Tootsie Ice Cream Opens in Santa Ana; Also Offers Persian Shaved Ice

It’s summer. It’s hot, yadda yadda; time for  ice cream, yadda yadda. With that obligatory intro out of the way, herewith are 10 of this food critic’s favorite ice cream treats, because, you know, it’s summer and it’s hot…yadda yadda. All of the...

In my humble opinion, there's still no better deal than Rite Aid for scoops of its Thrifty's brand ice cream. It's $1.79 as of this writing, and after all these years, it's still served with those cylindrical scoops that go ka-chunk. This summer,...

On Friday afternoon, 24 hours before Lemeir Mitchell opened Happy Ice on Melrose Avenue, the 28-year-old sat and stared at the rainbow-colored room around him. Cloudlike light fixtures hung from the ceiling. The dessert shop’s logo, written in...

On the Chowhound boards a few years ago, I remember someone asking for tips on where to find green tea ice cream.  We pointed him to the frozen dessert section of 99 Ranch or Mitsuwa. This weekend, I found it green tea ice cream at Vons.  Let me...

You needn't settle for McDonald's soft serve, a convenience-store slushie or another overplayed frozen yogurt when the sun sizzles and you're nowhere near an air conditioner. Our county has all manners of icy and frozen confections from points...