Patti’s Ice Cream & Sweet Shoppe

We found this place on a happenstance and are very glad we did. It’s a great shop!
The young lady who served us was polite, fun, and informative. She answered questions quickly and without bother and seemed to truly enjoy her job. It was a pleasure being in her company.
Now, this place is a 70’s and 80’s kid paradise. The sodas, candies, and novelties take you wayyyyy back and invite you to explore every inch of the place. We bought some now & later (one of my favorite childhood candies), candy cigarettes (yep, you can still buy them), and a chocolate charleston chew.
We also got cups of ice cream after my children sampled a few flavors. I went for my favorite combination: Mint chocolate chip and strawberry. Don’t judge me, it’s delicious! The kids got superman, birthday cake, or something like that, and I believe a cookie dough ice cream. This ice cream feels and tastes exactly how ice cream ought. It’s smooth, creamy, and not soft serve in the slightest. This is the real stuff and well worth the calories.
There’s a seating area so that you can enjoy your treats instead of dealing with kids in vehicles. We all know what happens when kids eat ice cream in the car.
We’ve been talking about going back because it was so much fun and to also find out if anyone purchased the 10-​lb. gummi bear they had during our visit.
If you’re looking for real ice cream, nostalgia and excellent service, this is the place to go.

I like the atmosphere and the staff was ok. The ice cream was good too, I think it’s just a little pricey and nothing really custom or special for an ice cream shop. The really small cone is $ 3+ and the one size above that is also the same price? I guess.

Terrible customer service! Mediocre ice cream.
This place could be great. It’s super cute and full of candy and ice cream, how could you go wrong? Well, for starters it’s cheap mass produced ice cream that they’re charging the same price per scoop as the homemade ice cream shops. Secondly, the customer service is awful. They always act annoyed that they have to come scoop ice cream for us, complete with eye rolls and sighs any time you ask a question. The final straw for us was last time we were there my 3 year old had to use the bathroom, she of course waited to tell me until after we had got our scoops like 3 year olds do, so I asked the woman behind the counter if we could leave the scoops in the freezer while we use the restroom. She sighed and said «no, but you can have cups if that helps.» I told her it didn’t and asked if we really couldn’t just leave the scoops, to which I got the same sigh and same response. Having worked in an ice cream shop while in college it is standard practice to put a cusomers scoops in the freezer if a customer needs to use the restroom. You know since they’re customers and just paid for the ice cream. Not wanting to take the ice cream into the bathroom I was going to let my daughter try to go on her own but the homeless woman taking a bath at the sink ruined that plan. I tried to ask the manager if she’d help but she was in a loud conversation with another employee and wouldn’t even acknowledge us. I final just left the ice cream and the shop and I’ll never go back. Absolutely ridiculous.

What a delight! So much fun vintage stuff to look at, many many varieties of ice cream to choose from and nice staff. Think this one is a big winner in my book.
I saw a foot tall gummy bear, pixie sticks that would cause an almost endless sugar buzz, lollipops the size of a fist. If you are craving sugar, get in here stat, they will take care of you.
Prices were very reasonable. I had Black Cherry Waffle Cone ~$ 4. I thought it was quite tasty. They had very nice outdoor seating.
I would surely bring my niece and nephew to this place. I met up with a fellow adult and we had a great time looking at all the vintage games, candies, pop, etc.
Certainly worth a visit in my book! It is also a nice break in that area since everything else is basically a chain store of some sort.

Very cool ice cream and candy shop! And not at all as expensive as I thought it might have been. Went with 4 of my children and 2 of my granddaughter. The youngest granddaughter took one lick of her ice cream cone and promptly knocked the scoop of ice cream onto the floor. They were so sweet and replaced it with no problem at all. The kids had a fabulous time and the adults enjoyed looking at all of the candy varieties. We will be back!

GIVE THIS PLACE MORE BUSINESS!
Ice cream was better and more flavor options than cold stone or dairy queen. This is the place to get ice cream if you’re in the northern burbs. Nice staff and very willing to give samples

Very good ice cream and they now have the capabilities of making milkshakes too :)

Seems like most of the people giving lower reviews of this place use some version of «It isn’t like Izzy’s» as their reasoning. Guess what folks, it isn’t Izzy’s and doesn’t claim to be. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Izzy’s too. But that doesn’t deter from the fact that Patti’s Ice Cream & Sweet Shoppe is still a really neat place to stop. They have many flavors to choose from, the staff has always been incredibly friendly, & helpful, they have some fun & interesting retro candy and sodas, the place is clean & has a nice atmosphere, and it’s kid friendly.
If you are the type of person who is always looking for unusual & creative culinary experiences or pursues all the trendy high end experiences, maybe this place isn’t for you. If you are looking for a fun relaxed place to stop at and enjoy a nice dish of ice cream, Patti’s will fit the bill. It reminds me of the old ice cream shops from my childhood so maybe that’s why I like it so much.

This shop is pathetic, sorry to say. I went there with a LivingSocial deal for $ 25 dollars worth of ice cream and candy. (This obviously wasn’t well thought out on my part, but I thought there would be a better selection.) It is $ 7 for a bucket of old, crusty, off-​tasting saltwater taffy. The ice cream is sub-​par. I’d rather go to Sebastian Joes. Heck, I’d go to even McDONALDS for ice cream rather than this place. Yeah, there might be a billion flavors, but they don’t taste right. The flavor profile isn’t there. But anyhow, you can tell they used to have more a selection. Almost one whole rack of saltwater taffy is empty. It would not be hard to surmise that it used to be full, but now they’re just trying to get rid of it all. Everything said, there is no reason to go to this place. Ridiculous. (And does anyone else think it’s an odd coincidence that the name of the shop is Patti’s and a 4-​star rating from 5÷30÷12 is from an account with the name Patti K?)

This is an ice cream and candy shop that is convenient, but lacking the amazing ice cream flavors I have been spoiled with at other ice cream shops in the cities.
The store is cute, but the flavors lacked any excitement, and were a little dry. I tried multiple flavors and none of them took my interest. The up side is it’s right next to Rosedale mall, so you can stop by after shopping and chill on the nice outdoor picnic tables.
My boyfriend had the black cherry float. It comes with a large cup full of vanilla ice cream and you pick your soda and pour it in yourself. He enjoyed it thoroughly, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the ice cream that made him excited about it. He liked the old school root beer bottle, which was filled with some pretty good tasting black cherry soda.
Prices are standard for a small candy and ice cream shop. ~ $ 3 – 5.
I may stop by again if I’m craving a root beer float and good outdoor seating.

Ice Cream is not homemade. Many flavors. Not a bad spot for kids, some fun retro candy. 3 stars seems too low but I can’t quite say I am a fan either. Probably would have liked this place more when my kids were young but if I am going to splurge I’d rather have Izzy’s.

Cute little ice cream/​candy shop with some unique old-​school candies and goodies (like bacon-​flavored everything); friendly staff.
Pros:
–Cheap big scoops, unlimited choice of flavors as long as they fit in your cup/​cone
–Lots of ice cream flavors to choose from
–The Caramel Collision flavor, loved
Cons:
–The Caramel Collision was the only flavor I enjoyed
–Ice cream is not homemade but imported from Cedar Crest and somewhere else; kind of like going to mom’s for a unique home-​cooked meal and then finding out she got take out from Panda Express instead

This cute little shop is next door to the Dunn Bros I frequent all too often and I’ve been meaning to stop in & check it out.
So what if it was lunchtime. In my world you can eat dessert first, which also means you can have a scoop of ice cream for lunch if you want. I won’t tell your mama ;-)
For less than four bucks, I had a huge scoop of the Chocolate & Peanut Butter Swirl. The Cedar Crest ice cream brand is also served in a few other popular ice cream shops around town. It’s a good quality ice cream, but it’s no Izzy’s or Sebastian Joe’s.
If the ice cream doesn’t cure your sweet tooth, they have an assortment of candy, taffy and retro bottled soda pops.

This is a fun little ice cream shop with a dozen flavors you’ve never heard of. Every time I go, the staff gamely describe five different flavors for me, and everyone else who walks in. The person behind the counter last time I was there was an incredibly good sport. The store itself is fun to visit because of all the vintage magazine ads on the walls, and candy that was already old-​fashioned even when I was a kid.
This place lends a bit of character to a corner of Roseville that is overrun with chain stores. Don’t wait too long after dinner, though, because it closes early (around 8, if I remember correctly).

This is a great spot next to the coffee shop to get some local Minnesota items as well as the main attraction, ice cream. The selection is very good and the ice cream was also great. I got the chocolate chip and the quality is what I would expect out of a local shop.

I found myself in Roseville, how could this title not catch your eye? The ice cream they use is Cedar Crest, I didn’t give in, however I was no angel. This is retro city, all kinds of bottled pop from the past. The deal is 4 for $ 7, so I picked up a Bubble Up, Berghoff rootbeer, and a couple of RC Cola. There is all sorts of retro candy, I bought some Razzles. They have fudge, kind of like an inside boardwalk. The décor would make Katy Perry proud. You can buy lottery tickets here, too. If I win am I obligated to do all my shopping here! It’s a great addition to Love From Minnesota.