San Francisco is a subtle Ice Cream city, not so brash as to boast of The Good Humor Man plodding around town selling ice cream from his truck, but a visit to the Mission reveals dozens of push carts carrying many varieties of frozen icicle bars with the vendor ringing his bicycle bell to draw young and old customers to his fresh frozen fruit bars which are delicious. We can also boast that we're home to It's It, the unique ice cream sandwiches made famous by the World Fair in 1939 at Treasure Island and many a kid's childhood staple at the long gone Playland at the Beach. Swenson's started here as did Double Rainbow and many great small businesses still make local boutique ice creams and gelato's here that are considered among the best anywhere.
We've got Mitchell's which is some of the richest and creamiest ice cream known to man. We can point with pride to Joe's out on Geary at 18th Avenue and Bombay on Valencia. Some independent gelato makers can be found in North Beach near old St. Peter's and Paul Cathedral as well as in the Ferry Building Farmer's Market. We're also in the mix of large home grown dairy's that make some well know major brands like Dreyer's which is national and offers many brands including distributing many of the national boutique labels. Some of finest restaurants and diner's even make their own ice creams and sorbets as well. There is nothing quite as marvellous as a great milk shake with a burger, or a sundae after. This cold weather city goes to great length to offer many varieties of world class ice cream and I wish I had time to focus on all of them.
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