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| - Yet another ice cream place courts my taste buds east of Cleveland. We were pretty excited when this place opened up and it definitely wasn't disappointing. The price is great compared to other local joints.
For what it's worth, the ice cream is pretty darn good. I've had Honey Pecan and Banana Chocolate Chip and they are both well-balanced, not overly sweet flavors. The banana chocolate chip was the better of the two-- really deep chocolate flavor without overpowering the banana. Would have liked to have seen some actual banana in it, though. The Honey pecan, although I think it's supposed to be their signature flavor, was less memorable. Good, but not great. It had a nice little bit of salt to complement the honey, and not too many nuts.
It's not super decadent, and didn't have the richness I look for in ice cream. You can feel the lack of smoothness compared to something you might get at some of the other places nearby. However, I've been spoiled by the awesomeness of the ice cream that's popped up in Cleveland lately, so don't get me wrong-- it's definitely decent ice cream. They don't have a ton of variety of flavors but what they do have definitely seems solidly good.
the layout of the store is confusing-- they have a long counter set up (like at the solon Mitchell's) but they only take orders at the registers at the end, so you end up with a lot of waiting around being confused. It also seemed like, even though we were in line, there were employees just kinda standing around doing nothing.
They also don't tightly pack their pints. What's with that?
All in all, you get what you pay for-- it tastes cheaper because it is. I'm not dying to go back like I was when I first ate at Churned or Jeni's, but for the price, I'm definitely more willing.
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