Beal's Old Fashioned Ice Cream — Restaurant in Portland

It's almost impossible to walk by Beal's in the summer, with the smell of fresh waffle cones coming from the store, and not stop for ice cream. The smells lured us in and we weren't disappointed! The waffle cone was tasty and can comfortably fit two generous scoops. Take your time choosing your flavors because they have lots of options, and you can sample before deciding. (I tried the coconut almond bar and opted to not get it because it was primarily vanilla, with very light coconut/almond flavor). The maple walnut was good with a satisfying number of walnut pieces! The peanut butter cup, with its chocolate base, had only one piece of peanut butter cup, so was really just a chocolate ice cream. The ice cream was deliciously creamy--texture was for sure a 5/5 stars--but the ice cream wasn't as flavorful and chunky as...

I'm sure it was an off night because of the heat wave but it was HOT in this shop. There were two air conditioners in the back, both off or out of order. There were flavors on the board as we waited 15 minutes or so to get up to the counter that they did not have in the case (I guess they didn't have time to take the label down?). They ran out of waffle cones too. The biggest thing that got me though, was the employees wearing inappropriate footwear. One was wearing Crocs, but not the non-slip kind. They were the kind with holes in the them, and I know for a fact that those are not restaurant safe and they get extremely slippery on any slightly wet surface. This person was also wearing no socks. Another employee was wearing straight up flip flops. Definitely not up to restaurant code. Ice cream was...

Cute spot for ice cream on the go.

Despite the long line and long wait, the ice cream shop had a variety of selection and friendly staff members. Even with a wide variety, stuck to the chocolate soft serve and was not disappointed. It was smooth and had an enriched chocolate taste. My husband had the Whoopie pie flavored ice cream and was not disappointed either. Tasted just like a cold Whoopie pie.

Really enjoyed the cute artsy vibe and but wish there were more than three seating indoors or even outdoors as the ice cream was melting in the heat. I had to literally pause in the middle of the shop to quickly eat my soft serve as it was oozing out. Shout out to the employee for looking out with a cup just in case...