Mitchell's Ice Cream (Rocky River Shop) — Restaurant in Rocky River

What's the best ice cream place in the Cleveland area? Some say Honey Hut and other will try to tell you it's Malley's. Those people are wrong. As an ice cream lover and local to Cleveland, I can say with near certainty that you will have a better experience at Mitchell's. There are far more options, the ice cream is far more flavorful, the shop atmosphere is fun and cheery, and the service has never let me down. As far as prices go, they're on the higher side, but nothing too outrageous, and you get the bang for your buck. They have a good many seasonal flavors, and many constant options. You want a sundae? They've got it. Want a milkshake/malt of any flavor in the store? Can do. Feel like a root beer float? No problem. Need an ice cream cake or pie for a speacial occasion? Mitchell's can do it. If anyone tries to tell you that DQ or Honey Hut is better, they're just being sentimental. Yeah, when I was little I liked Ben and Jerry's the most, too. Until I tasted Mitchell's. Because Mitchell's...

In North East Ohio there are essentially two Ice Cream shops that you need to be aware of. Jeni's and Mitchell's. They are both amazing, as for Mitchell's Ice Cream it is a perfect way to end the day. They are constantly making new flavors of ice cream each one as amazing as the last, and have all the staples that you would expect from a small-town ice cream shop from complex brownie sundaes, to banana splits, to root beer floats.

The ice cream flavors are trendy, yet classic with flavors such as lemon sorbet and other staples such as salted caramel. The ice cream is very soft, consistent in texture, I have yet to find any ice chips (a huge positive over some places). I personally and a fan of their sundaes, anything with hot fudge and whipped cream and I sold.

Stop on in if you are in the area, the line may look daunting however the always friendly staff manage to keep it moving a light speed and you will be happily cooling off with some of your favorite ice...

Ice cream and people still great.

But why does everything need to be so devoid of character and charm? Remember that ice cream is children’s food. To what age group does this appeal? Lifeless designs like this recall an auto mall or a bank, not the intergenerational cosmopolitan cultural center of a neighborhood that this ice cream shop has always been.

What part of this building will a grown adult look back fondly upon in their twilight years recounting their childhood ice cream parlor? The sanitarium walls? The blasting white light?

I had a surgery earlier this morning and, straining my eyes looking up at this sterile ceiling, I am reminded of lying on the operating table.

It seems like none of the actual problems with the layout were solved. The queue congestion wasn’t solved in the new configuration of the tables. The entrance/exit is still too narrow for traffic.

Bring back the...