Pearl Ice Cream Parlor

Perhaps THE BEST ICE CREAM THAT I HAVE EVER HAD?! This is a traditional soda fountain and ice cream parlor - they make all of their ice cream themselves and it’s delicious! I had white chocolate raspberry In a sugar cone, which tasted like it was baked today! Kids had cookie dough and an ice cream sandwich. My wife enjoyed the key lime crunch. We all were thrilled! If you’re in town, this place is not to be missed!

The Pearl offers quite an assortment of cones and ice cream flavors and appears to be a local favorite as the line of customers extended into the attached candy shop. Even so, our wait was not very long. The ordering process is quite efficient. The customer tells the cashier what type of cone you want, or bowl, and how many scoops - flavor of ice cream is unimportant. After paying, you move down the counter until a soda jerk asks you what you would like. You inform them what you ordered and the flavor(s) you want. I ordered a double scoop and the soda jerk, their term, had a somewhat difficult time scooping my ice cream, the Mississippi Mud. I was slightly disappointed in that the young lady barely got my second scoop onto the first scoop but still handed me my cone for me to figure out the rest and hope that the scoop did not fall off. She was hurrying and lacked patience. I carefully left and worked at biting the top scoop to reduce it quickly in an attempt to prevent a calamity. For my efforts, I was unable to actually enjoy the extra scoop but the remainder of my cone was delicious. The parlor itself was charming and the treats looked great. Worth the visit if you are in the area.

We stopped in on acc by whim and I was very glad we did. The malt I had was amazing and I genuinely contemplated going back and getting another. They had excellent safety protocols in place and they clearly are taking customer safety seriously which I very much so appreciate. Next time I’m in town I’ll be back!