Selma's Ice Cream Parlor

Our second trip was to Selma's Ice Cream Parlor in Afton Minnesota.  Afton Minnesota is south of I-94 on County Road 18.  We were attending the Afton May Fair festival.  The festival is a sidewalk sale with music, crafts and food vendors.  After walking around the town we had a picnic in the park.  The ice cream parlor is across the street from the park.

The ice cream parlor has a good size serving area with tables on the left side of the building.  The service was fast and cheerful.  A single scoop of ice cream is 3.25, a double is 3.75 and a triple is 4.25,  They have a list of all the flavors available that day on the wall behind the counter.  There must of been 35 flavors available the day we were there.  The serving sizes are big.

I had a single of the Rum Black Cherry on a sugar cone.  It is my favorite and will be featured a number of times on this blog.  I enjoy the strong  flavor of the ice cream and there were plenty of cherries.  The ice cream has a rich and creamy texture.  The sugar cone was just a sugar cone.

L had Zanzibar Chocolate on a sugar cone.  It was wonderful. She gave the flavor a 5 out of 5.  

M had Carmel Collision on a sugar cone.  Both she and L gave the flavor a 5 out of 5.  M liked the large variety of ice cream that was available.

S had Toffee Crunch and White chocolate raspberry truffle on a sugar cone.  The White chocolate raspberry truffle had small truffles and the Toffee Crunch had tiny pieces of toffee.    It was a generous serving size and the all the ice creams tasted good.  She recommends the Carmel Collision or the Toffee Crunch.

Our rating system will be from 1-5 with 5 being the best:

Price:           4
Taste:          5
Service:       5
Ambiance:  4

Total score:  18

Grand Ole Creamery

                                                       Grand Ole Creamery Web Site

Our first trip was to the Grand Ole Creamery in Saint Paul, MN.  The Grand Ole Creamery is located at 750 Grand Avenue.  Grand Avenue in Saint Paul has a lot of fun restaurants and shops.  It is like a mini small town in the middle of the city.

The line for the shop was out the door when we arrived.  The service has fast and cheerful.  A single scoop of ice cream is 4.25 on a cone, 4.75 on a waffle cone(which they make on-site) and 5.00 for a bowl with five different scoops.  They have a list of all the flavors available that day on the wall behind the counter.  There must of been 30 flavors available the day we were there.  The serving sizes are big.

I had the bowl with the five different scoops.  The Rum cherry was great.  It has a strong flavor and a rich cream.  The French Vanilla was a solid choice for a standard scoop.  The Raspberry lemonade Sorbet is not an ice cream but the flavor explodes in your mouth.  The Mac Daddy had a nice crunch.  I am not sure about the Black Walnut.  It was at the bottom of the bowl and mixed with all the other flavors. 

 
L had Chocolate and Birthday Cake ice cream.  The Chocolate was OK and the Birthday Cake was a little sweet.


M had Chocolate Fudge Brownies.  The ice cream was really rich and she had a hard time finishing it. She found out that even though there are lots of flavors online not all of them are offered every day and was a bit disappointed.

S had German Chocolate and Strawberry Cheese cake on a waffle cone.  She really enjoyed both.  The waffle cone was worth the extra money.

All in all,  our first outing was fun and the ice cream was great.

Our rating system will be from 1-5 with 5 being the best:

Price:         3
Taste:         3
Service:      4
Ambiance:  4

Total score:  14

Our family will be reviewing Ice cream shops this summer.  We are looking forward to posting reviews of the places we visit.  It's hard work, but we feel the world needs to know.