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| - The Sugar Bowl is more appealing on the outside along with history of the parlor than it truly is. With its vibrant, inner-child eliciting curb appeal, you have this strange desire to know what's going on inside and to satisfy your sweet tooth.
My fiance and I have been here twice, and both times were just ok. It's pretty cool to know that the Sugar Bowl has been around in SCO for over 50 years, as this is a pretty young city, but the vibe hasn't changed much since the 50s and it could use a little updating. Don't get me wrong, I love a good charm/notalgia to a restaurant, but something about the SB has a weird, almost grimy vibe. They do serve 'real food' outside of sweets, but I've only had their ice cream combos. They are pretty generous in their portions, but you have to be careful as to what you order. The first time we went, I got some crazy sundae, and I was total regretsy. My fiance got a malt, and I wished I had ordered one. Our second visit, I ordered a vanilla malt, and my fiance ordered the Top Hat Sundae. He wished he has ordered the malt, ha. We did see other sundaes that looked way better than the two we tried, but it's hard to try a third sundae when the first two were just ok. And how do you screw up a sundae? By serving an old cream puff (the Top Hat), that is so dry you don't want to finish the fudgy ice cream.
There isn't anything majorly wrong with the Sugar Bowl, but there isn't much of a wow factor either. Cool place to stop if you're walking around Old Town and need a break for something sweet. It's a once a year type place for me at best.
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