My girl and I live right down the road from this place yet went quite a while without even knowing it was there... shame on us! I somehow stumbled upon Sweet Republic's Yelp page and was amazed at the abundance of 5 star reviews (almost every single one!)... and immediately planned to go check it out.
My expectations were pretty high, and luckily they were met and then some. The place has this very cool indy vibe to it... the decorations are very modern and the food/ice cream is all fresh and organic; a nice change of pace for an ice cream place. The flavors were quite varied from tried and true to bold and adventurous. We tried samples of two of their more adventerous offerings... first the bacon ice cream; then the basil-lime sorbet. Both sound just a tad revolting but were oddly enjoyable.
For our actual cups we got one double scoop of peanut butter and mint chocolate chip. Then for the second we got a mixture of desert honey and bananna berry. Each flavor was smooth and fresh... it just melted in my mouth. One thing I noticed is that it felt much lighter than your usual cup of ice cream. When I go to a place like Cold Stone Creamery I usually can only stomach a few bites of ice cream before I get 'sweetened out'. It's different here... maybe it's the fresh ingredients or something; but eating this ice cream just felt good!
Go check this place out... you'll never get ice cream at a boring old ice cream chain parlor again!