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| - This is a pretty cool place for Italian Ice, which reminds me of shaved ice or icee type of dessert!
a. Brain Freeze - This stuff reminds me of shaved ice, but smoother, or like an icee, but a bit thicker! No matter what, if you chow down on this stuff, you willl get the inevitable brain freeze! For texture and taste and all, I give this a 4 star.
b. Italian Ice Flavors - They have all sorts of really cool flavors that are surprisingly good. You will not find cold stone / ben and jerry type of flavors, packed with ingredients. Instead, you will find such things as mango, cherry, cantaloupe, blubbery, honeydew, key lime, pineapple and other tasty flavors. Kids will be attracted to sour patch kids red and swedish fish. I haven't tried those, but I can imagine they will be pretty good! 4 star for taste and 5 star for creativity, so 4.5 star here.
c. Dessert Sugar Free- they do have some sugar free stuff for those of you watching your intake. These are sweetened with Splenda, so as long as that is a product you can consume, go for it. They have a lot of flavors, but seems that at certain times, they only have a sampling out of 1-3 types. 4 star.
d. Other stuff- They have Cream Ice, Frozen Custard, Gelati, Misto and Blendini. YOu all know what Frozen Custard is, I haven't tried it here. The Cream Ice is just like the ice that is the main attraction to Rita's but with Cream so it is silky smooth and a really rich flavor. Gelatai is a combo of their Italian Ice and Frozen Custard. The Blendini is where you use the Italian ice, frozen custard and then add in toppings lke Oreo, Heath Toffee, Snickers and etc. So, if you want or need the more rich and candy like flavor of traditional ice cream, this could be your choice - 4 star.
e. Misto - this is the Italian Ice and Frozen Custard made into a drink, more like the icee we all grew up with. All the other products you use a spoon, this one, you use a straw!
This is a very small, but nice place. Only seating is two benches outside on the curb facing the cars and so, not a place to hang out and chill out. While a problem, if you are with a group, you will be standing on the curb of the parking lot and clogging up the store front. Otherwise, this is a nice alternative to your traditional cold desserts!
GK says check it out!
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