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| - I feel I should give a disclaimer before diving into this review: Mitchell's might steal a little piece of your soul. You might walk through the doors under its stylish theater sign and emerge from the store a changed person. You might hunch over every bowl of ice cream for the rest of your life and sigh because it's not the same. If you're okay with this, read on.
Walking into this Mitchell's store is kind of like walking into a real-life, less terrifying version of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, because there are huge windows behind the counter that let you see into the kitchen. There's also a miniature train that does laps around the ceiling of the store. It's shiny and bright inside, with high ceilings and plenty of seating (though this may fill up at busier times). I mean, it could just be my great love of ice cream, but this place feels magical to me.
The employees here truly deserve a special mention, because they're always outstanding. I've been here many times (despite living ~40 minutes away) and I've never had a bad experience with service. Everyone behind the counter is always smiling, and they'll gladly give offer you samples. They're friendly and pretty fast no matter how busy it is (and it does get busy). I always make sure to throw a few dollars in the tip jar.
Mitchell's ice cream is made from a lot of ingredients sourced locally or from farmers who use sustainable practices (for coffee, vanilla beans, etc), which I think is admirable. Also, it is freaking delicious, and you really can't go wrong with any flavor (of which there are many). You'll be happy whether you want a high-quality version of something traditional, or something with a little more pizazz. The roughly $3 - $5 you'll pay for a serving is well worth it to me, and their portions are quite generous. They also have vegan flavors, smoothies, frozen yogurt, and sorbet!
Favorite flavors:
Caramel Fudge Brownie - Vanilla ice cream jam packed with delicious brownie chunks and a ribbon of creamy caramel. It's evident here that Mitchell's does not mess around with their add-ins.
Cookie Dough - See above. I've spent a good portion of my life on an epic quest for chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream that actually has adequate amounts of chocolate chips AND cookie dough, and this does. No need to waste your time sifting through plain vanilla ice cream on the off-chance of finding a chunk of dough, because with this you get some IN EVERY BITE. I wish I were eating this now.
Fresh Mint Chocolate Chunk - What can I say? I like the classics. Real mint, real chocolate, no artificial green color. Enough said.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel - Peanut butter frozen yogurt with little chocolate covered pretzel bites. Technically not ice cream, but still a perfectly good choice.
I mean, what else can I say? You should go to Mitchell's. But you probably already figured that out.
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