Hawaiian Drive Inn, San Jose
Anybody who’s been to Hawaii has in all probability tried shaved ice, a easy mixture of finely lower ice granules and super-sweet syrups in all the colours of the rainbow. This restaurant serves watermelon-flavored shaved ice, fruit punch, bitter apple, and tiger’s blood, a mix of strawberry with a touch of coconut. They will even prime it with condensed milk, if you would like, so you possibly can get pleasure from a style of paradise whereas your head goes numb!
Open from 10:30 am to 9:30 pm day by day at 1095 Tully Rd., San José; hawaiiandriveinnsanjose.com
Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, Fremont (and different areas)
On the different finish of the icy spectrum is Italian ice, which includes a combination of coarser ice particles. Rita’s makes an amazing model with basic flavors like cherry and lemon or, relying on the place you are visiting, weirder ones like Bitter Patch Children and “Unicorn.” They will additionally combine it right into a frozen drink or (Philadelphia plug their ears) prime it with wealthy dollops of frozen custard.
The Fremont location is open from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday via Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, and midday to 9 p.m. Monday via Thursday at 39006 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Fremont, CA 94538 ; for different areas see ritasice.com
Milkbomb Ice Cream, Berkeley
What’s higher than an ice cream sandwich? How about an ice cream donut? Milkbomb indulges with a world-class number of worldwide donuts: glazed, brioche, Portuguese malasadas, Barney the dinosaur-colored Filipino ube pandesal and extra, full of ice cream. You possibly can prime them with sugary kids’s cereal and marshmallow fluff roasted below a torch. The house owners present superior creativity with their rotation of ice cream flavors, having performed with activated charcoal, mint espresso mojito, and durian imported from the Philippines.
Open Thursday via Sunday (examine Yelp for present hours) at 2079 College Ave., Berkeley; milkbombicecream.com
Trueburger, Oakland
This extremely rated joint has made a reputation for itself with basic burgers and garlic fries, however what some might not notice is that their milkshakes are top-notch, too. They’re heavy, hand-spun frozen dairy bombs which you could make much more luxurious with a wide range of toppings. Some swear by the peanut butter and recent bananas, others by the Oreo cookies and toasted marshmallow, however for a novel expertise, select the shake topped with everybody’s favourite post-apocalyptic snack, Twinkies.
Two areas at 146 Grand Ave. and 4101 Broadway, Oakland; examine web site for hours, trueburgeroakland.com
Cauldron, San Jose
Hailing from SoCal, this ice cream parlor impressed locals when it opened a few years in the past with concoctions whipped up in billowing clouds of icy steam. Flavors change repeatedly and have been dipped into such tasty choices as Vietnamese espresso, s’mores, milk and cereal, and rose water. The ice cream is crammed in a “puffle cone” constituted of crushed egg that appears like scrumptious edible bubble wrap.
Open day by day (examine Yelp for present hours) at 1088 E Brokaw Street, Suite 60, San Jose; www.cauldronicecream.com