Comments on: Does Anybody Love Mitchell's Anymore?

By: jane

jane — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:36:31 +0000

so glad to finally see some swensen’s love, that place is super underrated and totally rules.

but you guys should also go check out polly ann’s on 38th & noriega. yeah it’s a haul out to the sunset but you get to spin a giant wheel to pick what flavor you get.

By: redbearded

redbearded — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:37:32 +0000

I have a very special place in my heart for Mitchell’s. They really shouldn’t be compared to those “other” places. Mitchell’s is a thing of it’s own.

By: Ariel Dovas

Ariel Dovas — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:45:49 +0000

And Pie Lattes!

By: manymachines

manymachines — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:15:02 +0000

It’s pumpkin sundae season!

By: waldo

waldo — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:29:54 +0000

Mitchell’s is Ice Cream 2.0.

Similarly to coffee, if your only knowledge base was reading blogs, you’d think absolutely no one drank Cofee 2.0 any more. But Peet’s is doing just fine. Hell, Coffee and Ice Cream 1.0 (Folger’s, Dryer’s) are still making money.

Me, I like ice cream 2.0 and 3.0 equally. (Which is convenient living about exactly midway betw HS and MItchell’s.) But I confess I stalled out at coffee 2.0. Ritual and 4barrel taste like puke to me half the time.

[old school shout-out to Spinelli! Now that was coffee.]

By: salsaman

salsaman — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:07:24 +0000

Stereotype much?!

Hey it’s all tasty, and there’s plenty of room for lots of ice cream, especially since Mitchell’s, Bi-Rite, and HS are so different.

Mr. And Mrs. Miscellaneous is worth a try (or five) as well; too bad their hours are so limited.

Also, a moment of silence for Bombay Bazaar… gone…

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:28:55 +0000

Yeah, and they don’t make their own candy anymore either. Which is too bad, but if that guy hadn’t bought them, it was going to go completely out of business and there’d probably be a starbucks or something in that space, now.

So, yeah, it’s sad that they don’t make their own candy + Ice Cream any more, but on the bright side at least the St. Francis Fountain is still THERE.

By: Eyad

Eyad — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:15:21 +0000

Mitchell’s is for real San Franciscans. Bi-Rite is for Midwesterners who moved here after college.

By: heh

heh — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:23:01 +0000

Last time I went was when they made their own stuff. Didn’t know the Bugaloos guy bought the business.

By: heh

heh — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:21:41 +0000

Thanks for the tip. Also, Swensen’s has special flavors for the holidays – Rum Raisin, Spumoni, Eggnog, and I forget the other one. Rum Raisin is off the hook!

By: josefina

josefina — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:17:05 +0000

Mitchell’s is the bomb. And there’s that little park with the pony a block north to eat your ice cream in.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:01:22 +0000

St. Francis serves Mitchell’s now, has for years, since they were bought by the Boogaloo’s guy. But I used to love their own Ice cream when they made it themselves. ESPECIALLY the lemon frozen custard… man do I miss that.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:46:32 +0000

Mitchell’s is way better than these new places. It’s just not as trendy anymore. I really don’t like salted caramel!

By: Cristina

Cristina — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:33:41 +0000

Important: during the holidays, Mitchell’s sells their own egg nog.

By: heh

heh — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:25:21 +0000

I live in the Mission, but I’ve never been to Bi-Rite.

Loyal customer of Mitchell’s, Copa Loca, & Swensen’s in Russian Hill. St. Francis is ok. Humphrey Slocombe is eh.

I always take visiting relatives to Mitchell’s or Swensen’s.