Cheap Eats: Beat the heat with frozen treats
A monthly roundup of ethnic eats, counter service chow and other tasty bargains. In this month’s edition, we beat the summer heat with frozen treats.
Citizen Yogurt
6300 Creedmoor Road, Raleigh
919-848-4221
Chill with: self-serve frozen yogurt made from milk with rBST-free cows and handmade fresh fruit popsicles.
Maple View Farm
6900 Rocky Ridge Road, Hillsborough
919-960-5535
Chill with: homemade ice cream and sorbet; enjoy it while sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of this farmland shop.
La Vita Dolce
610 Market St., Chapel Hill
919-968-1635
Chill with: House-made Italian style gelato and sorbetto.
Locopops
2604-A Hillsborough Road, Durham
919-286-3500
Chill with: paletas, Mexican popsicles made with natural ingredients; try cardamom latte or mango chile.
Lumpy’s
306 E. Wait Ave., Wake Forest
919-878-7700
Chill with: homemade ice cream; rotating selection covers the flavor spectrum from banana walnut to bacon and bourbon.
Moonlight Swirl
6679 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh
919-846-1294
Chill with: frozen yogurt for special diets – a rotating selection of 12 non-sugar, low-fat and non-fat flavors made with pro-biotic cultures.
The Parlour
117 Market St., Durham
919-564-7999
Chill with: homemade ice cream for the aficionado; flavors range from “basic” vanilla (made with Nielsen-Massey vanilla) and Callebaut chocolate, to seasonal treats such as wild-foraged juneberry.
Pelican’s
See website for multiple area locations
Chill with: New Orleans style shaved ice SnoBalls; rainbow assortment of more than 100 flavors.
Sweet Spoons
10750 Wakefield Commons Drive, Raleigh; 772 W. Williams St., Apex
919-453-2382
Chill with: self-serve frozen yogurt (non-fat and low fat) and yogurt smoothies.
Treat
305 S. Blount St., Raleigh
919-307-9390
Chill with: Maple View Farm ice creams, shakes, malts and “creations,” such as the Johnny Cashew (scoop of double chocolate, dark chocolate syrup, cashews, chocolate sprinkles).
This story was originally published June 25, 2015 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Cheap Eats: Beat the heat with frozen treats."