13956 Sun Mar 20 17:30:57 -0800 2005 2 4 Pacific Northwest 0 31189 What is the best ice cream in Seattle? Thank you Sun Mar 20 17:30:57 -0800 2005 0 chris 1 31195 ...I'd have had to try all the ice cream in seattle, and I have not. For historic ice cream at a long-established ice cream shop (do they still make their own?) try Husky, in West Seattle. For a university-crowd-pleasing cultural event try Cold Stone Creamery, on the Ave. You order up a base flavor (vanilla, sweet-cream??, chocolate???) and then some "mix-ins" (oreos, m&ms, various nuts, fruits, syrups, etc) and the staff will mix them all together on a chilled marble slab, right before your greedy little eyes. Very fun. Maybe more theater than cuisine, but quite good and very long on the memorable... Mon Mar 21 02:29:45 -0800 2005 31189 0 To answer that... 2 31204 The best ice cream I've had in Seattle is the house-made vanilla ice cream I had at Mistral--unfortunately this is not practical when one has an ice cream craving and doesn't want the tasting menu. Re: Husky Deli. I went to Mashiko for dinner Thursday, and had ginger caramel ice cream for dessert. The ginger caramel ice cream was made by Husky specially for Mashiko, so I assume that means that they still make their own ice cream for the store, too. I prefer their premium flavors, which taste richer than their nonpremium. I think Dahlia Bakery has good ice cream (maybe a little too much fat for a less than totally smooth mouthfeel). If gelato counts, I like Gelatiamo and the Bottega Italiana in Pike Market. If the original poster is willing to venture over to the Eastside, there are more options. For the mix-in type of ice cream experience, I much prefer Marble Slab (in Redmond) to Cold Stone. Cold Stone's ice cream tastes rancid to me, and I get the feeling that the mix-ins are necessary to cover up how nasty the ice cream tastes. Marble Slab's ice cream actually tastes good, with or without the mix-ins. Also, for a more old-fashioned ice cream kind of place, there's Theno's Dairy in Redmond. Mon Mar 21 13:26:10 -0800 2005 31195 0 creepygirl