The Central West End is fortunate to have two ice cream shops within several blocks of each other and on Saturday, the first sunny day since I can’t remember when, the neighborhood was celebrating “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day.” The event, from 9 a.m. to Noon, drew families and friends to Clementine’s or Jeni’s—or perhaps in a few cases both —to have dessert for breakfast, something many parents would normally frown upon.
Clementine’s Naughty & Nice Ice Cream, 306-308 N. Euclid, featured a Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme with coffee mugs for the first 25 families, Tiffany & Co. giveaways, and Dancakes Pancake Art.
There was a line for a sample from Dancakes Pancake Art, above.
Special flavors created for the morning included Toasted Nutella Crunch, Grapefruit Sorbet, and Vietnamese Coffee.
A quiet corner at Clementine’s, above.
At Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream, 389 N. Euclid:
The morning’s special flavors at Jeni’s included Maple Soaked Pancakes, Banana French Toast, and Skillet Cinnamon Roll.
The shop smelled delicious too, as Jeni’s usual waffle cone was flavored with a French Toast spice for the morning’s event.
There are probably no happier shop windows to peek into than those where people of all ages are enjoying a dish of ice cream. But yesterday morning’s observation of families dressed in pajamas at Jeni’s, or young teenagers in pearls at Clementine’s, was even better. Although I did not have ice cream for breakfast, if this had been a happening when my children were young, we definitely would have been in the middle of it all.
I wish I could have joined you.