Thursday, June 18, 2009

Mitchells Homemade - Incredible Ice Cream

If you are looking for the top ice cream in Cleveland you have to go to Mitchells Homemade with locations in Beachwood, Solon, Rocky River and Westlake. The stores are bright and modern decorated in white and light colored wood with multicolor accents. But the reason to go to Mitchells is not for the decor, it is for the decedent ice cream that is loaded with premium ingredients and flavors. I find Mitchells ice cream to be very rich and dense. The flavors are bright, which is necessary since the ice cream is dense and rich. Among my favorites are the double chocolate chunk which puts large hunks of premium bittersweet chocolate into an incredibly chocolate ice cream; carmel fudge brownie, which has brownie pieces swimming in a sea of vanilla ice cream with an incredibly flavorful carmel sauce and key lime pie, which has graham cracker crust pieces to offset the sweet and tart key lime ice cream. The flavors are well though out and balanced, as an example, the carmel sauce is taken to a little darker stage then most places, which gives you just the hint of the burnt sugar taste to offset the sweetness. Prices at Mitchells are not cheap, with a single scoop running over $2.50 and a double scoop coming in at just under $4.00, but you get a very high quality product, served in a good portion and you are supporting local ownership. Mitchells of course offers a wide variety of drinks, sundays and other ice cream treats. You will also find pints of their ice cream for sale at Heinen's and in certain high end local restaurants. Mitchells is probably not an everyday stop, as you are getting a product with alot of calories and fat, but for an every once in awhile treat it is hard to beat; the calories and fat make for one of the best tasting ice creams you will find anywhere. Go out and exercise and burn off enough calories so you can stop by and get some.

1 comment:

  1. When we've gone to the Solon location, a single scoop is pretty big. My husband and I usually share because it's so rich.

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