Jeremiahs Italian Ice: A near-perfect experience

It’s 42F outside and there’s STILL a line at Jeremiah’s. Really, you say? Yes, really. It’s that good and more importantly, that good to stand in line outside in the winter.

When locals say they’re going for a “Jeremiah’s fix” please don’t misinterpret that for some narcotic rendezvous in a dark alley with some shady guy named Jeremiah. It’s this place they are referring to. And the Italian Ice does have some addictive qualities. No wonder people crave this stuff even in the middle of January.

It’s the FLAVOR that makes you go into withdrawal after a few weeks of not having it. At this current ‘fix’, I had a medium sized cup with Strawberry, Lemon, and Chocolate which were divided in between with vanilla soft-serve. I wanted to put Jeremiah through the ultimate foodie blog test because, factually, PURE FLAVORS ARE HARD TO NAIL on the dot with imitation substitutes.

BOY WAS I AMAZED! The Lemon was so good- I even noticed tiny bits of real lemon zest in it. The Strawberry also had little strawberry seeds dotted sparsely across the ice. And the Chocolate was spot on. One thing people miss out on noticing is how RICH the vanilla soft-serve is. It was ridiculously creamy. Heck, I felt like I was having heavy cream soft-serve. Which only made the boundary of each layer vividly interesting (Strawberries and cream, Lemony cream and Über creamy Chocolate)

So you may be wondering by now- why do I state this place as being not completely perfect? Why not call this the Olympian of Restaurants and give up my search? Well, it’s not a restaurant. The outside seating sucks- about 4 tables max… most of the people park and eat in their car. There’s little to no ambiance about this place. Obviously, that’s not part of their business equation since it’s not hurting them too much... or me… well except that I may be a *tad* co-dependent by now ;)

IN A NUTSHELL: Flavors routinely change. Some are only season-specific (check out Pumpkin Spice for winter). Nevertheless, they are spot-on. AND CHEAP (a medium-size cup will cost you around $4 with tax!). I’m confident that they use real fruit for the fruit options because they are exactly what the fruit tastes like. Go ahead and get yourself addicted.