Salt & Straw Ice Cream Editor’s Pick
Cousins Kim and Tyler Malek tapped the local spirit of craft, collaboration, and crazy flavors to challenge expectations of what an ice cream parlor might look like in Portland: a place that embraces both an iPad cash register and a vintage waffle iron to stamp out fantastic, made-to-order cones. Each scoop is wildly different, bulging with luxurious texture, daring combinations (some better than others), and an unmistakable taste of place, perfumed with Steven Smith’s Teas, a changing tap of local beers, Olympic Provisions meat, and chocolate “chips” from budding bean-to-bar stars Woodblock Chocolates. How far will the Maleks push to redefine ice cream on our turf? Bone marrow–and–smoked cherry is already a hit, and the Happy B-Day Elvis with malted banana ice cream, marionberry jam, and peanut butter topped with candied bacon is a game changer.