Ben & Jerry’s

FREE ICE CREAM SCOOP IF YOU VOTED!
Who doesn’t like free ice cream, so I rushed to get to a free scoop of my favorite «Chunky Monkey» to only show up at this location and find out it had been turned into a Subway. That sucks and so does Subway!
Went home sad to watch the results… thankfully Obama wining made up for it!

Having reviewed the «Ice Cream of the Future», I suppose it’s about time I review the «Ice Cream of the Present».
Feeling the need for a sweet treat on a fairly hot day and since I was in the Mercado area, I decided that Ben & Jerry’s would be my destination of choice. I don’t eat ice cream regularly so I thought why not indulge in something sweet, rich and delicious.
I scanned the numerous flavor profiles that Ben & Jerry’s had. Having an indecisive time choosing what I wanted, I had to tell a few people behind me to go ahead with their own order. I narrowed my choices down to the Cinnamon Buns (Caramel Ice Cream with Cinnamon Bun Dough & a Caramel Streusel Swirl) and ONE Cheesecake Brownie (Cheesecake Ice Cream with Cheesecake Brownie Chunks). Having sampled both, I thought the Cinnamon Buns flavor was way too sweet, while the ONE Cheesecake Brownie flavor was dramatically less sweet and had a tartness from the cheesecake. Therefore, the latter is what I chose in a size small. Combined with a waffle dish, the total w/​tax came to $ 5.08. Kinda expensive but that’s the going rate for the «Ice Cream of the Present».
It was a four-​star ice cream treat but I have to dock off a ½ star for the price. For me, not quite the value and still something only to have intermittently.
Overall: 3.5 stars

Third person back in line… the girl working the counter was by herself… she said the other person scheduled didn’t come in… curse that person! Well, the girl who did show up to work was really appologetic about the wait, which really wasn’t long at all. and she was friendly =)
I got a small cup of Cinnamon Buns… absolutely love this stuff… and yes, you can get it at Luckys… but I was there so I had to indulge… it’s either sweet cream of vanilla ice cream with cinnabon status cinnamon swirls and lil cinnamon buns inside… mmmmmmmm!
I asked her to try a sample of the Coconut 7 Layer Bar. OMG… I’m definitely going back to test that out for real… I did check Lucky thoroughly however couldn’t find that flavor anywhere… so I will make a return appearance with my Mom in tow because she loves 7 layer bars!
My friend got a sugar cone bowl with 2 scoops of cherry garcia… yeah that was a massssssive amount of ice cream! There weren’t any of the bowls made so she made a fresh one which only took about a minute… gotta love the fresh sugar cones!
They also have those lil quarter machines for kids and a claw machine to keep them occupied once they’re all doped up on sugar!
Great experience, the girlie working was really nice and I totally feel for her on the shorthandedness…
While we were sitting there eating our ice cream we witnessed an Indian man come in and continually question her about everything… asking her recommendations and what not… then he settled on a banana split but wanted her to choose the flavors… but he didn’t like chocolate and apparently only likes coffee ice cream… so between the coffee ice cream and the coffee buzz buzz buzz. he’s prolly doped up too =)

Ice cream nowadays along with frozen yogurt is expensive to me so cost strictly doesn’t matter. But whenever i go to ice cream places i let the service be the final verdict as to decide whether it’s worth going back to. The Ben & Jerry’s here give off a really lax hippie ish environment that you can clearly see in the staff. Ice cream is always good, prices like i said earlier don’t really matter, and it’s pretty much come in and get what you want and leave.
2 stars now that there are other unique ice cream places out there that have ice cream just as good but have some kind of twist.

Expensive but you already spent two arms and a leg to go to the movies so why not get ice cream while your at it. I don’t discriminate when it comes to ice cream but I am partial to banana splits. Don’t expect to get in and out of here quickly, they are not movers and shakers over here.

Hurray for B & J icecream!
We walked in around 2 pm on Friday and saw the lone guy working. I like to make small talk w/​folks but my coworker promptly asked for a sample of X… uh.okay.
Anyhoo, quick question of a flavor and sold, I got a sugar cone single scoop of Imagine Whirled Peace — caramel and sweet cream icecreams blended with toffee cookie batter pieces and cute little chocolate shaped peace signs. SOOOO FREAKIN GOOD.
The guy (dang it didn’t get his name) hooked me up w/​an extra half scoop. thanks guy! My coworker was harking for another sample and I kinda gave him a look of sympathy which he had mistaken as a question of napkins… haha do I look dirty?! I ask to which replied NO. haha funny.
A homeless dude wandered into the shop and just sat there while the BJ worked a few patrons. What was super cool was that he hooked up the homeless dude w/​leftover chocolate milkshake from the previous patron… that was nice of him.

I thought baskin robbin’s was pricey this place is rediculious. Im not a big fan of cold stones but i think this place would smash on it anytime.

A banana sundae is a cut up banana, a couple scoups of ice cream, a mountain of whip cream, chocolate and some crushed peanuts sprinkled on top. It also costs $ 5 bucks. Dang.
We went here after our movie outing on Friday. For being a store founded by hippie-​esque Ben and Jerry, I was surprised to hear loud metal music. The employees, though friendly, looked like they came straight out of a Hot Topic.
I’m all about expression, but I’m also all about store branding, so keep your skater army style shorts in your locker /​trunk of your car and change into some normal pants while on the company’s time.
Yes, I am getting old, and apparently cranky too!

The service I received was horrible. She was on the phone even though there were 6 customers waiting and she was really slow. Maybe if there was another person helping her, but it took a very long time to get through the process of ordering, scooping, and paying.

No ice cream can hold a candle to B&J’s’s flavors. It may not made of finest cream from cows raised in the lavish fields of ecuador, but they mix up some mean combinations.
I could take this shop down a couple notches for all the employees being burnouts, but then, I didn’t reallly find it that out of place.

I just don’t think that Ben and Jerry’s has as good sundae toppings as Baskin Robbins does. Most of their flavors are busy enough to eat by themselves, but I am a sundae-​lovin’ girl, and most of the times Ben and Jerry just won’t do.

I only went here because of their FREE Scoop Day 4÷17÷07 though it really is not worth it. The line was out the door about 35 ppl deep. They had about 4 guys scooping.
Finally my turn, I picked Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz. No coffee flavor at all with some chunks of chocolate in it. I did like the sugar cone ok.
It’s on the opposite side of AMC Mercado 20, between Studio Optix eyewear and Mexicali Grill.

I found it funny that one of the workers was trying to pick up on a cute girl buddy of mine. I think he wanted to offer her free ice cream, but she didn’t take it. lol. She was watching her weight, apparently.
Good service. Good ice cream. The location is already nice to begin with too.

mmmm. phish food. I like this place. Even if everytime I go there there is someone new behind the counter, the ice creams rock and the staff are cool.

Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

Ben & Jerry’s usually does me right. This one was no different. I wonder where they find all these cheery people. They didn’t have anything with pralines in it, which I think should be in every flavor of ice cream. But, I digress. The workers were helpful & suggested something that sounded equally good; vanilla ice cream, with ribbons of caramel through out & chocolate covered cashews. However the were fresh out. I opted for the caramel ice cream with caramel ribbons & candied nuts. Delish.
The cow themed walls and containers & whimsical names of their delectable ice creams are cute, but sometimes a little much.