My Favorite Ice Cream Shoppe

Good selection and tasty ice cream but unorganized. I don’t know who to give my order to as they just take anyone’s order and it’s usually people who just walked in and start ordering. Didn’t know someone else would be taking my payment as they have no organization or clarity.

My Favorite Ice Cream Shoppe is one of those places that takes you back to the nostalgic, good ‘ol days. With 72 flavours of ice cream (not including gelato), there’s something for everyone at this old school ice cream shoppe. Heck, they’ve been open since 1981 (that’s almost 35 years!) and with another location, sounds like they’re doing well for themselves.
We came on a Saturday afternoon but it wasn’t busy at all. Probably because it was lightly drizzling outside but ice cream/​gelato on a rainy day is never a bad idea. Ever. Make sure to order at the counter first and then you can pick which flavour (s) you want. Definitely try a few samples before you finalize your selection because there are so many choices!
Prices are pretty typical. $ 3.75 for a single, $ 4.75 for a split, $ 6.25 for a double and $ 7.75 for a triple if you’re feeling craaaaaaay. $ 1.00 extra for a waffle cone but you gotta get that. Obviously.
— Pistachio almond perfection ($ 3.75) — a nice healthy scoop of perfection. Haha, sorry that was lame. There was actual real bits of pistachio in it. Yummmmm.
— Peach sorbet ($ 3.75) — my friend went with the peach sorbet. I had a taste and the sorbet was light and refreshing. She devoured it but that always happens whenever we go for ice cream. A good tradition.
— Passion fruit sorbet ($ 3.75) — I had a quick taste and the passion fruit was subtle but maybe I just love passion fruit too much and wanted more.
Cool little spot to grab an ice cream, yogurt, sherbet or sorbet. Definitely happy with my pick but will be back to try another of their 72 flavours! Perfect after lunch/​dinner date.

An impressive ice cream selection in their line up. You start from one end of the ice cream display and by the time you get to the other end you’d have forgotten half of what you wanted. Price wise, it was a good deal: $ 11 for 3 people ordering a scoop each. I ordered the pistachio almond perfection and it was perfectly creamy.
The décor was unique but not my thing. Two things marred what should have been a fun food break:
1) the service was grudging, grumpy and impatient all around
2) they handled the waffle cone with bare hands which is not very hygienic
It was one of those rare hot days in Calgary and some shade over the outdoor benches would have been a nice touch. Nice ice cream but next time I’d go to Village ice cream where service actually comes with a smile

90% of the time this place is fine, and the ice cream is good. I’m just annoyed because every once in a while they have someone whose English is not good enough to be at the cash register taking orders. I have no problems being patient with someone who speaks English as a second language; however the man at the cash register today lost his temper with me when I couldn’t something he said.

I’d it’s wasn’t that it’s in a place where family’s all want some ice cream this place would have closed long ago. The customer service here is actually appalling. Not that people don’t wait in line, like suckers. To get to the front to have some rude teenager wait on them — appears to be a Chinese family and all their kids and relatives that work the cash and ice cream scooping. I have live across the park for 10 years and it has continually gotten worse. A month ago on a nice warm day, we were there for $ 15 for 3 ice creams and my 2 year old needed to pee. They actually would not let me use the washroom. I did anyways. The alternative was worse. Then last time I was there — I asked for a glass of water and they actually would not even consider helping with a little tap water. This was while I was spending $ 20. I’m done with it. I’ll walk the extra block to Safeway and can’t wait for Village to open up. The place seems to have gone to the dark side. Dirty, no one cares, rude, and in Seriously need of a facelift especially in customer service.

This is my favourite ice cream shoppe! Lots of flavours to choose from! The only problem is I live too close and I am an ice cream-​aholic.

After having meat sweats at Bolero, we decided to cool down with some ice cream from my favorite ice cream shoppe. Located in the Marda Loop area on the corner of 42 Ave SW, you can’t miss this ice cream joint. It was a Saturday about 7PM when we arrived. There is tons of street parking as well as a large shared parking lot — you should be able to find a spot!
Walking towards my ‘favorite ice cream shop’ I noticed that there are some benches you can sit on while you enjoy the sun and your cold treat. When I walked in, this place was B-​U-​M-​P-​I-​N’ and full of kids. There is a large candy display to the left but they seem to be running low when I was there, the large ice cream display to the right and a piano in the center of the joint. Then list of flavors is quite large (
). The one thing I enjoy about the large selection is that no matter how picky you are, there will be something for you. Ranging from fruity flavors, to plain jane chocolate, to the crazy wet paint, blast off flavors, you are bound to find one you enjoy!
How it works, is that you have to pay first before you choose your flavors. You are able to sample as many as you’d like but it can get pretty clustered ’cause there are only a handful ice cream scoopers! I decided to get two scoops in a ‘cup’. I paid, grabbed my receipt and went to the ice cream display. Like a kid in the candy shop (literally) I always get giddy. I was overwhelmed with the large selection but I was able to sample the ones I wanted. Wet paint, apple pie, red velvet, nanaimo bar were among the flavors I sampled. I felt bad ’cause I was taking forever to choose my two flavors, luckily the scoopers were quite patient! I decided to go with chocolate peanut butter and rolo (typical). They put the scoops in a little styrofoam container which was… different. We all ordered and went out onto a bench, licked and people watched. I really enjoyed the peanut butter chocolate as there were chunks of peanut butter mixed in and the rolo was divine. Smooth, creamy and caramelly, delicious!
The nice thing about this location is that it’s a short walking distance to the park across the street. This would be a perfect spot to bring your date… ice cream, park, swings… what more can you want? Talk about intimacy! ;)
All in all, although the ice cream is not home churned, it is a great place to visit when you’re feeling ice cream. Large selection of ice cream and candy and sometimes the store bought stuff is just what you need! I wouldn’t say this is ‘my’ favorite ice cream shop but it could be yours!??

After all the great reviews we wanted to try out this ice cream shop! I have to say it’s a bit confusing how the ordering process works. After deciding what flavours I wanted to try we go up to pay. They have a debit machine but it wasn’t working, so after a couple failed attempts we had to scrape up some change.
I asked if it was possible to get a small with a half scoop of each flavour, the answer was yes but I ended up getting two full scoops which I assume in most people’s cases would have been awesome but I was a bit disappointed since I didn’t want that much because I wouldn’t be able to eat it all!
Overall of though, it is a great value for your dollar and with that many choices it’s pretty awesome — tasty too!

Tons and tons of flavour options here. As always, it took me a while to decide on what to choose, since i MUST read ever label. I went with the white mocha. I didn’t taste much of the «mocha» in it, but it was creamy and delicious none the less. A great stop to make after a bike ride around the reservoir. It’s a little dark inside, but there’s space to bask in the sun outside. I had a kids scoop and it was more than a generous serving. Same price as similar stores like Lics and Village.

Yummmmm, I love ice cream and I love how many different choices there were! Although, it seemed like something was missing as many of the counters seemed very empty. Regardless, there were so many fantastic different flavours available and I would definitely come back to this place. Once we picked up our delicious ice cream cones we took a walk down the street to look at the beautiful houses in the area — I suggest you do the same.