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REMOVED: Sweet Melissa's
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Ice Cream
Soft serve ice cream in downtown Ithaca. Offers both dairy and vegan ice cream (made from organic coconut milk). Different flavors each week. Removed Dec 2020 - limited vegan options.
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Added by elles_belles on 28 Dec 2011
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6 Reviews
First Review by tawningham
S.nattanja
Points +51
Great Ice Cream - Edit
The ice cream is quite convincing, and although there are usually 1-2 vegan options, the options rotate, so you will always get something different.
Read morePros: great ice cream, freshly made
Cons: Limited vegan options
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KMR607
Points +410
Disappointing, no vegan ice cream most of the time - Edit
Since 2017, they have stopped making vegan flavors and only occasionally have the plain vegan coconut in small quantities that sell out immediately. Vegans should not go out of their way to go here, since the odds of being able to get anything are low.
Read moreApparently they have vegan ice cream at the Trumansburg location, but I have never been there to confirm.
I'm not sure this location even belongs on Happy Cow anymore.
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TheVeganBlend
Points +159
Great idea, but Vegan options almost always lacking - Edit
We've stopped by on multiple occasions only to find they are out of the vegan options.
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andreajane
Points +47
Disappointing - Edit
I had such high hopes for Sweet Melissa's. We were visitng the Farm Sanctuary in nearby Watkins Glen, and travelled to Ithaca for the day. I was so looking forward to trying some vegan ice cream here.
Read moreFirst, the place was incredibly difficult to find. It's within a deli/snack shop with no sign visible from the street, and no street number that we could see.
We drove by three times, and only saw it when we stopped in the parking lot to look it up online again.
After the ordeal of finding it, I discovered that there were only TWO flavours of vegan ice cream: coconut and blueberry & cardamom. Granted, I'm only one person and everyone has different tastes, but both of those are totally unappealing to me.
I think that by limiting it to only two unusual flavours, it plays into the 'vegan is weird' mentality, and few people are going to try them. And then they won't sell, and then it looks like there isn't a market for vegan ice cream.
Vegans love chocolate as much as everyone else... It may be boring, but it's ubiquitous because it's yummy! Give us chocolate! (I would have also been happy with vanilla, raspberry, caramel, strawberry, any variation of chocolate, hazelnut, pistachio....)
Needless to say, I didn't try either flavour, and we drove back to Watkins Glen and had vegan ice cream at The Colonial Pottery & Creamery. And it was super yummy.
Pros: none
Cons: impossible to find, very limited selection, only unusual flavours
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bunyak
Points +49
Great vegan ice cream! - Edit
We've gone to Sweet Melissa's several times, while on vacation, the last 2 years. The prices are extremely reasonable for coconut milk ice cream and the owners are incredibly nice people. We can't wait to go this year.
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tawningham
Points +32
Very good! - Edit
Their coconut milk icecream was fresh and creamy. It was a little pricey (around $4, I believe, for a medium) but worth it for the occasional indulgence.
Read morePros: fresh, delicious, homemade
Cons: pricey, location wasn't great
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