Beecher's Ice Cream — Restaurant in Dubuque

Became WAY too expensive and they reduced waffle cone size over the last 6 years. I appreciate that they make their own ice cream. For some reason it doesn't seem as good since covid, even besides the hyperinflated price now. I appreciated Beecher's for being almost/basically as good as Betty Jane's, until they started charging Betty Jane prices. Scoops are generous. Two half scoops in a waffle cone is plenty for anyone not trying to die soon. Appreciate that they rotate flavors. I had one worker once not give me the flavor I requested bc she said her arm was tired. I was shocked. I didn't say anything reeling from disbelief, but it happened. There was totally enough for 1.5 scoops at least but her arm was tired and she didn't want to scoop it out. Admittedly, even as a strong 6'0 210lb male, scooping ice cream all day sounds hella tiring. Uber hella....

Zero stars if possible. Went Saturday early afternoon and had a terrible experience. The smell in the store was so strong of some awful cleaning supplies or overpowering air “freshener” —I could not breath and I couldn’t wait to get out of there. There was some brown liquid dripping from the ceiling into a bucket and onto customers. I had one taste of one flavor of ice cream and it was terrible—if this ice cream is home made I’d be incredibly surprised. If it is homemade—get some better ingredients and recipes. My kid got a scoop of something that was obviously chock full of food dye—like many of the other other offerings. It was huge for one scoop and she said it tasted good but then she threw away most of it. The stench of the shop lingered on my clothes and hair...

This unassuming ice cream shop is tucked into the side of a gas station/convenience store and offers many unique and delicious flavors - all homemade. That said, some flavors are very brightly colored, but we weren’t able to find whether it’s from food coloring or it’s naturally colored.

We tried Twix, old fashioned fudge, strawberry cheesecake (very good, but the bright pink color was a little concerning), bubble gum (also a unnatural shade of blue), and cookie dough. Everything was gobbled up before I could even think of getting pictures!

Flavors do rotate so it’s always fun to check back to see what...