Ice cream in Reno
Hit these ice cream parlors to beat the Reno heat
MetromixMay 12, 2009
Truckee River Eats and Sweets
252 W. First St. - RenoTruckee River Eats and Sweets is located right on the Truckee River, so it's an easy stop while you're shopping at the riverfront, enjoying a show in Wingfield Park or just trying to stay cool during the summer. Enjoy pre-made sandwiches, hot dogs, warm pretzels, candy, ice cream and more. Truckee River Eats and Sweets also offers dog toys and treats.
Swensen's Ice Cream
3340 Kietzke Lane - RenoSwensen’s is a classic, fun, old-fashioned ice cream parlor and restaurant. Seating is available at a counter or at booths. If you are really daring you can try to survive one of Swenson's famous Earthquakes. An Earthquake consists of eight scoops of ice cream, eight toppings. You have one hour to complete the challenge and be added to the wall of fame, dedicated to all of the survivors, including Sammy Hagar, who met the challenge in July of 1979.
Klunker's Ice Cream & Sweets
15 Eagle Canyon Drive No. 101 - SparksKlunker's has a local-centric way of doing things, with fairly-traded organic coffee and products ordered from other homegrown businesses like Tahoe Creamery and House of Bread. They're big on recycling, too, with much of the decor being reused refuse. But don't forget about the treats themselves, which go great with the sandwiches and other lunch fare they serve. Finally, the place is named for the daring folks that first cobbled together mountain bikes.
Scooper's Drive-In
1356 Prater Way - SparksA classic 50s-style diner (a former AW) with walk-up and car-side service, Scooper's offers more than a dozen different types of exotic milkshakes. Generous-size burgers to satisfy any appetite. Specialty burgers include the Matterhorn, Bad Dog, and Mighty Mike.
Tahoe Creamery at the Joe
87 West Stadium Way - RenoLocated on the second floor of UNR's Joe Crowley Student Union, the Tahoe Creamery shop sells Tahoe Creamery flavors. Sure, their ice cream is sold at lots of local places, but nobody serves it with such aplomb as the scoopers at their own shop. Enjoy flavors like Flow Cookie Dough, Trip Mint Chip, Funk Chocolate Hunk and Dream Vanilla Bean. Yum.
Honey Treat Yogurt
5000 Smithridge Drive, Suite A23 - RenoHoney Treat deals in frozen yogurt instead of ice cream but it all cools the same in the summer.
B and E Ice Cream
5055 Sun Valley Blvd. - Sun ValleyB and E Ice Cream has cool treats the to enjoy in any weather. This ice cream parlor, which also doubles as convenient store, offers smoothies, shakes, and plenty of different ice cream flavors to prepare you to face a hot day. B and E Ice Cream iis unusual because it serves the Italian-style ice cream gelato. Shakes, smoothies and cones are affordable so you may be tempted to tell your friends, “This round’s on me.”
Marble Slab Creamery
2835 N. McCarran, #101 - SparksWhat's better than cold ice cream on a hot summer day? Or anytime for that matter? Marble Slab features various flavors of ice cream which can be combined with any number of toppings, or mixins. Choose from chocolate chips, peanuts, marshmallows, gummy bears, Snickers...you name it and it can be added to your own personal creation. Or choose from one of Marble Slab's delicious combinations, like Raspberry Cheesecake (cheesecake ice cream with raspberries and graham crackers) or The Bart (vanilla ice cream with two scoops of Butterfinger). Got a large group? Pick up an ice cream pie!
Marble Slab Creamery
6637 S. Virginia Street, Suite B - RenoWhat's better than cold ice cream on a hot summer day? Or anytime for that matter? Marble Slab has many flavors of ice cream that can be combined with any number of toppings. Choose from chocolate chips, peanuts, marshmallows, gummy bears, Snickers ... you name it and it can be added to your own personal creation. Or choose from one of Marble Slab's delicious combinations, like Raspberry Cheesecake (cheesecake ice cream with raspberries and graham crackers) or The Bart (vanilla ice cream with two scoops of Butterfinger). Got a large group? Pick up an ice cream pie!
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop
75 Pringle Way, Suite 100 - RenoBen Jerry's takes ice cream to a whole new level. From traditionally wacky flavors such as Cherry Garcia to innovative concoctions like Whirrled Peace, an ice cream attributed to John Lennon, or Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, attributed to Elton John.
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop
720 South Meadows Parkway, Suite C3 - RenoBen Jerry's takes ice cream to a whole new level. From traditional flavors such as Cherry Garcia to innovative concoctions like Whirrled Peace, an ice cream attributed to John Lennon, or Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, attributed to Elton John.
Cold Stone Creamery
2838 Vista Blvd., G-106 - SparksWith signature ice cream creations like Cookie Doughn’t You Want Some (French vanilla ice cream, cookie dough, chocolate chips, fudge and carmel), Chocolate Devotion (chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, brownie and fudge) and The Pie Who Loved Me (cheesecake ice cream, Oreo cookies, graham cracker pie crust and fudge), Cold Stone Creamery has something to satisfy every sweet tooth. Here, you can choose from 21 signature ice cream creations or design your own. Just choose your flavor and as many mix-ins as you want from gummy bears to nuts to fruit and watch as an ice cream maker whips it up into heaven in a waffle cone or cup. For those not wanting to overdoes on sugar, smoothies and sorbets are also available.
Cold Stone Creamery
299 E. Plumb Lane, Suite A - RenoWith signature ice cream creations like Cookie Doughnt You Want Some (French vanilla ice cream, cookie dough, chocolate chips, fudge and carmel), Chocolate Devotion (chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips, brownie and fudge) and The Pie Who Loved Me (cheesecake ice cream, Oreo cookies, graham cracker pie crust and fudge), Cold Stone Creamery has something to satisfy every sweet tooth. Here, you can choose from 21 signature ice cream creations or design your own. Just choose your flavor and as many mix-ins as you want from gummy bears to nuts to fruit and watch as an ice cream maker whips it up in a waffle cone or cup. For those not wanting to overdoes on sugar, smoothies and sorbets are also available.
Carvel Ice Cream
1131 Steamboat Parkway - RenoThe colorful Carvel Ice Cream location is part of the national franchise focusing on the sugary goods (such as an all-ice cream cake). It has mascots like Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale. OK, then.
