Chilly eats, cool treats: Your guide to sweet frozen relief
Ice cream fans will have a short window to gobble their treats in the Inland Northwest next week before they liquify.
In addition to the Dairy Queens, Coldstone Creameries and Baskin Robbins, plenty of local parlors will give those seeking respite from extreme heat the opportunity to try.
Abi’s Ice Cream, 112 N. 4th St., Coeur d’Alene. (208) 930-0699. Open Sunday through Wednesday Noon to 7 p.m., Thursday Noon to 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday Noon to 9 p.m. abisicecream.com
This newer addition to the Lake City’s ice cream offerings is safe for the nut allegery crowd, thanks to shop’s namesake, Abigail, daughter of owner Maren Scoggins.
Abi’s makes its own ice cream daily in-shop, which currently includes adventurous varieties like mango cilantro, said CC Burke, an assistant manager at the downtown shop. If floats are more your thing, Abi’s makes them with fizzy fruit sodas.
Brain Freeze Creamery, 1238 W. Summit Parkway, (509) 321-7569, or 1230 S. Grand Blvd, (509) 309-3830. Both locations open Open Sunday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. brainfreezecreamery.com
This shop, which opened its first location in Kendall Yards in 2014 and followed with a South Hill branch last year, has a rotating offering of 24 flavors, culled from the 200 produced at their production facility in Spokane Valley.
Ty Krieder picked regional favorite huckleberry on Friday afternoon, feeding his double-scoop cone to his 7-month daughter, Kaylee, plopped on the table across from him, as mom Abby Damerow looked on.
How did the family choose to stay cool after hours of antique shopping with grandparents?
“This,” Damerow said, lapping up a stray chocolate trickle dripping down her waffle cone.
Doyle’s Ice Cream Parlor, 2229 W. Boone Ave. Find them on Facebook. Open Monday through Saturday, noon to 9 p.m.
Tapping itself as an historic stop on the trolley ride to the former Natatorium Park, this West Central icon has been in business off-and-on since 1939, most recently opening for good in 2010 under the ownership of Jerry Gill.
Vintage toys and signs dot the walls, with the images of Roy Rogers and the cast of Lost in Space greeting customers from within glass cases surrounding the quaint seating for about a dozen people, including the original soda fountain stools.
Fourteen flavors, most of which are made in-house using equipment from the 1940s, are available for use in shakes and malts, with menu items ranging from $2 to $7. Be sure to bring cash, there’s no credit card reader to be found in this time warp.
The Scoop, 1001 W. 25th Ave. (509) 535-7171. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. thescoopspokane.com
Arrive early to beat the crowd at this South Hill institution, where even your pets can get a treat. The Scoop is offering once more its peanut butter and pumpkin ice cream created specifically for dogs – or cats.
“A lot of people came in and asked for it,” said server Zynobia Cimarrustti. A serving, which is deep frozen so it doesn’t smear on Fido’s snout, costs $1.
Lines start to form out of the squat shop near Wilson Elementary around 7 p.m. on summer nights, Cimarrustti said.
Eleven flavors are available, and are hand churned using nitrogren right in the store, which isn’t air-conditioned. So you’ll probably want to take your treats during hot days out on the sidewalk patio, filled with benches and picnic tables.
Roger’s Burgers and Ice Cream, 1224 E. Sherman Ave. Coeur d’Alene. (208) 930-4900. Open Sunday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. rogersicecreamburgers.com
Seventeen flavors of ice cream await you at this mainstay walk-up east of the city beach. The restaurant started in 1940 in Moscow but moved to Coeur d’Alene in the 1980s.
All flavors can be made into malts and milkshakes, but it’s the huckleberry variety that beachgoers have been demanding, said Hannah Miars, an assistant manager at the Sherman Avenue location.
Two other storefronts, with indoor seating, have opened in north Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls. Visitors to the original location will have to make do with outdoor picnic tables and an awning to avoid the encroaching sun.
The Scoop, 1001 W. 25th Ave. (509) 535-7171. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. thescoopspokane.com
Arrive early to beat the crowd at this South Hill institution, where even your pets can get a treat. The Scoop is offering once more its peanut butter and pumpkin ice cream created specifically for dogs - or cats.
“A lot of people came in and asked for it,” said server Zynobia Cimarrustti. A serving, which is deep frozen so it doesn’t smear on Fido’s snout, costs $1.
Lines start to form out of the squat shop near Wilson Elementary around 7 p.m. on summer nights, Cimarrustti said.
Eleven flavors are available at any given time, and are hand churned using nitrogren right in the store, which isn’t air-conditioned. So you’ll probably want to take your treats during hot days out on the sidewalk patio, filled with benches and picnic tables.
Sweet Peaks, 108 N. 4th St., Coeur d’Alene. (208) 666-0832. Open 7 days a week, 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. sweetpeaksicecream.com
Originally from the resort town of Whitefish, Montana, Sweet Peaks moved into a storefront right down the block from Abi’s last summer.
The shop, which also includes pet-friendly treats, usually features between 15 and 17 varieties, most of them made with local ingredients from Montana and Idaho. Past specialities included a Lilac Lemon Pie variety and a mishmash of huckleberries and brownie called The Black Bear. Gluten-free sorbets are also served.