Le Coppel

I normally like to limit my reviews to places that I like. But this little ice cream shop just begged to be criticized; it was that bad.
I had been intending to go to this place for a few weeks, motivated by wanting to support an independent small biz. What a mistake. But at least it was cheap.
The owners didn’t put much time and effort into décor beyond the black ceiling and black-​light illuminated stars. Nice touch for the kids, but pretty cheap and sparse otherwise.
I should have followed my gut and left when I saw that some of their desert selections included cake from Winn-​Dixie. I knew this because it was still in the store-​bought container, complete with the original price sticker.
Ordering was excruciatingly slow and frustrating due to a serious lack of English by the server. But it’s hard to be surprised by that anymore in some parts of Miami. C’est la vie. Or whatever the Spanish equivalent.
I ordered a banana sundae and nearly fell on the floor when I was told they were out of, both, plain chocolate AND vanilla ice cream. Ummm, hello? I settle for chocolate chip and vanilla chocolate chip. At least they had strawberry.
The cherry on top of this sundae (yes, pun intended) was the lack of hot fudge. Instead, they offered runny chocolate sauce… still in the Winn-​Dixie squeeze bottle. What, you can’t at least spring for Hershey’s?
When I finally sat down to eat I was sorely disappointed. The ice cream was absolutely horrible. It was overly sweet and a tad gritty. They should have just bought their ice cream at Winn-​Dixie. At least it would have tasted good.
On the bright side, I got to support a small business. But next time, I’ll be supporting Cold Stone.