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| - I have my favorite and I'm stickin' to it. The first time my friend and I went, we couldn't resist the "waffly good". Peanut butter ice cream with caramel and waffle chunks. Good stuff! I've tried other flavors, but I keep coming back to this standard.
I love the concept and execution of Atomic. Finally, I can go out for ice cream with my vegan or lactose intolerant friends! I love that they offer the various low glycemic sweetners (I always just stick to cane sugar, myself, though), and I still giggle watching the "smoke" from the liquid hydrogen every time. God, I love liquid nitrogen... Anyone who has never had a chance to play with it should.
I have had nothing but good experiences with the staff, and the price of ~$5 for a specialized ice cream (or $8 for a cup big enough to feed the whole family) doesn't differ in price from Cold Stone, or other "deluxe" ice cream equivalent places. Heck, the mix and squeeze fro-yo places cost nearly as much as Atomic, so especially for the personalization and labor involved, I find the price argument absolutely illogical. Their baked goods prices rival any bakery outside your local supermarket , and they're vegan! I'm still trying to get my hands on a blue velvet cupcake. Apparently you have to get in earlier in the day to find them in stock.
Some of the ice cream flavors are definitely hit and miss. I was not a fan of the caramel, for example. As I said earlier, I've never been as satisfied by a flavor other than my ol' standby. Some are still developing, for sure. I feel that surely they'll improve them through time. Heck, this entire method of ice cream making is new outside of a high-end restaurant, the owners definitely get points for that novelty and the balls it took to for these ladies to pull it off.
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