Humphry Slocombe Berkeley
Ice cream shop · Elmwood ·
Unique & vegan ice cream flavors, affogatos, floats, & parfaits
Unique & vegan ice cream flavors, affogatos, floats, & parfaits
"For the first time, Humphrey Slocombe’s inventive ice cream flavors are headed further east than Berkeley and Oakland. The Mercury News reports the business’s first shop in Concord opens on Monday, March 25 at the Veranda." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Humphry Slocombe, the San Francisco ice cream purveyor known for making inventive flavor combinations like Kumquat Poppy Seed and Milk Chocolate Tarragon, offers nationwide delivery via Goldbelly and Amazon with free shipping. If you live nearby its San Francisco, Oakland, or Berkeley scoop shops, you can also get on-demand delivery via Doordash or Caviar." - Lyndsey Matthews
"I see that Berkeley-based startup Eclipse Foods is debuting its Mexican hot chocolate dairy-free flavor at Humphry Slocombe locations today, giving dairy-free dessert lovers a chance to taste a VC-backed, non-dairy ice cream at those parlors." - Eve Batey
"I can get a free tiny berry parfait at Humphrey Slocombe’s Berkeley shop on August 1 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. to celebrate a collaboration with Imperfect Produce and Renewal Mill; it’s composed of berry pie ice cream, coconut okara cookies, and bourbon caramel." - Ellen Fort
"At 2948 College Avenue, I can finally get scoops from San Francisco’s Humphry Slocombe, which opened today in the 1,150-square-foot shop that Ici vacated in November. Ice cream chef Jake Godby and partner Sean Vahey will be working from a full kitchen to create the brand’s strange and surprising flavors, including secret breakfast (bourbon ice cream with house-made cornflake cookies) and a rotating, seasonal set of Berkeley-specific flavors such as a vegan cashew-based “Berkeley Bar,” peanut butter curry, apricot crisp, and a sour cherry blood orange yogurt. They emphasize genuine local sourcing, folding in ingredients from vendors like Eclipse Food Co., La Tourangelle, TCHO, and the Rare Barrel (whose barrel-aged beers will be the base for future boozy offerings). This is Humphry Slocombe’s fifth location — complementing widely distributed pints and outposts in the Mission, Ferry Building, Oakland, and Venice Beach — and the name is a cheeky allusion to the 1970s British sitcom Are You Being Served? Hours are Monday–Thursday 1:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., Friday–Saturday 12:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m., and Sunday 12:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m." - Caleb Pershan