Lazy Dog Chocolateria — Restaurant in Grass Valley

This is a great little candy and ice cream shop in downtown Grass Valley. We visited on a Saturday when they did have good traffic through the shop. I will give the young man who helped us with our ice cream order props for a smile and willingness to help with any questions we had. I am careful in these types of places as nut allergies do run in the family. The young man was kind enough to rinse off the scoops before serving our ice cream to help lower the chances of cross contamination with peanut butter flavors. The reason they get only 3 stars is the lack of interest in setting up a ice cream shop to help those with nut allergies be safer. It would be quite easy to move all their nut ice cream to one of their multiple freezers instead of them being mixed throughout all the flavors. Also it would not be too hard to have a few extra scoops and containers of water to help separate scoops used with nuts and those without. I give these comments to help both the owner and anyone with nut allergies considering eating here. It would be a higher risk of cross contamination with nuts than most ice cream shops I've been to so eat at your own risk. In the end the ice cream was good. But I probably won't risk it twice in...

Our family loves Lazy Dog! They have a notable sized selection of vegan sweets, and their visual merchandizing is top notch. The second you step into their entryway you are transported to a simpler, happier time. It is colorful, bright, and smells delicious! If I have one "want" from them, it would be dairy-free ice-cream options. They do have some Italian Ice options, but a creamy Oatmilk cone would be extra lovely. It's unfortunate to see business slowing down due to the closure of Mill Street. I really wish we could easily swing by to pick up an after-school treat, but it's definitely more challenging to unload all the kids a few blocks away and make the trek. I really hope they can stay in business!! And it must be noted that even in the busiest of times their customer service is always on point. This isn't to say that you won't have to wait, because sometimes you just DO have to wait, but it's totally worth it, and you will have the full attention of your Chocolaterista. Definitely check it out if...

We wandered in when we noticed the sign at the door saying they had VEGAN strawberry coconut ice cream. Vegan ice cream at the local chocolate shop? Count us in!

When we went in, they had a ton of different candies, and the chocolates looked amazing. When I inquired about any vegan chocolate options, the girl behind the counter gave us a laminated list of all the dairy-free options available (I noticed they also had one for gluten-free treats).

We bought a couple of dark chocolate peanuts butter cups and also got the strawberry coconut ice cream. The ice cream was different than we were expecting--more like a sherbert--but it was still delicious. Light and refreshing with specks of strawberry throughout.

This place is vegan-friendly and totally cute, so I would absolutely come back again when I find...