Patricia Patrick
Google
We visited this black owned establishment on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. It is located at the Halcyon mixed use community in Alpharetta. There is ample free parking the a nearby parking deck within Halcyon. The popbar was a first a bit difficult to find because it is in the cut, but we did manage to locate it. It is right across the street from the CMX Cinebistro Halcyon. Upon arrival the establishment was clean, modern, and brightly decorated. There are a good variety of flavor combinations, toppings, and items to choose from. It appeared from their menu that they sell the pops ice cream, hot drinks, frozen drinks, and shakes + boba. It can be quite overwhelming deciding on what type of combination to get. They do have a popbar most popular combinations guide with about 8 of their notable pops with assorted toppings and flavors. I have included a photo of these that was placed on the wall next to the pops in the freezer. They also have gelato shakes in an assortment of flavors which comes with a chocolate dipped waffle cone and whipped cream. We didn’t really know what to get so we referred to the most popular combination list I mentioned. I originally chose the hazelnut biscotti pop combination, but they didn’t have the hazelnut popGelato. I had to settle for the Vanilla Sundae option which my boyfriend also chose. They didn’t really have a lot of the flavors of PopGelato which I thought was lacking. They only had mango, watermelon, raspberry, peach, cherry, lemon, coconut, chocolate, cookies n’ cream, vanilla, and Irish coffee. They appeared to have all of the toppings which included waffle cone, graham cracker crumble, cinnamon pretzel, rainbow sprinkle, chocolate sprinkle, almond, coconut, chilly powder, hazelnut, and pistachio. They have a couple of awards on the wall as well. Google awarded them as a top rated dessert shop in 2021. Atlanta Magazine ranked them amongst one of the 7 spots to get gelato in Metro Atlanta for 2020. It appears they were also a taste of Atlanta winner in 2020. They do have a popbar rewards program where customers can earn free pops, get $5 off every $40 spent and other treats. This is a franchising company, but this location is franchise black owned. On the brightly colored door it states they have popGelato, popSorbet, shakes, frozen lemonade, popFloats, dessert waffles, pop’N Boba, and hot chocolate. Also they have pupCups for dogs which can be eaten on their patio. I didn’t get a great look or photo of their health score, but it appeared to be a 100 A which is amazing. The vanilla sundae was a vanilla popGelato, half dipped in dark chocolate, with rainbow sprinkles. The employee hand dipped it and put the sprinkle topping on right in front of us. This is a quick and fast ice cream treat for sure. I felt the employees were nice enough and professional above all. There is no seating inside, but there is seating right outside of the business on a bench, and also at a small table and chairs. Once we got our Vanilla Sundaes we went outside and sat on the bench to enjoy our treats. The ice-cream was pretty good. The vanilla popbar paired well with the dark chocolate and sprinkle additions. This was a pretty simple and tasty treat. I would definitely like to try some of their other most popular flavor combinations. I wouldn’t mind returning, I would just hope they have more pop flavors to be able to purchase some of these other notable flavor combinations. I’m not sure if they just didn’t have more because it was a weekday or if that is how this particular location is lowly stocked on items. I wouldn’t mind coming again on a weekend evening after the movies across the street. They do have merchandise for sale on a few shelves against the wall. This includes lunch boxes, mugs, pens, visors $10, t-shirts $18, hats $12, and baseballs $12. It also appeared they had chocolate covered almonds for sale as well. They do have options to order online, but it if for items they are in bulk. I wouldn’t not recommend this business, but maybe try to go on a weekend to see if they have more flavor options.