"Take a number, deli-style, and be prepared to wait at peak hours: That’s the Mitchell’s tradition, and for many at this 1953-founded shop, it also involves bright purple ube ice cream. Mitchell’s has gone well beyond the standard American flavors of its early years to add Filipino influences and ingredients (halo halo is another specialty). Ube, imported from the Philippines and blended into a rich but not too sweet ice cream, is now a Mitchell’s classic." - Caleb Pershan