I SCREAM, U SCREAM
Heat got you screaming? Let’s get some ice cream
For Floridians, every day can be Ice Cream Day. As temperatures rise, so do cravings for ice-cold sweets. Palm Beach County has plenty of options to cool you off, from gelato and frozen margaritas to popsicles and shakes.
Here are a few options by region: Proper Ice Cream, Delray Beach
This is where lawyer turned ice cream alchemist Rick Felberbaum combines flavors inspired by his stints in the kitchens of some of South Florida’s top chefs. The result is custardy ice cream in an eclectic range of flavors, like mascarpone and toasted nuts, cornbread and apple tatin, passion fruit and salted caramel, caramelized fig and pistachio. Proper Ice Cream: 1445 N. Congress Ave.; 561-359-3420 Cool Spot Ice Cream, Boynton Beach
Ice cream rolls? What? You have to watch this video and see how they make the ice cream right in front of your eyes. Cool Spot Ice Cream: 1015 Gateway Blvd., Suite 401; 561-469-8135 Palm Beach Ice Cream, Tequesta More than 42 old-fashioned ice creams, yogurts, sorbets and sugarless treats. Palm Beach Ice Cream: Tequesta location: 239 U.S. 1; 561-744-6657 or Jupiter location: 6761 W. Indiantown Road, Suite 24; 561747-3204. Matty’s Gelato Factory, Juno Beach
“When I’m making my sorbets, I’m blending up real fruit. I’m using mangoes, not mango flavoring. With my cannoli gelato, I make my cannoli cream here, then I’m crushing cannoli shells on top,” says Matty Cairo, the 23-year-old owner of the shop. Matty’s Gelato Factory: 867 Donald Ross Road; 561557-3539 Gelato Grotto, Palm Beach Gardens
The gelato here is made fresh every morning with locally sourced ingredients; the portion sizes are generous and service is A-plus, according to Post reporter Sarah Peters. Price: $5.60 for the regular, two flavors in heaping portions. Gelato Grotto: 11300 Legacy Ave., Suite 100; 561-7990838 Crema Rolls, West Palm Beach
This spot is riding a hot newish dessert trend: rolled ice cream. The treat is made in the style of Thai “stir-fried” ice cream, scraped into rolls upon a freezing metal plate. The icy rolls are studded with various flavors (salty caramel, birthday cake, s’mores and more), then dressed with a choice of toppings (from roasted marshmallow to rainbow sprinkles). Crema Rolls: Grandview
Public Market, 1401 Clare Ave.; 561-614-4120 Rita’s Italian Ice, West Palm Beach Italian ices and frozen custards are popular at this chain. Rita’s Italian Ice Cream: 460 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 172; 561-623-0774 Relish & More, West Palm Beach
All right, so this isn’t an ice cream shop, but their milkshakes are over-the-top delicious. Add all kinds of candy, cookies and whip cream to the milkshake (as in inside) or on top of it, or both! Relish & More: 401 Northwood Road; 561-629-5377 La Michoacana, West Palm Beach
Sweets + Mexican spices = muy bueno! Where else can you get mango, cucumber or guanabana ice cream with habanero spices or Tajin? Only at a Mexican “paleteria” (ice cream shop). La Michoacana: 636 Belvedere Road, Belmart Plaza; 561-514-3030 Sloan’s Ice Cream This area chain has been popular for both its ice cream and its retro toyland setting. Sloan’s: 112 S. Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561833-3335. Also locations at CityPlace, Downtown at the Gardens, Mizner Park and East Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Sprinkles, Palm Beach
If it’s good enough for Rod Stewart and the late Michael Jackson, dang it, it’s good enough for all of us. While known for the chocolate ice cream, locals are fans of the shop’s seasonal flavors. Taste as many as you like before committing. Sprinkles Palm Beach: 279 Royal Poinciana Way; 561-659-1140 Kobosko’s Kreamery, Wellington
This ice cream shop is a Wellington favorite, with 4.9/5 stars on Facebook. Let’s hear it from the locals: “The best ice cream in town… love love and love. They have so many kinds you can choose. I
like coffee. My husband loves raspberry truffle, my granddaughter loves chocolate,” reads a recent review on Facebook by Nonglak Baumwald. Kobosko’s Kreamery: 9108 Forest Hill Blvd.; daily, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; 561-793-1778. Rita’s Italian Ice, Royal Palm Beach Once again, Rita’s, but in Royal Palm Beach. Rita’s: 11071 Southern Blvd., Suite 130; 561-7954333 (Editor’s note: This list, originally published in 2017, has been updated.) ON THE COVER: Fresh strawberry ice cream in a cup from Proper in Delray Beach.