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Bi-Rite Creamery
3692 18th St San Francisco, CA map / directions (415) 626-5600| Website: | http://biritecreamery.com |
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Bi-Rite Creamery is a Ice Cream, Desserts, and Desserts restaurant where most Menuism users came for fun with friends and paid less than $10.
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I tried 2 flavors and they do have very unique...
I tried 2 flavors and they do have very unique flavors. I tried the mexican chocolate with salted peanuts and brown butter pecan since I am a big fan of nuts in my ice cream.
The mexican chocolate was tasty, but didn’t think I would like a whole scoop so I went with the brown butter pecan which had a very distinct brown sugary taste. My only issue was that it wasn’t all that creamy. The sugar cone was very crispy.
The other weird thing is that the single scoop is actually 2 scoops. I don’t understand why.
The service was wonderful. My friend’s ice cream fell on the floor and they were so kind to give her replacement scoops!
Overall, I would go back since they offer very unique flavors.
organic ice cream!
somehow i always manage to get lost in the city, and sunday night was no different. luckily, with the help of google maps we managed to find this organic ice creamery tucked away off a street corner. as other reviewers have noted, a long line (of couples, families, and friends) greeted us at the entrance. the line moved at a decent pace, and the organic, green-friendliness of bi-rite was hard to miss. the fun of bi-rite is in the unique, interesting flavors & names. a great place to support and dessert at.
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White Chocolate with Raspberry Swirl
the white chocolate flavor was subtle and not overwhelming at all, and the raspberry swirl gave a nice sweet touch. although not one of the more interesting flavors, a solid choice if you’re looking for something sweet & fruity.
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Roasted Banana
i’m not a big banana ice cream person, so i didn’t get this flavor. but someone in our group did, and i thought the banana flavor was too much for me.
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Cookies 'n Cream
someone else i was with got this flavor, and again, although not one of the unique flavors of bi-rite, a solid choice if you’re looking to have something classic and always good. you can’t go wrong w/cookies ’n cream.
- I came here for
- fun with friends
- My meal cost
- less than $10
- I tipped
- no comment
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Roasted Banana
This flavor starts out strong and interesting. Its never that fake candy banana flavor of other ice creams, but the roasted aspect comes through stronger at the beginning. By the time I was done with my kids cup though, it seemed a little more ordinary.
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Chai spiced milk chocolate
This one is just terrific. It has a very strong chai tea flavor that is all the better because it doesn’t overwhelm the chocolate, yet it very potent. Milk chocolate describes it well because it is sweet and creamy, but not a really strong rich chocolatey flavor. One of my favorites.
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Mint chip
I don’t like mint much so take this with a grain of sea salt. Its just fine, but by Bi-Rite standards, not that interesting and not better than other places. The mint is pretty strong and the chocolate chunks are pretty large.
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Peanut Butter with fleur de sel nuggets
I’ve tried this one but I don’t know why I haven’t ordered it because it was really great. I thought it might be too peanut buttery, but the taste I had was really impressive and I wish I had gotten it tonight instead of the roasted banana.
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Malted Vanilla with Peanut Butter
Tried a few bites of this one and really liked it. The malted part of the vanilla adds a lot and the peanut butter chunks were enjoyable.
salty caramel? wth?
haha,
the fresh organic ingredients, and interesting flavors. they are very environment-friendly, the spoons are even compost-able! (just like tartine’s cups)
anyhow, the salty caramel flavor is probably their most popular, but it IS salty, so if you’re not a fan of the savory/sweet combination, u might want to skip out, and just try one of their ‘regular’ flavors
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Totally worth the wait
Bi-Rite often has long lines on weekends, but its totally worth it. The ice cream flavors are much more interesting than any creamery I’ve been to. Its hard to describe what makes it so good, but its very clear when you taste it. The best is their signature sea salt caramel. I really liked the brown butter pecan and the strawberry balsamic, but the honey with lavender had too much of the soapy flavor of lavender.
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Salted Caramel
Their most interesting flavor and also their best. Its noticeably salty so some less adventurous souls may not love it, but if you’re looking for a new experience, this is the best one I’ve had. Its sweet, but also somewhat smoky. Its really well balanced.
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Brown Butter Pecan
The brown butter pecan is like the best butter pecan you’ve had, but with the burnt smoky flavor that makes browned butter different from butter. Halfway through though it became a little overwhelming and tasted more like a more familiar butter pecan.
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Honey Lavender
The lavender honey ice cream was very interesting, but for my tastes, the lavender was just too strong and could have been better balanced with more honey flavor. Lavender can taste a little soapy and it tastes a little too soapy in this ice cream.
- I came here for
- fun with friends
- My meal cost
- less than $10
- I tipped
- no comment
The line you see snaking around the corner of 18th and Do...
The line you see snaking around the corner of 18th and Dolores St. is worth the wait for the tasty, silky and organic flavors of ice cream you can indulge in at Bi-Rite Creamery. On a hot hot day its worth the wait. Bi-Rite uses all organic products in their ice cream and offer up lots of unique flavors. Coffee Toffee is particularly yummy but if you crave something a little different, somewhat silky then try the Honey Lavender.
The downside is that there is usually a line, it did move rather quickly and there is limited seating, but if you do get a seat its great to sit and enjoy your ice cream and check out the scene.
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