"Open for: Afternoon and evening treatsPrice range: $What started as a roving cart at a farmers market scooping novelty flavors has blossomed into a decade of smiles at a shop in a quiet corner of Ohio City. The walk-through dessert shop (there’s no indoor seating area) offers small-batch ice cream in delicious and often surprising flavors. Mason’s was early among Cleveland food businesses to trumpet the joys of ube (purple yam), which it serves alongside creations like olive oil cake, tres leches, salted caramel miso, and pawpaw. To boost the fun factor, customers can receive their ice cream in eggy bubble waffles. Know before you go: In winter, the owners swap out most (but not all) of the ice cream for bowls of exceptional tonkotsu ramen, which diners can take home or slurp in a makeshift al fresco dining room." - Douglas Trattner
