Salt & Straw — Restaurant in Seattle

Love me some ice cream. Salt & Straw always has such unique flavors monthly and makes them work. Recently the Mushroom Muddy Buddies (with chanterelle mushrooms) and Creepy Crawly Critters (coated mealworms and crickets) for September and October have seemed very interesting.

It's definitely pricey though. I personally enjoy this location more than others for various reasons including fair sample sizes so you can actually get a taste of any ice cream flavor (other locations are smaller so it's harder to judge) and openly advertising split scoops. This location also seems to have chocolate waffle cones, at least when I went. Haven't had that at other locations so that was a nice surprise as well.

Highly recommend a split scoop (add 50 cents to a single scoop) as you get 3/4 of a full scoop for two flavors. It's a great way to try the unique flavors Salt & Straw has to offer.

Maple & Bacon Streusel is probably my favorite flavor during the early fall months when it's on rotation. Maple bacon bars are pretty good and if you like them, imagine them in ice cream form. Delicious.

The Great Candycopia had a great ice cream base (butterscotch ice cream with a toffee) and I liked the candies, but together I'm not a fan. If you're a M&M McFlurry type of person, this flavor is for you though. There's a nice crunch to the solid chocolate pieces but I like softer bits in my ice cream.

Jack o' Lantern Pumpkin Bread was my pick of choice this last visit. Like mentioned above, I like softer bits and the pumpkin bread was delightful to have embedded in...

Tried this place on my last day in Portland and was obsessed. Very sad that I didn't have time to go one more time before I left the city.

After arriving in Seattle, I saw that they deliver on Postmates (only in pints, unfortunately). So I looked it up and found out that they have a shop downtown. However, it's pretty far away from everything so I didn't have time to go.

Finally, on my last day in Seattle, I was strolling around in Ballard and was elated to find that they have a location here as well! (With different flavors from Portland as well!)

The staff were super super nice and I got to try so many different flavors. Honestly I feel bad because I only ended up getting a split single. Just when I was in line to pay, they offered the ice cream to me on the house! I got so excited that I didn't even thank them properly before I walked out. Now I feel really bad so I'm leaving this very long Google review...

Of course, this is not to say that you should also expect free ice cream when you go.

I'm just saying... Their ice cream is really THAT good. And their staff are really THAT friendly. PLEASE GO.

P.S. To the person that gave me free ice cream. I hope that you see this. Sorry that I walked out so quickly and...

Whenever I'm not at molly moons, I am here. Probably one of my favorite ice cream places in Seattle.

I love their insanely creative and innovative flavors, and every tike they come out with seasonals, I am alwayss excited to see what interesting ingredients they use.

I got the salted malted chocolate chip cookie dough, and it was actually my first time trying it. I just remember that when I was takijg my first few bites, I was literally SPEECHLESS! I didn't say a word after the first few bites because I was still trying to process what I just had. It was so complex, and intricate because there was so many flavors and textures that are just in one bite! The best thing is that no flavor or texture overpower each other, and so everything you taste and feel are perfect together.

You have the very creamy base, then chewiness from the cookie dough, a slight crunch from the chocolate chips, and the perfect amount of sweetness. The salt really does bring out the sweet, and the salt was just an excellent touch to it as well... not too overpowering either.

As I said, Salt & Straw are at the very top of my list for best ice cream spots in Seattle, and everything is just so innovative...