/

Photos courtesy of Ici