60170 Mon May 10 19:37:24 -0700 2004 14 2 Los Angeles Area 0 318000 Hello all. I'm in Pasadena, but I'm the type that would not think twice about driving 100 miles out of my in order to try some good chow. Does good Italian ice exist on the left coast? Link: http://www.stanchfield.com/kevin Mon May 10 19:37:24 -0700 2004 0 Keivn Stanchfield 1 318006 Good question... I was driving by this Italian Ice place on Montana Ave. in the shopping blocks in Santa Monica. Has anyone ever been to that one? Is it worth stopping at? Mon May 10 19:51:59 -0700 2004 318000 0 JeniH 1 318007 I enjoy DiDio's on Montana in Santa Monica. They have homemade ices from fresh fruit and juices. The blood orange is a favorite of mine. I know they have another location somewhere, but I'm not sure where it is. Mon May 10 19:52:32 -0700 2004 318000 0 DuckHunter 2 318008 Here's a link to some more info on Di Dio's Link: http://www.gocitykids.com/browse/attraction.jsp?id=14198 Mon May 10 19:54:07 -0700 2004 318007 0 DuckHunter 1 318026 There is fine Italian Ice at Valentino's Pizza just south of Manhattan Beach Blvd and Aviation from the McD's Frequented by Jay Leno and many others. Nice place. Mon May 10 21:56:12 -0700 2004 318000 0 SouthBayRon 1 318043 1) South Street Philly Steaks in Westwood has italian ice from Philadelphia. 4 flavors (chocolate, lemon, cherry, and one rotating currently mango) 2) Italian ice place in Brentwood Market area has many flavors from NY. He is moving into the adjacent grocery store soon. Tue May 11 00:04:52 -0700 2004 318000 0 sue 2 318103 When you say Brentwood Market do you mean the Country Mart at 26th/San Vicente? Tue May 11 13:56:27 -0700 2004 318043 0 Debbie 3 318256 It's that little shopping area near sunset and barrington where Maria's Italian kitchen is. Wed May 12 12:36:15 -0700 2004 318103 0 sue 1 5152543 Iv'e seen it in the frozen section at the Claro's in La Habra. I imagine all Claro's would carry it. Tue Nov 03 11:39:41 -0800 2009 318000 183791 SeaCook 1 5152589 Del's Lemonade is now open in Venice. http://www.dels.com/Locations.aspx?state=CA&city=Venice&miles=5&l=true&f=true&t=true Tue Nov 03 11:51:28 -0800 2009 318000 234367 wienermobile 1 5153131 It's appearing at farmers' markets all over the Southland, and I still love me some Joe's Italian Ice on Harbor Blvd. between Chapman and Lampson in Garden Grove (near Disneyland). That Joe-Latti... ahhh, casts me back to my salad days in New Jersey when the Italian ice truck used to drive around. Tue Nov 03 14:26:05 -0800 2009 318000 10811 Das Ubergeek 2 5153334 You beat me to it Das Ubergeek! I love their italian ice, and their soft serve has me melting in puddles of joy as well. Tue Nov 03 15:30:29 -0800 2009 5153131 97644 ReelMike84 2 5153472 We tried Joe's a few months ago and were sadly disappointed.... the vast majority of their ices are made with artificially flavored syrups, not real fruit, and their ice is chunky and crunchy like a Taiwanese bing or a Hawaii shave ice, not the impossibly smooth and silky love-in-a-paper-cup that the best of NY offers (Lemon Ice King of Corona, I'm looking at you...) Mr Taster Tue Nov 03 16:16:15 -0800 2009 5153131 17579 Mr Taster 3 5153637 I've driven by Joe's many times but have never stopped, because it looks like a lousy place that I went to years ago (in Miami, I think), and I wondered if it was part of a nationwide assault on Italian ice. Taster, do you know for a fact that "the vast majority of their ices are made with artificially flavored syrups, not real fruit," or are you guessing, based on the way they taste? The Web site ( www.joesice.com ) says they're "made here at Joe's daily with Fresh Fruit," although the claim is vague, since they go on to list various non-fruit ices in the same section (p. 4 of the menu). Maybe they're lawyers and mean, "At least one of our Italian ices is made with fresh fruit at least once every day." :-) Tue Nov 03 17:23:16 -0800 2009 5153472 281830 Harry Nile 4 5153773 Positive... I went and specifically asked which ones were made with fruit versus syrup and I think the guy gave me maybe 2 options out of the laundry list they were advertising. Mr Taster Tue Nov 03 18:27:07 -0800 2009 5153637 17579 Mr Taster