Cloud City Ice Cream
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| Cloud City Ice Cream | |
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 The ice cream parlor's exterior, 2024 | |
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| Established | 2011 |
| Owner(s) | Bryan and Sarah Gilbert |
| Pastry chef | Andrea Bowers |
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| Location | 4525 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, 97206, United States |
| Coordinates | 45°28′46″N 122°36′58″W / 45.4795°N 122.6160°W |
| Website | cloudcityicecream |
Cloud City Ice Cream is an ice cream parlor in Portland, Oregon, United States. Spouses Bryan and Sarah Gilbert opened the restaurant in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood in 2011.
Cloud City Ice Cream is an ice cream parlor in southeast Portland's Woodstock neighborhood. The menu includes ice cream cake, ice cream sandwiches ("Pie Creams"), and the Unicone (a sugar cone dipped in white chocolate, with ice cream and sprinkles).[1] The Cherry Bomb has tart cherry ice cream and a vanilla pie crust. The Malted French Silk has malted chocolate ice cream and a dark chocolate pie crust. The Snappy Goat ice cream sandwich has lemon goat cheese ice cream with a ginger snap pie crust.[1]
Ice cream cakes have included the Ginger Pumpkin Chai, the Malted Chocolate Cherry Bomb, and the Mexican Coca-Cola Cake, which has dark chocolate butter cake, vanilla chiffon cake, caramel ice cream, cinnamon buttercream, and a dark chocolate glaze. Drink options include coffee (Stumptown Coffee Roasters), hot chocolate, ice cream floats, and milkshakes.[1] Waffle cones are made on site.[2]
The Stumptown (coffee) ice cream flavor was the most popular, as of 2012.[3] Other ice cream flavors have included butter pecan, cookies and cream, honey lavender,[2] pistachio,[4] sea salt cookie dough,[5] Grilled Peach Sweet Tea, and Sasquatch Tracks. Circus Friends has Mother's Circus Animal Cookies and sweet cream,[6] and Totes Ma'Goats has goat cheese ice cream with lemon curd.[7] The Sunshine is a vegan option and has cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, and Thai coconut milk.[8] The Bourbon Vanilla uses Burnside Bourbon and the Chocolate Stout flavor uses Hopworks Urban Brewery's Survival Stout beer.[9]
History
Spouses Bryan and Sarah Gilbert opened Cloud City Ice Cream in 2011. The business replaced Chill Ice Cream, which was sold following the deaths of the owners earlier in the year.[1] The ice cream parlor Surf Shack operated in the same space prior to Chill Ice Cream.[3] Andrea Bowers was Cloud City's initial pastry chef. The company's logo and business cards were designed by local artist Guita Anderson.[1]
