Ice Cream in Pittsburgh (Hershey, Uniontown: home, buy, costs)

[MathmanMathman]

Best ice cream I've had was at Penn State's Creamery. PSU ought to open a store at its Pittsburgh campus and sell it there too.

[alise007]

They also have a Gelato counter at the Giant Eagle marketplace in Robinson that was quite good last time I was in town! We always liked Brusters and Rita's Italian Ices--I like the Gelati's.

[h_curtis]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

Best ice cream I've had was at Penn State's Creamery. PSU ought to open a store at its Pittsburgh campus and sell it there too.

It would no doubt sell out and be very popular. The do use gum in their ice cream which helps it stay creamy and not crystalize, but I am not a fan of that texture. Goodness, I guess people know I am a bit of an ice cream nut! I only have two top level choices, Haagen Daz and homemade, since I don't care for gum.

[Bri30]

Awesome responses guys!!!! I'm going to be out there Mon-Wed next week, I'm def going to try one of these places!!!!!

[Cam34]

Del's Custard in Natrona Heights is also quite good...

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

Dave and Andy's is okay, but they don't use enough cream and it is a little thin.

I like some of Dave & Andy's ice creams, but overall, their flavors aren't very flavorful.

Originally Posted by WestLibertyAve

Dave and Andy's in Oakland..the aroma when you walk in can't be beat.

It's the cones, not the ice cream.

Originally Posted by Tinare

Klavon's is the place in the strip. It's good for us non-foodies for whom the ice cream is only part of the sundae and who like the old-time ice cream parlor atmosphere and supporting small local businesses.

It's fun to go to Klavon's for an ice cream soda, especially now that Ma Klavon isn't allowed to smoke anymore.

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

For a variant, try Mercurio's Gelatto

Mercurio's

It's a family business based in Kittanning but they have a store in Shadyside on Walnut Street.

They even got a story in the PG.

Kittanning family scoops up honors - and fans - for its cool concoctions

Mercurio's is probably my favorite place. It's real gelato.

Nothing is more hateful in the entire Pgh. ice cream scene than that Queen of Bogusity Rita and her so called "gelati" which is just a mixture of her "ice" chemicals and her "custard" chemicals. I wish she would go out of business. I hate Rita's as much as some people here hate, I don't know, people who live in Section 8 housing, or teachers. Or even...Cranberry.

[lifepgh2op]

When I lived in Cleveland, I liked Handel's Homemade Ice Cream &*Yogurt

Around here, they're in Chippewa and West Mifflin. I heard one is opening somewhere up in the North Hills (maybe McCandless Crossing?)

[greg42]

Originally Posted by lifepgh2op

When I lived in Cleveland, I liked Handel's Homemade Ice Cream &*Yogurt

Around here, they're in Chippewa and West Mifflin. I heard one is opening somewhere up in the North Hills (maybe McCandless? or McKnight Rd?)

Yes, there's one opening on McKnight Rd in front of the new Lowe's.

[Caladium]

Originally Posted by jay5835

I hate Rita's as much as some people here hate, I don't know, people who live in Section 8 housing, or teachers. Or even...Cranberry.

...but the real question is, do you hate her as much as chairs left in shovelled out parking spaces??????

[CortlandGirl79]

Originally Posted by lifepgh2op

When I lived in Cleveland, I liked Handel's Homemade Ice Cream &*Yogurt

Around here, they're in Chippewa and West Mifflin. I heard one is opening somewhere up in the North Hills (maybe McCandless Crossing?)

I was gonna ask if you guys had a Handel's. Handel's is based in Youngstown, but has really started franchising in recent years. I heard a rumor once that you had to be from the Youngstown area to own one, but i doubt that's true.