Ice & Vice calls itself an "experimental ice cream shop," and I definitely agree with that description.
To be honest, I'm slightly intimidated by a lot of their flavors. Funky names like "Bath Salts," "Basic B," and "Opium Den" had me pretty confused as to what I was tasting, especially because the place is typically packed and I'm too far away to read the flavor board without my glasses (oops). Outside of the realm of dessert, I'm a pretty picky eater, so the idea of discovering bacon, fennel, or prosciutto in my ice cream completely freaked me out.
So, I started with a taste of the Basic B (Mexican Vanilla and Black Lava Sea Salt were ingredients familiar to me) which was, as you may imagine, anything but basic. I'm not typically one to crave a cone of vanilla ice cream without mix-ins or toppings, but I was tempted to stop here and place my order.
My scooper, Dennin, recommended I try the Milk Money. Toasted Milk, Sea Salt, and Chocolate Ganache sounded like a trio I could most definitely handle. The toasted milk base tasted almost like a carmelized vanilla, and the swirls of chocolate ganache sprinkled with sea salt made for the perfect salty-sweet balance. I put my money on Milk Money, but had my heart set on one of those perfectly-balanced double scooped waffle cones.
I went for the Roulette flavor Food Baby, à la the famous Instagram account, a combo of concord grape, donut soil, raspberry coulis, and rainbow sprinkles. It tasted like the ice cream incarnation of a super sweet jelly donut with rainbow sprinkles, and that, to me, was perfection.
I ended up tasting all of The Basics. Tea Dance (Nilgiri Tea Leaf, Lemon Charcoal, and Salted Caramel) was the only flavor I didn't love, and that's just because I'm not the hugest fan of tea.
Once you've gone rogue with your ice cream selection, you might as well keep building your masterpiece. The flavored waffle cones from The Konery are on par with the ice cream, with flavors like Salted Blue Honey and Dark Chocolate Chai. The scoopers at Ice & Vice take pride in making your cone beautiful, and they'll top it with a whole Detention Ice Cream Sandwich (Malted Vanilla ice cream between two Mexican Chocolate Brownies, rolled in Fruity Pebble Dust), a donut from Underwest Donuts, marshmallows from Squish, or whatever delectables they have in store that day.
To be honest, I'm slightly intimidated by a lot of their flavors. Funky names like "Bath Salts," "Basic B," and "Opium Den" had me pretty confused as to what I was tasting, especially because the place is typically packed and I'm too far away to read the flavor board without my glasses (oops). Outside of the realm of dessert, I'm a pretty picky eater, so the idea of discovering bacon, fennel, or prosciutto in my ice cream completely freaked me out.
So, I started with a taste of the Basic B (Mexican Vanilla and Black Lava Sea Salt were ingredients familiar to me) which was, as you may imagine, anything but basic. I'm not typically one to crave a cone of vanilla ice cream without mix-ins or toppings, but I was tempted to stop here and place my order.
My scooper, Dennin, recommended I try the Milk Money. Toasted Milk, Sea Salt, and Chocolate Ganache sounded like a trio I could most definitely handle. The toasted milk base tasted almost like a carmelized vanilla, and the swirls of chocolate ganache sprinkled with sea salt made for the perfect salty-sweet balance. I put my money on Milk Money, but had my heart set on one of those perfectly-balanced double scooped waffle cones.
I went for the Roulette flavor Food Baby, à la the famous Instagram account, a combo of concord grape, donut soil, raspberry coulis, and rainbow sprinkles. It tasted like the ice cream incarnation of a super sweet jelly donut with rainbow sprinkles, and that, to me, was perfection.
I ended up tasting all of The Basics. Tea Dance (Nilgiri Tea Leaf, Lemon Charcoal, and Salted Caramel) was the only flavor I didn't love, and that's just because I'm not the hugest fan of tea.
Once you've gone rogue with your ice cream selection, you might as well keep building your masterpiece. The flavored waffle cones from The Konery are on par with the ice cream, with flavors like Salted Blue Honey and Dark Chocolate Chai. The scoopers at Ice & Vice take pride in making your cone beautiful, and they'll top it with a whole Detention Ice Cream Sandwich (Malted Vanilla ice cream between two Mexican Chocolate Brownies, rolled in Fruity Pebble Dust), a donut from Underwest Donuts, marshmallows from Squish, or whatever delectables they have in store that day.
The final product? One scoop of Milk Money (bottom) and one scoop of Food Baby (top) in a Birthday Cake cone.