Ariel W.
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Cry Baby Creamery is the ice cream parlor attached to Maxwell Bros. Clothing Store. The spot was occupied by Sweet Melody when the pizzeria opened but they left in September presenting an opportunity for Lincoln's Beard Brewery owner John Falco who also owns the pizza place next door to try something new. A beer brewer by trade, he got into the frozen treat business by creating dessert pairings for his beer. Some of his mad genius was to make beer floats with fruit infused popsicles at his brewery.
When Sweet Melody moved out Falco felt ready to dive into ice cream. The area was already set up for an ice cream business and he tapped Miami-based Freaks Design Co.to execute his vision of a speakeasy with Las Vegas lounge vibes. The result is a very cool space to satisfy your sweet tooth.
During my visit small batch artisan ice cream flavors included Party Animal, a neon green concoction with frosting, sprinkles, and animal crackers, Gimme S'More, roasted marshmallow ice cream milk chocolate chunks, and homemade graham crackers, Veruca Salt, fleur de sel ice cream with homemade caramel, Snake Eyes, vanilla ice cream with chocolate flakes and chocolate chips, and Nanner Pudding, banana ice cream, banana jam swirls, and nilla wafers.
Everything looked so good and it was so hard to decide. Any ice cream can be turned into a milk shake and not that you need them but ice cream toppings include guava and caramel swirl, hot fudge, honey nut pralines, and waffle cone crumbles. Sprinkles are always on the house. I finally chose a scoop of The Upside Down, a roasted pineapple ice cream with dark cherry swirl, and butterscotch soaked cake topped with a scoop Lychee Dreams, lychee sorbet made with lychees from Dan Dee Farms which also supplies the mangos for their Mango Dan ice cream. The flavors of the lychee sorbet and the pineapple ice cream were out of this world.
I am still bitter that I didn't have enough room to start on some of their ice cream sandwiches like Sticky Fingers made with brownies and vanilla ice cream, Boxcar, a chocolate chip cookie and Oreo ice cream, and the one that I was most interested in Berry Nice, a lemon pound cake with mixed berry ice cream. A gentleman sitting at the table next to me bought one of every kind of ice cream sandwich and was happily going to town. Oh and don't forget the Southernmost Slice, a sort of key lime ice cream pie made with a graham cracker crust and lime pie ice cream.
If all of those ice cream treats haven't blown your mind yet, they also sell brownies and cookies. Plus there is incredible pizza and beer at Maxwell's which is just steps away through the connecting sliding barn door. Quiet honestly, this place doesn't look like much from the outside but trust me, the plain exterior is hiding a foodies dream. John Falco going into the dessert business was a brilliant idea. He knocked it out of the park with Cry Baby.
