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| - In the last decade, Cold Stone has come onto the scene as the big new chain of ice cream parlors. And with a selection like this, places like Baskin-Robbins are going to have their work cut out for them.
Essentially, Cold Stone has the basic stuff you'd expect from an ice cream place - cups and cones with various flavors, shakes, cakes, and everything in between. What sets Cold Stone apart (and something other places have started copying) is "mix-ins" - selecting toppings and actually having them "ground in" to your ice cream, rather than simply sprinkled on top. It sounds like a pretty basic idea, but the results speak for themselves.
The ice cream itself is some of the best this reviewer has ever tasted. The flavors cover all the basics (vanilla, chocolate, etc.), but there are plenty of premium exclusive flavors as well. Regardless of your tastes, Cold Stone will have something up your alley.
The staff are always friendly and courteous, and even start erratically singing ice cream-related songs. Not really praising or insulting that, I just thought it was worth mentioning because no other ice cream place does it. This is one of the few ice cream jars to have a tip jar where the employees actually serve a few coins in there.
Quite honestly, I don't really have anything to complain about. I have never gone in Cold Stone and left disappointed. This place is the future of ice cream.
TRIVIA: An episode of King of the Hill featured an ice cream parlor called "Frozen Cow", which was essentially a parody/homage of Cold Stone.
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