Two Roosters Ice Cream — Restaurant in Raleigh

I love Two Roosters! And this is coming from someone that doesn't really eat ice cream. I have never been disappointed with anything I've tried.

Beside the ice cream being high quality and delicious, Two Roosters is amazing in their approach to ice cream. The use real ingredients (e.g. actual Girl Scout Thin Mints in their Girl Scout Mint ice cream) and do much of the work by hand. They truly make craft ice cream.

In addition to using real ingredients and making their ice cream by hand, Two Roosters also pushes the possibilities of what ice cream can be. In April '19 their flavors were based on craft beers and in May '19, their flavors are designed by kids at local schools. Dragon Fire, "vanilla ice cream mixed with cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and coarse black pepper" is a great demonstration of how they took a kid's idea and turned it into an ice cream the pushes the boundaries of ordinary. This is just one of the many reasons I love Two Roosters and will be back many, many times ...

My husband and I went here last night when we were craving some local ice cream. We appreciate that, due to COVID, they are not letting people inside the store right now, but they have a table set up with a cash register (and square payment options) to take your order. They will then call your name when your order is ready and you pick it up at a different table. There are also lots of picnic tables set up on the sidewalk if you want to eat there.

As for the ice cream, we each got one of their rotating flavors. I got Brookie-O (vanilla ice cream with brownie chunks, cookie dough, and Oreos). Husband got Coffee & Cookies (coffee ice cream with Oreos). Both were very creamy, quite good, but on the sweeter side. Not too sweet for us, but definitely sweeter than some other ice creams.

All in all, I would recommend this place if you are craving some ice cream and want to support a local business! We'll be...

I have gone to Two Roosters several times and love their ice cream, especially the Coffee Bourbon. It's definitely a go-to ice cream place for my husband and I. At first, I was very impressed by their health measures they were taking during COVID-19, but once I went after Phase 1 started, I changed my mind. It was a Sunday evening and they had a lot of families there waiting for their orders. We stood in line, 6ft apart, but once we got closer, we noticed that none of the staff making the ice cream were actually wearing gloves. One employee was making a milkshake and we saw her sticking her bare hand in the cup while preparing it. I was very disappointed, as I had just been there a week ago and everyone was wearing gloves and masks. They had their COVID-19 protocol down pat the week before. Even without COVID-19, employees should still be wearing gloves to prepare food. It is too bad, as I really...