Ice Cream Review: Flavors Unlimited

Labor Day marks the end of summer but that doesn't have to mean the end of ice cream season. I was lucky enough to spend a lazy Labor Day afternoon recently exploring the Russian River area of Northern California. We happened to end up in the funky town of Guerneville and I knew from the moment I saw it, that I had to try an ice cream from Flavors Unlimited, an ice cream shop that touts itself as having "customize your own" soft serve.

The concept is simple, and the instructions are written on the wall. Pick a base flavor (vanilla ice cream or yogurt or chocolate ice cream or yogurt), choose cup or cone and add a mix-in or three. After a few minutes, your name is called and you can take your ice cream concoction out to the cheerful front porch to watch the town roll by. The genius of this shop is that they have managed (what I thought was) the impossible: stir the toppings into the ice cream while it is in the soft serve machine. You can even get your flavor combination served piled high onto a sugar cone. Simply magic. Some might say success lies in choosing the right combination of mix-ins, but I am convinced that you can't really go wrong with any combination.

Flavors Unlimited

16450 Main Street

Guerneville, CA

707-869-2927