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The Ice Cream Bar Soda Fountain
Ice Cream Parlor$$$$
Cole Valley, San Francisco
The ice cream at The Ice Cream Bar Soda Fountain is a can't miss
"Get the black cherry phosphate as a float."(18 Tips)
"The Classic Wild Cherry Phosphate Soda is amazing!"(12 Tips)
"Coconut milk chocolate almond is the best, and vegan too!"(4 Tips)
"The best, most amazingly delicious waffle cones ever."(12 Tips)
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Amazing milkshakes and sodas made to order. Perfect on those rare hot SF days.
Carlos BFebruary 24, 2013"A Touch of Grey" unusual but very tasty. Soda made with Candy Mushroom cap (Yes, real mushrooms). Try it if you are adventurous.
This place is one of the best places in SF. Def get any of the phosphates.
Jared RanereMarch 13, 2014Get a fancy float. The soda jerks go out of their way to make them good and they are. There are few places that serve the equivalent.
Cara HirschApril 7, 2012go straight to the back and order a phosphate, lactate, or some other kind of old fashioned soda. They are very well crafted and unique.
Melissa WDecember 8, 2016Root beer float is apparently the crowd favorite; comes with toasted marshmallow. O Canada tastes like waffles & syrup.
Paul BurditchJune 28, 2013This is the best ice cream destination in the San Francisco Bay Area, likely California and perhaps the country.
Is it summer? Get the Bonne Vie No. 2 - sweet basil ice cream doused in a fresh grapefruit soda. You're welcome.
- Butterscotch in a waffle cone may be the greatest ice cream vehicle ever. 🍦
Zakk DeVineJune 10, 2013The best ice cream ever. The Banana Puddin' is no joke and perfect on any day that ends in 'Y'
Make friends with the jerks! This is easily the best thing you can do at this place, because once you do that, everything else falls into place.
It only comes around in the summertime, but the organic strawberry ice cream is amazing!!
for something rich and desserty, get the Dublin Honey. for cool and refreshing, the Carl & Cole.
DailyCandyApril 9, 2013Perch on a swiveling stool and slurp mixologist Russell Davis’s nonalcoholic sodas, shakes, and floats.
Banana puddin ice cream is THE BEST. There is no way to get the wrong thing here, though.
- David LytleJanuary 29, 2012Take a # found immediately to your left inside the door, then peruse the menu so you're ready to order when your number is called.
Aaron BoodmanMarch 9, 2013I keep meaning to try other things, but the root beer float is so good, I always just get it.
Tim DengMarch 2, 2019Phosphates give these drinks a delicious old school soda fountain flavor profile!
Kayliegh BarnesJune 16, 2013Try the vegan coconut milk chocolate almond for a delish surprise of mmmmmmm :)
Get the freaking waffle cone. Best I've ever had, it is unreal.- Get the black cherry phosphate as a float. Thank me later.
So this teenager at the milkshake bar refuses to make me a pistachio milkshake because it's "only for two people"! W.T.F.???- Cara HirschApril 7, 2012Go straight to the back and get a phosphate, lactart, or other old fashioned soda fountain treat.
Hella awesome chocolate raspberry soda. The roasted pineapple ice cream cookie was equally awesome.
Nathan DieselSeptember 2, 2012Organic Basil is worth the adventure. Think green tea meets vanilla orchid in freshly mowed grass.
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The Ice Cream Bar Soda Fountain
815 Cole St (at Carl St)
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States
Cole Valley Ice Cream Bar, Soda Fountain and Lunch Counter.
Open until 10:00 PM (Show more)
- Mon, Wed–Thu, Sun
- Noon–10:00 PM
- Fri–Sat
- Noon–11:00 PM
(415) 742-4932
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"The brown sugar ice cream blew my chip off, very delicious!"
Andy🔥 Feliciotti - 9.1
"Amazing as always, I get the combo of peanut butter and cookies & cream on a waffle cone. Mmm mmm!!"
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