Glacier Homemade Ice Cream

Elite '08

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Ali S.

Boulder, CO

Last night, after a few drinks and other libations, about halfway through Super Troopers, my friend busted out a fresh pint of Glacier's "Birthday Cake" Ice Cream.

This sh!t is no joke.  As I said upon filling my third bowl, it is like having a birthday party in your mouth.  Clowns, Unicorns, Bouncy Castle, and all.  I think some people might not be able to handle Birthday Cake Ice Cream...it is that good.

Beware....

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Kimstipated M.

San Jose, CA

This review is dedicated to one of the workers at Glacier named Daisy.

This worker was so adorable! When we walked in to the store tonight to grab some dessert, Daisy greeted us with a smile and was super cheerful. I love it when I encounter people who are like that. While I went to their bathroom (which btw, was pretty clean), the fiance asked Daisy if he could try a few flavors and she was more than happy to help. She knew that we were a little hesitant about asking her to try out more flavors but she told us, "Don't worry about asking to try out flavors, you can try as many as you want!"

Her personality totally made us smile while we were in the store. She congratulated us for our engagement when she saw my ring and was very professional at doing her job.

The ice cream and gelato were wonderful, by the way. This place is just great.

Daisy, keep up the good work!

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John B.

Los Angeles, CA

Man this place is awesome.  Glacier's has a cool hippy-ish vibe inside kind of like Ben & Jerry's, except B&J's is like a G-rated hippy influence and this is more PG-13, if that makes any sense.  It probably doesn't.  But who cares?  Anyhow, about the ice cream...

I tried the banana caramel crunch which was really good, but in the end I couldn't say no to the "death by chocolate" flavor.  It was really dark, kind of like the Guinness of ice creams, and had all these tasty chocolate chunks in it.  There was a chocolate raspberry truffle flavor that looked really interesting as well.

They also have gelato and smoothies.  The ceiling is covered in tapestries, the walls are done up with lots of paintings of Bob Marley, and then there's a giant "find the 7 enchanted gnomes" painting.  I could only find 1.  I have no idea where the other 6 are hiding.  Those gnomes are tricky little bastards.  Maybe to find the other gnomes I needed some of what the other people in this place were having, if you know what I mean...

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Danielle K.

Alexandria, VA

After 4 years in Boulder I moved away about 9 months ago and I still crave Glacier and Half-Fast. My favorite combination. MMMMMMM..... this icecream is TO DIE FOR.

Most of the people who work there are awesome: one time i got free ice cream for doing an interpretive dance of what chocolate banana looks like, and the coupons in the school books are great.

Some of my favs:

Raspberry Chocolate Truffle. (omg i love this)
Chai (amazing yet light)
Green Tea (even lighter, fresh)
Ginger (now im really starting to sound like a boulder-ite)
Peanut Butter Chocolate (so creamy)
Chocolate banana crunch something
Raspberry chocolate chunk

okay, i've never tasted a bad flavor......

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Audra S.

Boulder, CO

It is not possible to get better ice cream anywhere.  Period.  Or for that matter, to find more interesting flavors.  If you can't decide which to try, ask for tastes until you find our that you want, or like my friends, just go there every single night.  :)

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Dustin G.

Denver, CO

You know I hate to be a conformist, but I suppose this place really does what it does well enough to get it 5 stars: I have no complaints.

I don't really feel like ice cream often, since usually when I eat it I feel like I need to run 15 miles or so to get that sort of sugar-high feeling to go away, but that aside, the ice cream they do have here is homemade, tastes great, and for a price that won't burst your piggy bank.

I've known a few people who have worked here and they all were quite nice, even letting me sample for free several times. Hey, the store makes so much money as it is, they are free to hand out a little love every now and then.

This place is so good you might want to regulate yourself though, unless you want that early stroke/heart attack

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Elite '08

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Kendra M.

Denver, CO

Funky donkey.. must have funky donkey.  Such a huge selection of ice creams, yogurts, and gelettos.  The staff are happy to help you with a selection or tasting of three.  

While I was in uniform they gave me my dessert for free and a coupon for a free coffee during my next visit.  Y'all rock.

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Jelena W.

Lakewood, CO

Best ice cream in Boulder, and among the best gelatos I've tasted, period. I didn't really want to like it, as I'm still ticked off my favorite gelato place in Old Town Arvada closed- but, sulking be damned, I loved it. I can't get enough of gelato ever since being turned onto it by the little old lady who owned that gelato shoppe in Old Town, which is now a quilting shop. Stupid quilts.

The sorbets looked fantastic, too- I got a tiny scoop of sorbet for my pooch, and he gives it five stars. At least, he will when he gets done shredding the empty cup into confetti. He seems to be frustrated with its emptiness. He didn't let me have a taste, but that's only fair since I wasn't sharing my chocolate gelato with him. Even if dogs could have chocolate, it was just too darn good.

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Vishnu J.

Boulder, CO

Yes, this place rocks. The high-school babes who work here are really nice and the ice-cream is great. They have many tasty and original flavors - Chai,  Birthday Cake, etc.

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dj soundra w.

San Francisco, CA

Oooh, another good one! (to eat if you happen to be house-sitting and are raiding the fridge).  Yumm.....peanut butter banana!  Peanut butter banana?  Okay, the best cure for....desiring a little sumthin sweet while you are house-sitting, for sure.   These creams will definitely stimulate your taste buds, and further, make them curious as to what they are tasting...for sure.  I think if you have a nice girlfriend in a cute outfit on a nice you will probably end up here....always.

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Carrie O.

Boulder, CO

Glacier is hands-down the best ice cream shop in Boulder.  They have amazing handmade ice cream, as well as handmade gelati and sorbets in all sorts of interesting flavors (the chocolate sorbet is incredibly weird, and incredibly good). Tons of variety, premium ingredients, and huge serving sizes...what more could you want? Highly recommended!

Best bets: Chocolate Hazelnut ice cream, mint cookie ice cream, Ghirardelli milk chocolate ice cream, any of the gelati & sorbet flavors.

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TJ P.

Monterey Park, CA

Yo, This has got to be the best home made ice cream place in the world right now.  The best part if get the chocolate covered waffle cone, or maybe it's the sugar cone, with chocolate melted and hardened all the way down to the end of the cone and get this with nuts.  The ice cream of choice for me would be the caramel oreo ice cream.  Anything with oreo in  a ice cream flavor is good, like mud pie, but not the cold stone kind where they mix it , it just comes out funny.  It's also good to eat it during the cold winter end of fall and do some ashtanga yoga with Richard Freeman while you're there

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