Ice cream and chocolate — two of life’s most decadent pleasures. Now you can enjoy both at the same time with SPOKANDY’s new line of ice cream. The almost century-old chocolatier is teaming up with Mary Lou’s Homemade Ice Cream of Spokane Valley to offer eight flavors of ice cream with Spokandy’s goodies mixed in.
Spokandy recently remodeled its downtown location to include a larger retail area and room for the ice cream. “It’s something we’d talked about over the years,” says manager Natalie Vlasaty. They are also remodeling the wholesale area next door to allow customers to view the candy-making operations.
If you’re feeling a little nutty, then the vanilla ice cream with peanut brittle, macadamia nuts, coconut and white chocolate is just the answer. Or how about a scoop of coffee-flavored ice cream flecked with Spokandy’s dark chocolate? Grandma’s Maple Nut Cream features whole maple buttercreme candies mixed into maple ice cream. Peppermint Rainbow, one of the store’s bestsellers, features mint candy chunks in mint-flavored ice cream.
A generous scoop in a large waffle cone will cost you $3.50; two scoops, $5.50. A child-sized scoop is $2.50. If you’d prefer to indulge at home, pick up a half-gallon ($9) and one of Spokandy’s new dessert toppings: You can choose from caramel, butterscotch or chocolate truffle.
The seating area consists of two large sofas, minus any frills like tables, restrooms or a water fountain. But, hey, when you’re enjoying deliciously creamy, locally made ice cream with chunks of gooey goodness, surrounded by displays of fudge, almond bark and dark chocolate truffles, it’s hard to complain.
If you’re a coffee lover, you’ll be pleased to hear that Spokandy is working with Spokane coffee roaster Thomas Hammer on a new chocolate-flavored coffee to be sold by the pound, available sometime in September.
It’s nice to see local businesses working together, especially when they are combining all of my favorite things. — KIRSTEN HARRINGTON
Spokandy, at 1412 W. Third Ave., is open Mon-Fri 9 am-6 pm, Sat 10 am-6 pm and Sun 11 am-5 pm. Call 624-1969.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Get your licks in
Some foods just taste better out-of-doors. Ice cream, for example, on a warm summer evening is a sweet treat indeed, especially when rolled expertly into an icy cold mound and perched atop a crispy waffle cone. So when word got out that ROGER’S ICE CREAM AND BURGERS had reopened, it was no surprise to see the line snaking across the sidewalk on a recent August night.
Sure, the supermarket across the street has ice cream, maybe even Ben and Jerry’s or Haagen-Dazs, the stuff that reignited our love affair with this icy foodstuff. But as easy as it would be to pop into the market, it’s not the same.
At Roger’s, cones start at $1.50 and top out at $3.50 for a double, either cone or cup. There’s the usual strawberry and mint chip, and then the texturally laden pecan praline, bear claw and almond mocha fudge — 18 flavors in all, including huckleberry when it’s in season, and berry-pomegranate sorbet for those wanting something lighter.
We were there for the ice cream — but the smell of burgers on the griddle was heavenly, too. Burgers include lettuce, tomato, onion and special sauce (starting at $2.50), and fries are freshly made, not frozen ($1.50).
The menu hasn’t changed much from the previous ownership. A Coeur d’Alene landmark since the ’80s, Roger’s was recently reopened by Mark Randolph, who is the latest in a long line of owners since the restaurant was first established in Moscow in the 1940s.
Only outdoor seating is available — a few rows of benches on either side of the building — but that’s not a drawback: Folks seem preoccupied by their individual race to the bottom of the cone.
Their licking, biting and wiping methods are complex enough to warrant an anthropological study. Or maybe it’s more than that… maybe it’s something akin to reverie. We’re all lost in a rare little moment of icy cold joy. — CARRIE SCOZZARO
Roger’s, at 13th St. and Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene, is open Mon-Thu 11 am–9 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-10 pm, and Sun 11 am-9:30 pm. Call (208) 930-4900.
Sure, the supermarket across the street has ice cream, maybe even Ben and Jerry’s or Haagen-Dazs, the stuff that reignited our love affair with this icy foodstuff. But as easy as it would be to pop into the market, it’s not the same.
At Roger’s, cones start at $1.50 and top out at $3.50 for a double, either cone or cup. There’s the usual strawberry and mint chip, and then the texturally laden pecan praline, bear claw and almond mocha fudge — 18 flavors in all, including huckleberry when it’s in season, and berry-pomegranate sorbet for those wanting something lighter.
We were there for the ice cream — but the smell of burgers on the griddle was heavenly, too. Burgers include lettuce, tomato, onion and special sauce (starting at $2.50), and fries are freshly made, not frozen ($1.50).
The menu hasn’t changed much from the previous ownership. A Coeur d’Alene landmark since the ’80s, Roger’s was recently reopened by Mark Randolph, who is the latest in a long line of owners since the restaurant was first established in Moscow in the 1940s.
Only outdoor seating is available — a few rows of benches on either side of the building — but that’s not a drawback: Folks seem preoccupied by their individual race to the bottom of the cone.
Their licking, biting and wiping methods are complex enough to warrant an anthropological study. Or maybe it’s more than that… maybe it’s something akin to reverie. We’re all lost in a rare little moment of icy cold joy. — CARRIE SCOZZARO
Roger’s, at 13th St. and Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene, is open Mon-Thu 11 am–9 pm, Fri-Sat 11 am-10 pm, and Sun 11 am-9:30 pm. Call (208) 930-4900.
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