Bites Nearby: Cold Stone Creamery

Escape this Memorial Day weekend’s sizzle and cool off with Cold Stone… a vacation within a vacation.

serves up the creamiest of ice creams – made fresh daily in the store - where the customer is empowered to create the finished indulgence.  Choose from a sinful array of flavors:  standard flavors like French vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, mint and coffee and local flavors like amaretto, Irish cream, butter pecan, caramel latte, cookie batter, macadamia nut, cotton candy, numerous fruit and sorbets, and the list doesn’t stop there. 

In assembly-line fashion, the ice cream is blended on a frozen granite stone with your choice of mix-in ingredients, and there are dozens to choose from that include chopped cookies, cakes, fruits, candies and nuts.  The combinations are infinite, the results infinitely gratifying.

Cold Stone also has an assortment of signature and custom creations where they do the decision-making, ingredient-mixing for you. Top choice is top-selling Founder’s Favorite combining sweet cream ice cream, pecans, brownies, fudge and caramel. 

And every ice cream whim is covered by Cold Stone Creamery with a grand array of novelties such as ice cream cakes, cupcakes, cookie sandwiches, shakes, blended coffees and smoothies.  Cold Stone gift cards make great gifts for the grad... or the Dad (June 19th).

Be sure to make time for an ice cream “vacation” this weekend, Cold Stone-style.

Kentlands' Cold Stone Creamery is located at 84 Main Street.  Open hours are Mon. - Thurs., 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.,  Fri. - Sat., 11 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. (11 p.m. for summer hours), and Sun. 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.