Los Angeles - May 12, 2010

Your New Favorite Artisanal Ice Cream Shop

Sweet Rose Creamery Opens in the Brentwood Country Mart

Who wants 31 flavors when all you need is one heavenly scoop from Sweet Rose Creamery? Inspired by dairy barns of yore, the tiny small-batch ice cream parlor opens today in the Brentwood Country Mart.

Taking their signature ingredient-driven ethos to their latest venture, the folks behind Rustic Canyon Wine Bar and Huckleberry Cafe put a sophisticated spin on frozen nostalgia. Everything is made on-site, from toppings to waffle cones to cookies for ice cream sandwiches.

Choose from twelve seasonal flavors (strawberry rhubarb, ginger, salted caramel) including two sorbets and a dairy-free option (vegans rejoice!). There’s even a clean room on the premises, which means nothing is made from a base.

Valrhona fudge pops provide an upgraded trip down memory lane, as do old-fashioned floats made from Virgil’s artisanal root beer (on tap). But it’s the s’mores ice cream pie with burned marshmallow topping that really takes the ice cream cake.

Sweet Rose Creamery, in the Brentwood Country Mart, 225 26th Street, at San Vicente Boulevard, suite 51, Santa Monica (310-260-2663 or sweetrosecreamery.com).

Photo: Courtesy of Sweet Rose Creamery 

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