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| - After reading all the great reviews about this place, I just HAD to go, so I gathered three of my friends and drove the 20 or so minutes from Tempe to get there, foregoing any pressure to get homework or reading assignments done (or, for some others, foregoing the desire to see a new episode of 'melrose place'). So glad because it was SO worth it! EVERYTHING in Sweet Republic is made from scratch and uses as much (if not all) local ingredients, mostly from Singh Farm.
They also have such creative (and some non-dairy) flavors like cantaloupe sorbet or mango lassi sorbet or Banana Bonanza ice cream (with bits of banana walnut bread). I sampled the mint ice cream, and it's not like any other mint ice cream I've ever tasted. Why? Because it tastes like REAL mint! I KNOW I'll be back here again and again. Oh, and I HIGHLY recommend topping off your ice cream with a made-from-scratch marshmallow because they torch it for you to just the perfect roast-ability so that the outside is kinda crispy and the inside is gooey. When you mix it with the cold ice cream, though, something fantastic happens, and you're in perfect, organic, gelateria/sorbet/smoothie bliss.
I might also note that you can spend some time at Sweet Republic because they have a few board games that you can play with there. It's also kid-friendly, seeing as when I went, there was a group of kiddies there. So cute. Anyway, in short, if you have not gone to Sweet Republic, you MUST get there soon cuz you don't know what you're missin'.
PS: I might also note that for those of you allergic to cow's milk, they also have options using goat's milk. So forward thinking. I love this place more and more.
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