I really do try to like this place. I give it a shot at least every other week. You might go there and they might not have milk for milkshakes, or they might not have basic flavors. Like chocolate, vanilla or strawberry. Or they don't have the right size lids. These are all real examples and more if I wanted to truly think about it. I went and got a peanut butter milkshake and a chocolate milkshake. The chocolate one tasted, like they put every ounce of chocolate in the world in it. And the peanut butter one tasted like vanilla. All they have is kids working there so there's no consistency. This place has a lot of potential. But I can guarantee if another ice cream place opens up this one we...
Read moreThe ice cream is delicious and the staff is super friendly! Why 3 stars you ask? Well because we left with more questions than answers. We like to try local mom and pop ice cream shops all over Pittsburgh. Janie’s sounded like it fit the bill! We drove 25 minutes from Mt. Lebanon just to see the sign on the door inside “proudly serving Betsy’s ice cream”…. That’s right, the very Betsy’s minutes from our house in Mt. Lebanon. So who’s Janie? Does she even make hard ice cream? Is Janie just Betsy’s middle name? So many questions, but please…. If you have another location, just call it Betsy’s too and...
Read moreGrew up knowing Bruster's as my one true love. After I had Janie's Ice Cream I had to break up with Bruster and now I'm going steady with Janie full time 😜
Best Ice Cream in the Burgh. My girlfriend loves fhs Pittsburgh Pride. I just had a scoop of Banana Cream Pie and a scoop of Cinnamon Bun. The banana cream pie had such a wonderful texture and the flavor was on point. The cinnamon bun has a thick cinnamon brown sugar swirl that is the closet thing to to emulating a real life cinnamon bun. The cinnamon has a nice crunch to it. 5/5 would definitely...
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