Cookies Rule Everything Around Me: CREAM (Berkeley, CA)

2399 Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510)649-1000
creamnation.com

Sigh, Berkeley really does have it all. If I attended Cal, surely I'd be poor and fat with so many tempting treats around...

I first noticed Cream (Cookies Rule Everything Around Me? What's up with the slogan?) walking through Telegraph for some eats. My first thought - they replaced Beard Papa with a cookie place? After noticing it was ice cream sandwiches, I was eager to try some on the walk back. After all, I am an avid fan of Diddy Riese near UCLA (where I had my first ice cream sandwich) and I am just an all-around sucker for sweets. Cream offers, chewy yet nicely toasted cookies encasing half a scoop of creamy ice-cream.

Good experience, will definitely be back to satiate my late-night dessert cravings!

P.S. The cashier told me I couldn't take pictures (why? It's not like ice cream sandwiches are such a novel concept...)

Can't Go Wrong for $1: John's Ice Cream (Berkeley, CA)

2204 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 981-0370

I don't mean to rain on everybody's parade but while $1 for a scoop of ice cream is a spectacular deal, I wouldn't pay more than that for the ice cream. I tried different flavors--

1. Strawberry Cheesecake - pretty good, actually.
2. Green tea - why doesn't it taste like green tea?
3. Cake batter - tastes sort of strange, and had ice chunks in it...

My friend also had Cookies N Cream and it had ice chunks in it.

You get what you pay for! I LOVE how there's no tax though; don't have to dig up the extra dime or suffer an excessive amount of change in your pockets.