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Ice cream

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    Mitchell's Ice Cream

    For a flavor pick, commenters recommend mango or ube; another singles out pistachio and Strawberries and Cream.

    1. Mitchell’s is an excellent local excellent ice cream.

    2. Mitchell’s ice cream

    3. Yet every night there's a night outside of Mitchell's of people in their puffy jackets waiting an hour for ice cream. Come join them some time!

    Worth knowing

    • Multiple commenters raised availability concerns; one reported "though heads up it's more of a winter special than fall, so you have a little while to wait" (branch unspecified).
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    Bi-Rite

    Try the salted caramel ice cream; crème brûlée is another flavor one commenter called worth the splurge.

    1. Ice cream: Bi-Rite, Philmore Creamery

    2. then end with ice cream at bi-rite then chill at the park and have a feast!

    3. Sounds about right, for bi-rite. I like their salads, premade meals and ice cream, I buy all other items elsewhere. Spent $80 on Saturday for a small bag.

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    Garden Creamery

    Mission

    Try the lilikoi ice cream; one commenter recommends it, and another praises the vanilla-lilikoi flavor.

    1. That line is worth it - and I hate standing in line for food.

    2. Garden Creamery has a vanilla lilikoi ice cream that is to die

    3. You can also grab ice cream from Garden Creamery or Bi-Rite.

    Worth knowing

    • Multiple commenters raised waiting times concerns; one reported "Dude don’t wait in the garden creamery line you’ll be there til evening" (branch unspecified).
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    Ghirardelli

    Ghirardelli Square

    Try the hot fudge sundae; one visitor who tried it recently called it delicious.

    1. Go eat ice cream at Ghirardelli.

    2. I stick to the bratwursts and the Ghirardelli sundaes, which I don't feel have diminished in quality. But your mileage may vary.

    3. You can stop at Ghirardelli on the way for an ice cream.

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    San Francisco's Hometown Creamery

    Inner Sunset

    Try the fresh mint chip ice cream; commenters specifically recommend it.

    1. if you’re near Cal Academy and want a bite to eat, most of the spots on 9th Ave and Irving just out of the park from there are pretty kid friendly - plus there’s ice cream at Hometown Creamery & frozen yogurt at Easy Breezy, but I love the idea of going to Ice Cream Bar in Cole Valley for a treat!

    2. The Fresh Mint Chip ice cream at San Francisco’s Hometown Creamery.

    3. take the kiddo for ice cream at Hometown Creamery and get some food at any of the amazing spots in the Inner Sunset.

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    Swensens Ice Cream

    Russian Hill

    Try the fresh banana or Caramel Marble; both are singled out by individual commenters.

    1. Big fan of Okoze for sushi in Russian Hill, right next to Swensens Ice Cream for a little dessert after.

    2. Russian hill- swensens ice cream and walk over to Ina coolbirth park.

    3. The original Swensons @ 1999 Hyde Street.

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    Philmore Creamery

    Fillmore

    Try the vanilla ice cream; one diner specifically praised it.

    1. Ice cream: Bi-Rite, Philmore Creamery
      Full quote
      Ice cream: Bi-Rite, Philmore Creamery … and later gelato at Philmore Creamery (really fresh strawberry sorbet.) … later gelato at Philmore Creamery (really fresh strawberry sorbet.)

    2. Gelato from Philmore Creamery. Sooo good

    3. Gelato from philmore creamery on Fillmore.

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    Super Duper Burgers

    Try the soft serve; a commenter recommends it and praises the Strauss dairy.

    1. Super Duper has it with a shockingly real dark chocolate tasting shell

    2. I love that they will make you ahalf priced kids shake. That's all I want but a burger and a shake just hits different.

    3. they’re chains but both super duper and souvla have really yummy soft serve and are open pretty late (super duper is more traditional soft serve, souvla is more similar to frozen Greek yogurt and is SO GOOD with baklava and honey)

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    Matcha Cafe Maiko

    Japantown

    Try the matcha-vanilla swirl soft serve cone.

    1. get ice cream from Matcha Cafe Maiko

    2. I'd go to Japantown and have soba from any of the interchangeable restaurants and then get a matcha-vanilla swirl soft serve cone from Matcha Cafe Maiko.

    3. Matcha Cafe Maiko also has fantastic ice cream.

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    Bi-Rite Creamery

    Try the salted caramel ice cream; one commenter called it their all-time favorite.

    1. get ice cream at Bi-Rite Creamery and enjoy the view from Dolores Park

    2. If you have budget for dessert, get ice cream at Bi-rite creamery or Garden creamery, or a chocolate treat at Dandelion Chocolate.

    3. Salted caramel ice cream from Bi-Rite Creamery