Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Pumphouse Cearmery







South Minneapolis has a lot of neighborhood business areas.  One of my favorite is 48th and Chicago.  There is the Parkway theater, Turtle bakery, a couple of restaurants and the Pumphouse Creamery.  The Pumphouse Creamery is located at 4754 Chicago Avenue. 

The shop itself is small.  There is one table, a window bench and the ice cream counter.   A single scoop of ice cream is 3.20, a double is 5.10 and a five scoop sampler of 4.20.  The ice cream is served in a bowl or a homemade waffle cone.  The ice cream counter had 20 different flavors of ice cream.  The ice cream is made on-site using local ingredients and the recipes are posted on the wall.


I am sorry to say that I did not enjoy the Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava Sorbet.  It did not have a strong flavor or a pop.  The sorbet tasted flat.  It seemed to be missing something that day.  The waffle cone tasted bland and did not hold the sorbet well.  I almost lost my sorbet to the floor twice.

L had the Chocolate ice cream.  She thought it was creamy and loved the dark chocolate taste.  She is a fan of very dark chocolate.  She did not like the waffle cone either.

S had Coffee with Almond Toffee ice cream.  She thought it was great.  It was three votes against the waffle cone.  She said that she would never have it again.




I was a little disappoint with the Pumphouse creamery.  If we stop by again, I would definitely pick an ice cream in a bowl.  They also make sundaes, malts, and shakes.  It is worth the trip, if you are strolling down the Minnehaha parkway on a hot summer's day and need a treat.

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

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



Total Score:  14

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