Cool Off with These Icy Treats Now
From top to bottom: a strawberry-chocolate-vanilla paleta and a dragonfruit paleta from Ome Calli; Tres Hombres and blueberry lemonade paletas from Ice Queen; raspberry cheesecake and jackfruit-coconut bars from Kulfi PDX.
Image: Michael Novak
Kick off summer with these locally made ice pops.
Ome Calli
Hard to choose among this shop’s wide range of paletas, but you can’t miss with the tri-flavored strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate pop. Vibrantly colored dragonfruit is surprisingly pear-like in flavor. Also look for malty zapote negro and refreshing chile cucumber. @omecallifrozentreats, 12795 SW Canyon Rd, Beaverton
Ice Queen
This Chicana/Native-owned vegan Popsicle shop freezes up creative flavors, tangy blueberry lemonade to Tres Hombres, a layering of strawberry, mango, and lime. Show up early for limited-edition flavors like Tickle My Pickle and Sticky Fingers, complete with a vegan cinnamon roll frozen inside. @icequeenpdx, 1223 SE Stark St
Kulfi Creamery
Sink your teeth into the indulgent ricotta raspberry cheesecake bar, with its graham cracker crumbles and bright, tangy fruit, or the tropical vegan jackfruit-coconut pop. @kulfipdx, various pop-up spots; 1477 NE Alberta St storefront coming soon
Top row, from left to right: blood orange creamsicle from Ripe Cooperative; chocolate sorbet from Maurice; buckwheat honey toffee from Lovely's Fifty Fifty. Remaining scoops from top to bottom: marionberry cobbler from Kate's Ice Cream; guava ice cream from Ome Calli; malted vanilla from Gracie's Apizza; Circus Friends from Cloud City; cacao fruit sorbet from Cloudforest.
Image: Michael Novak
These are some of our favorite scoops of ice cream and sorbet in the city right now.
Ripe Cooperative
At Naomi Pomeroy’s new market, find seasonal flavors to go, like this vibrant blood orange sorbet mixed with Madagascar vanilla ice cream for a sophisticated Creamsicle (minus the stick). @ripecooperative, 5425 NE 30th Ave
Maurice
Sorbet by the pint, singing with Felchlin Swiss chocolate, satisfies a chocolate urge but is light enough for summer (and leaves enough room for the restaurant’s baked goods, too). @mauricepdx, 921 SW Oak St
Lovely’s Fifty Fifty
Proving once again that ice cream and pizza make an unbeatable combo, the buckwheat honey toffee is one of our favorite pints, combining crunchy hazelnuts with toasty buckwheat. @sarahminnick_, 4039 N Mississippi Ave
Kate’s Ice Cream
This marionberry cobbler ice cream tastes like pie à la mode, but (like everything at Kate’s) without the dairy and gluten. The secret: house-made marionberry jam, walnut-oat streusel, and a coconut-vanilla base. @katesicecream, 2636 NE Sandy Blvd
Ome Calli
Cheery pink guava ice cream is a creamy, beachy mindscape. Pair it with spicy-salty chamoy sorbet or tangy soursop.
Gracie’s Apizza
Don’t skip dessert at this pizzeria, where Craig Melillo makes pints of outstanding, velvety-textured, gelato-like malted vanilla, a menu mainstay. The brown sugar coffee, one of many rotating flavors, is also a home run. @graciesapizza, 8737 N Lombard St
Cloud City Ice Cream
Why choose between cookies and ice cream? Circus Friends swirls frosted, sprinkled old-school Mother’s Circus Animal cookies into a sweet cream base. Other finds: mascarpone marionberry crisp and sea salt cookie dough. @cloudcityicecream, 4525 SE Woodstock Blvd
Cloudforest
You know chocolate, but do you know cacao? Chocolate mastermind Sebastian Cisneros crafts this creamy-feeling sorbet with cacao fruit—white, tangy, and tropical, reminiscent of coconut and jackfruit—and flecks of Ecuadoran vanilla. Watch for Chocolate Sheep ice cream, made from a base of cow’s milk and sheep cheese. @cloudforest, 727 SE Morrison St
