a colorful mural which signaled our next stop...
at Cloud City Ice Cream. Sadly, not a Star Wars reference.
Gotta love this super 60's strip mall sign. Very pointy!
Cloud City Ice Cream is a shop specializing in handmade ice cream, just like that other more popular shop (cough, Salt & Straw). No lines and just as good! When I read their story, I was moved. The owner bought a defunct ice cream store seven years ago when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She sought to recreate the same desserts/flavors her mother used to make. Sadly, her mother passed before the store was opened; the store is the owner's tribute to her mom.
You can choose cup or cone and one scoop can be up to two flavors.
The choices have a mix of your traditional flavors but with a twist, along with some fanciful ones thrown in.
TC's epic cone had two separate flavors - Unicorn and Circus Friends.
Mine was the Marionberry crisp with caramelized banana while Bert had the Sasquatch tracks with butterscotch. The first flavor had fudge ripple with peanut butter cups and cocoa curls. He loves anything butterscotch as well but the fact that the first flavor included another one of his favorite flavors, PB, was a plus.
Look at that marionberry goodness mixed with mascarpone ice cream and oat crisp pieces.
The Unicorn flavor had red velvet cake pieces with strawberry jam while Circus Friends had those pink and white cookies in a vanilla/birthday cake base complete with sprinkles. I think I just got diabetes from typing that. My daughter may be 17, but she is still attracted to these "kid" flavors. The young gals working here were so very nice and cheerful.
Magical indeed.
My two flavors were quite excellent. Bert thought the same for his. TC's flavors were interesting. I liked the "unicorn" flavor better than the circus animals.
Down the street was Red Fox, a Portland thrift store chain, our next stop...
Articles/mentions:
"Cloud City Ice Cream" Goop.com
"Neighborhood spotlight - Cloud City Ice Cream" LivingRoomRealtoers, Dec. 28, 2016
"Making Portland happy with ice cream..." Pathless Travels, April 28, 2015
"Cloud City Ice Cream" Arron's Food Adventures, July 27, 2015 (his exterior shots show bare walls; the colorful mural was not yet painted)
Here is the article about the mural that later went up, "Murals to define and brighten Woodstock" PamplinMediaGroup, Nov. 26, 2016
plus when they first opened:
"New name and owners for Woodstock's ice cream shop" Portland Tribune, Nov. 23, 2011
Cloud City Ice Cream
4525 SE Woodstock
Portland, OR 97206
(971) 222-7765
www.cloudcityicecream.com / fb page + reviews from you know where & foursquare
Our plans were pretty much "go with the flow" before trying to view some waterfalls later on...
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