Ices Plain & Fancy

There is no place in town like Ices Plain & Fancy. Get your creative, flavorful ice cream made to order with liquid nitrogen.  Ices gets their unique ingredients as locally as possible, from using honey from Old Webster Apiaries to getting fruits from local growers like Eat Here St. Louis and Double Star Farms. In fact, 100% of their fruits are locally-sourced in the growing season.

The folks at Ices are mindful of using the least environmentally harmful single-use disposables, making sure they minimize their impact by purchasing post-consumer paper products and avoiding polystyrene plastic spoons. Co-owner Darlene Crask uses energy saving tactics like day-lighting, explaining that, “we chase the sun around” with their shades to keep the place cool and reduce costs.

They support other industries in Saint Louis by providing Sump coffee in their famous Sump Pump, and by their local beer selections from 4 Hands and other craft brewers such as Schlafly. They offer sodas from two GDA certified establishments: root beer from Fitz’s and Desi Pop from Bombay Food Junkies! For their occasional special of bacon-ice cream, they only use pasture-raised pigs.

Vegans rejoice! Multiple flavors of delicious soy-based ice creams are available, also made with the magic of liquid nitrogen. They even have Sticky Charlie ice cream for dogs – 50% of every purchase of doggie ice cream goes to benefit Stray Rescue!

Drop in the next time you’re exploring Tower Grove Park or the Botanical Garden!