Flamingo’s

Went here for a treat for my kid. We don’t so dairy, and he wanted a popsicle, so it was OK. He saw the ice cream and was super excited, but they have no non-​dairy ice cream. He settled on a lime water-​based paleta. It came pre-​packaged, but made by Flamingo’s at another location. However, it just tasted like a regular popsicle. Not very sour, no bits of fruit. I think the real draw here is the dairy ice cream, unless you’re vegan.
Parking is easy, but crossing Cermak is pretty nuts. Be careful!

After scarfing down an unapologetically delightful taco trio before heading to a preseason Bears game, Fiancé surprised me with an immediate dessert stop at flamingo’s. He testifies to their outstanding juices which I have yet to try on the next visit. Today I am testifying to the ice cream! Our server was such a sweetheart breaking down the very method of their ice cream making and how it differs from the packaged ice cream, in all its artificially flavored blasphemy, that you get from a regular grocer. I am happy to say that I am a new lover of the real thing. After multiple tries of flavors like pineapple, mango, strawberry shortcake, strawberry, horchata, cinnamon, (to name just a few!) I chose what struck my taste buds the most: pistachio! I told our server that I am not even that keen to pistachio and it’s true. But after tasting the real meaty, lightly sweet, buttery, milky, ice manifestation I was hooked. I just couldn’t stop commenting how good it was to my ice cream buddy who went to town on his pineapple waffle cone. Real fruit, real nuts, real real real! And absolutely delicious. Highly recommended. We’ll be back.

This place is yummy. The paletas are exquisite. The diablo mango is my favorite

This place is amazing! Aside from the fact that they have about a thousand flavors, they are all delicious, and so many cool refreshing choices — the parmesan cheese was amazing! Try something new — you won’t be disappointed, and they let you sample a few flavors before you commit.
Wish this place was closer to where I live, but then again, my waistline is probably lucky it isn’t ;)

I really like this place. I like how they have so many really good flavors to choose from. Two of my favorites are the tamarind and tequila ice creams. I get them together alot of times. Their watermelon water and cactus pear water are another reason I like coming here. Their ice cream is more icey than creamy just FYI. The ladies that are behind the counter are always more than willing to let people have free samples so its easier to decide what you want. I WILL BE BACK AGAIN!!!

Don’t make the same mistake I did and walk into Flamingo’s expecting classic ice cream and then be taken aback by the 748 flavors they have. Instead go in knowing that you’re going to try awesome things like cornbread, tamarind and avocado — and make sure you do try them! Because they’re MUCH better than they sound.
I had the cornbread ice cream, which was sweet and eminently edible. My fiancée’s strawberry cheesecake was not as good (not enough cheesecake!), but our friend’s pistachio was excellent. Besides having countless interesting flavors and a super nice owner, they’re also open in cold weather and at night. And thus Flamingo’s is currently the best thing I’ve accidentally come across in Berwyn, topping even the Car Spire (RIP).

Bueno! Great flavors, like 100! Owner incredibly nice and patient and let us try about 5 flavors each. Tamarind, jalepano, guava, dulche de leche, date, coffee, mexican hot chocolate, grapefruit, banana, mango… You’ll love this place. All natural flavors… You’ll get chunks of fruit in your icecream, supposedly use a lot of natural sugars from fruits. Very reasonably priced.

It was ok… I remember as a kid going to 26^th street in little village and getting a corn for a dollar, boy was i shocked when they told me 2.75 for a corn… it was very over priced… its good if you need to get your fix of ice scream or mexican treats you cant get in the suburbs but i wouldnt recommend it to anyone on a budget. I got two corns and two bags of churros and i almost spent 12 dollars with tax. on the street where they sell these things on small carts i might have spent 6 bucks for the same amount of stuff… well you pay for the store shop i guess. But the food was good and i gues that was the important part.

The ice cream isn’t really ice cream. It’s like milky water mixed with flavoring. If that gets your rocks off, I guess this place is for you. Give me some ice-​CREAM.

What a great little place for some Mexi Ice Cream
They have over 100 flavors Yo !!
we had just gotten done eating dinner and were driving down the street when the BF says Ice Cream Parlor, oh hell you know I am gonna turn around, now I was thinking old school Ice Cream floats yo, but it was not to be in stead it is this long ass counter full of flavors to pick from
the bf has 2 scoops on a waffle cone I tried a sample and it was good, kinda weird though the ice cream is crunchy like it has ice in it

this place is my jam. i tend to shy from american ice cream because it gives me an almost instant dairy coma, so this is a great alternative. less dairy without less creaminess, imho.
the «devil» fruit ice flavors are quite spicy, the perfect thing to eat if you have a bad cold or want really interesting-​smelling breath. the ice cream flavors i’ve tried have all been delicious.
every time i come in, i notice a different and/​or new flavor. last time, it was «beer.» i’m really into that. i like that i can return to a place over and over again confident i’ll have a new experience each time.

I’m wavering between 4 and 5 stars… I got a scoop of the Mexican hot chocolate and a scoop of the cinnamon (for like $ 3!). The Mexican hot chocolate ice cream tasted just like the frozen hot chocolate Serendipity 3 in NYC serves. And seeing as how that dessert has a near-​cult following, that’s one of the best compliments I could have paid it. The cinnamon ice cream was also really good and tasted like Christmas to me: You know, when it’s all snowy out and you go ornament shopping at the Christmas store and it smells like cinnamon sticks. That is pretty much what I experienced.
It’s true what other reviewers have mentioned, that the ice cream is less like ice cream and more like an ice cream/​ice fusion, but I appreciated that. I hate chocolate ice cream and I loved this chocolate ice cream – it was not overwhelmingly creamy and chocolaty like chocolate ice cream often is.
One reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the long wait for my ice cream. I went on a Saturday afternoon and had to wait for about 5 – 10 minutes to be served because customers before me ordered sandwiches (which btw looked awesome). Additionally, this isn’t the BEST ice cream I’ve ever had (that would be Jeni’s in Ohio), but it’s pretty damn good.

I only have two favorite ice cream places and this is one of them So many great flavors and they even have corn in a cup which taste delicious Owner makes delicious sandwiches too I like how they have paper towels at your table

Confucius says, «Many flavors does not equal good ice cream».
Although I’m pretty sure Confucius never said that, he probably would have after hearing all the hype about Flamingo’s and then finally tasting their ice cream. Their variety of flavors is impressive (jalapeño, parmesan cheese, flavors I’ve never heard of …), but the ice cream itself is really unappetizing. It’s really icy, kinda like freezer burned breyer’s. And the flavors are a little too subtle. Most of the ice cream tasted like milk and sugar. I had been looking forward to trying Flamingo’s ice cream for almost a year! I’d like my year back, please.

Mexican ice cream is not like American ice cream. It’s noticeably less creamy and more icey and some flavors get lost in that translation.
That said though, some are far better for it. Horchata is terrific and wouldn’t work as a cream based flavor, as are any of the fruit flavors (and there are a lot of them.) Cookies and cream? Probably not, but don’t go here for that. Go here for avocado or sweet potato pie. Or beer (I can’t actually vouch for that flavor– yet.)
Also, vegans and lactose intolerants: HUGE section of ices in the back. Rejoice with ice cream lovers again.

Came here while visiting a friend who lives in Cicero. She’d told me this was one of the only places she liked to get ice cream, so I was really looking forward to it.
The variety of flavors had me running from case to case behind the 3-​year-​old I was with. Avocado, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Sweet Corn, Jalapeño, Tequila, Strawberries & Cream and basically every fruit you can imagine.
I tried a few and settled on a waffle cone with Mexican Hot Chocolate and Strawberries and Cream. Nice spices and flavor in the chocolate, though I didn’t get a lot of cocoa flavor. The Strawberries and Cream was excellent and very refreshing. The one thing that keeps it from 5 stars is the fact that it wasn’t very creamy. All the flavors were kind of icy which made it seem like a mix of sherbert and ice cream. Good, but not my personal favorite.
It’s worth a trip just to see how many flavors they make! Especially fun for kids since you can try as many tastes as you like!

Since the weather outside is dreadful (ohh…it’s January 22^nd — don’t you already miss this song???) I was thinking of a good way to warm me up and thought of ice cream.
Yeah…you guys who read my reviews should know by now that I am an avid believer of reversed psychology… well…kind of… but ice cream makes me think of summer days and there you are.
We went there a few times to try different things and I really liked the Mexican Chocolate as well as the Parmesan Cheese, coconut and avocado. I can’t remember everything we had but I didn’t care that much for the jalapeño one. They do have a huge selection though and you can be assured to find something that will suit your taste buds. The texture can be a little icy sometimes even though they use 14% milk (whole milk is about 3.7% so it’s much creamier…)
A must if you are in the Berwyn/​Oak Park area to help you digest the tacos you had a few blocks away.

This is such a hidden gem that I’m surprised that at least a *few* more people don’t know about it. This place is family-​owned and make their own ice cream from scratch. They make up their own flavors too. One of my favorites is Mexican Hot Chocolate. Another is the spicy Tamarindo. I forgot all of the flavors –they have so many crazy ones like corn and avocado. But it is really good. I’m not a chemist, but I remember reading that it’s not «typical» ice cream. They use a different percentage of milk fat and it’s more natural so the consistency can be a little more on the icy side. –But hey, it’s natural, not all fake like the store bought stuff. It would be a cute place for a date since they have all the crazy flavors you can laugh about.

I wasn’t that impressed. We tried the mexican chocolate with cinnamon, and it tasted not creamy at all, like ice milk. It had a brown chocolate color but the flavor was mostly cinnamon. I’ll try again, maybe a funkier flavor, they certainly had some interesting ones.
They don’t seem to have all 100 flavors at once.

Can’t choose from the more than 100 flavors? Confess your indecision to Miss Lupe, the owner, and she’ll start giving you samples.
You can’t lose here. I try something new every time I come here, and it’s all great. My favorite ice creams so far are sweet potato, avocado, chongo zamorano (a soft dessert cheese similar to mascarpone), guanabana (a fruit that tastes like a cross between coconut and pear), banana, and mis recuerdos (which is chocolate ice cream flavored like mexican cocoa, with cinnamon)