Food & Drink Two third of the way through our month-long ice cream odyssey, Scoops' out for Summer, Internet sensation Martin Cizmar braves the summer cold for an underrated food cart favorite.ScoopA La Carts pod, 4926 SE Division St.; and North Station pod., 2730 North Killingsworth St., scooppdx.com.Price per scoop: $3 Most popular flavors: Salted caramel The person in front of me: I opened the place up. The ...   More

Food & Drink It's the toughest assignment yet on our month-long ice cream crawl, Scoops' out for Summer: facing damp, hungry children in the Pearl. Casey Jarman takes one for the team.Cool Moon Ice Cream1105 NW Johnson St., 224-2021, coolmoonicecream.com.Price per scoop: $3.90 Most popular flavors: Belgian chocolate, salty caramel, Coffee CrackleThe people in front of me: Kids with grubby fingers and their ...   More

Food & Drink OK, we've put this off long enough. We're hitting an ice cream store a day every day in July, and eventually we had to go back... Salt & Straw2035 NE Alberta St., 208-3867; and 838 NW 23rd Ave., 271-8168, saltandstraw.com.Price per scoop: $3.75Most popular flavour: Sea salt with caramel ribbonThe people in front of me: A teenage couple getting waaaay inappropriate with the PDA.Best for: People ...   More

Food & Drink In today's instalment of Scoops' out for Summer, we visit an Eat Mobile favorite.50 Licks4262 SE Belmont St., fifty-licks.com.Price per scoop: $4 Most popular flavor: Maple bacon The person in front of me: A pretty post-hipster girl in puffy orange vest giddy with excitement over the vegan lemon coconut saffron sorbet. Best for: Completing the litany of sin that would be a full circuit of a bunch ...   More

Food & Drink Passing the halfway mark of our epic Portland ice cream crawl, Scoops' out for Summer, we visit a local dessert stalwart.Pix Patisserie3901 N. Williams Ave. #D, 282-6539; and 3402 SE Division St., 232-4407, pixpatisserie.com.Price per scoop: $2.50Most popular flavors: Mocha, mostly because it’s the flavor used to create Pix’s beloved beer float.The person in front of me: A group of college-age ...   More

Food & Drink In today's instalment of our 31-day ice cream binge, Scoops' out for Summer, we finally come off the sugar high.Ruby Jewel3713 N Mississippi Ave., 505-9314, rubyjewel.net.Price per scoop: $3Most popular flavor: Caramel with salted dark chocolateThe people in front of me: Young Portland transplants trying to show their visiting parents Portland isn't being kept that weirdBest for: Dates with ...   More

Food & Drink Day 11 of Scoops' out for Summer, we're uncovering a place that few people know makes its own ice cream.The Waffle Window2624 NE Alberta St., wafflewindow.comPrice per scoop: $3.25Most popular flavors: Maple pecan, espressoThe person in front of me: Was invisible. As in, nobody was there. Best for: When you’re not in the mood to stand in line behind forty other people at the (cuter than cute) ...   More

Food & Drink In today's Scoops' out for Summer, we send one of our long-suffering interns to the Saturday Market, because we'd prefer not to go ourselves. Great Northwest Ice Cream Co.Portland Saturday Market, 108 W Burnside St. (on the waterfront side, near the fountain and the stage), greatnwicecream.com. Price per scoop: $3Most popular flavor: MarionberryThe person in front of me: Parents trying to ...   More

Food & Drink In today's instalment of Scoops' out for Summer, we visit the "other" Alberta Street for a classic Portland scoop.Roses Ice Cream5011 NE 42nd Ave., 256-3333, rosesicecream.com.Price per scoop: $2.75Most popular flavor: “Licorice—well, besides vanilla.”The person in front of me: Four seniors, one couple and two of the woman’s girlfriends.Best for: Dessert on the way to the 99W Drive-in.Northeast ...   More

Food Reviews & Stories “Vanilla” has become a dirty word. It’s now synonymous with bland and uninspired, but the ancient Totonac people believed the vanilla plant sprang from the spilled blood of a beautiful princ   More