Salt & Straw

Desserts & Coffee: Salt and Straw was picked by Oprah in O Magazine as having the best ice cream, so there is no wonder why there is a line around the block for a scoop of their ice cream. Salt and Straw's ice cream is handmade in small-batches using only all-natural dairy from local, sustainable and organic ingredients, as well as imported flavors from small, handpicked farms and producers...

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The red striped awnings and waffle cone–patterned wallpaper make this Richmond branch of the Portland...

Ice cream maker Tyler Malek creates flavors such as black truffle, Meyer lemon meringue pie, olive oil and burnt marmalade, and marionberry bourbon and hazelnut fudge. Samples of eccentric varieties --- sea urchin, ham, turkey with stuffing --- are always available to sample if not necessarily plunge into for a full scoop. Guaranteed winners tend to be more conventional flavors like Stumptown...

Selling a range of delicious hand-made, small batch ice-creams, Salt & Straw is the brainchild of cousins Kim and Tyler Malek. The parlor has a sustainable and organic approach, and uses natural ingredients for all its ice-creams. Some of their delightful flavors include chocolate blueberry, birthday cake and blackberries, raspberry lemon basil sorbet and grandma Malek's almond brittle, among...