Cloud City Ice Cream — Restaurant in Portland

The nurse at my son's doctor appointment suggested this place when I mentioned we were treating ourselves to ice cream after our visit. We're new in town so we took the recommendation. My son got his usual - chocolate - I know, I know.. and I got a double scoop of cinnamon oatmeal cookie and something else that was like the little animal crackers with frosting and round sprinkles? Can't remember what it was called. Anyway, the cinnamon oatmeal cookie had pieces of oatmeal cookie in it and was DELICIOUS. By the time I made it through that scoop I had to save the other scoop for later. The animal cracker scoop wasn't my favorite ever, but still pretty tasty. The kid loved the chocolate, and the cinnamon oatmeal cookie was worth a 5-star review too. I will visit again and try more flavors. Oh, and the counter help was super friendly too. Asked how our day was and I was honest, and she said, "I hope it gets better!" Ice cream always makes it...

Ice cream so delicious it confuses me. Cloud City is an unassuming stand in Woodstock that sells the most unexpected combinations of flavours and hides them like Easter eggs among more common flavors. In a city with a culinary pedigree like Portland's, THAT is saying something. Amidst the chocolate and cookie dough you'll find flavors like lemon curd and goat cheese. And why are there 2 different flavours with that yummy lemon curd? Circus Animal, Earl Grey Blueberry, Marionberry Crisp. Gold digger. Sasquatch Tracks. How cute is it that they have a different horoscope ice cream each month and why is it accurate to the sign? I'd really like to just move in and have the counter people be my best friends, eat ice cream every day like I told my dad I wanted to when I was 8 years old...live the dream. Cloud City ain't fancy...it's every day magic. The best kind. Ice cream aficionados should...

*2 years and many more ice cream shops later, this is still my favorite ice cream spot!

Tried this for the first time tonight. Service was friendly (I tried 5 samples!) and the ice cream was dangerously good!! Compared to Salt N Straw, this place had more ‘normal’ classic flavors. They also had unique ones like Toasted Almond Horchata and Cinnamon Brown Sugar, but nothing as odd as Salt N Straw’s ice creams, like their olive oil and black pepper. Cloud City has fresher, lighter waffle cones, more reasonable lines, and a small parking lot. Salt N Straw has a bit creamier ice cream.

I like this better than Pinollo and Eb and Bean (although in fairness those are in different categories) and better than Ruby Jewel, Ben and Jerry’s, and Baskin Robbins. Already planning what I’ll get...