Cone Gourmet Ice Cream

I tried the Cooke Monster flavor and it was great! Super tasty but the food coloring was very strong, my tongue was blue for a long time :)

I am not a big fan of things melting in my mouth, but I don’t mind when the ice cream from this place does.
Furthermore, I don’t mind when it gets on my lips and dribbles down my chin. I’ll just lick it off.
My recommendation is to walk into this place, and be the super moronic individual who samples every single thing before purchasing.
It’s worth it.

Overpriced ice cream. I split a Cookie Monster with the boy and I was astounded to see it cost over $ 5! It didn’t taste any different from any other ice cream store. The pistachio ice cream had that fake green color when natural pistachio ice cream is more brown. Plus a milk shake for $ 7?! He asked why the high prices and the cashier said «Because you’re in the West Loop.» Wow.

The store itself is really cute! Nice and clean, but not a lot of seating. The staff was relatively friendly. The ice cream was good, nothing mind blowing.
I had the Cookie Monster which had prep and cookie dough pieces with a Bucky of blue dye. Literally everything it touches turned blue. A little gross but it tasted pretty good. Got it in an Oreo cone which tasted more like brownie brittle. Skip.
Also samples the salted caramel soft serve which was delicious.
Overall, cute place. Decent ice cream but way over priced. I paid $ 8 for one scoop in an Oreo cone and $ 7 for a small soft serve. Not worth it.

This place is DA BOMB! I highly recommend it. Great flavor and the variety of ways to get the ice cream is entertaining. Plus they have a cooler with Popsicles and other great choices. Their service isn’t the greatest. The servers could have a little more excitement or customer service skills. Other than the service this place is great!

The ice cream was delicious!
I’m only going to subtract 1 star because the employees seemed miserable being there.
This place is super close to my house so I walked over after work. I asked for a recommendation of flavor and the associate couldn’t provide that. Instead he rolled his eyes and said, «I don’t know your palate so I can’t tell you» I was like… Gee thanks.

Do not have a walk-​up window for customers if you do not intend on servicing it. All I wanted was a milkshake on a nice Sunday afternoon. Waited 10 minutes, no one came by so we walked over to Warm Belly Bakery on Monroe Street. Guess what? Their walk-​up window works! Amazing.

Definitely not regretting trying this place out. It’s way to pricey but the ice cream is good. I got a cake cone with chocolate peanut butter ice cream. It’s such a cute place. So colorful. The line situation is not great they should put a cord or «line starts here sign». Wouldn’t bring the kids because it would be about$ 20 for myself and the 2 of them. But I’d come here with my husband and try some of the more risky flavors like butter ice cream with m&ms.

To me, ice cream is ice cream, but this place didn’t stand out too much. Yes they had a whole bunch of interesting flavours, but none of them really did it for me. Especially for the price I paid, I would rather buy a pint of coffee/​chocolate hagendaaz and eat it comfortably in my PJs. But it’s something you should try at least once if you’re in the area!
Unlike some of the other reviews, the staff was kind and helped us very well.

I’ve been to this shop many times. Their ice creams are really good and have interesting selections. The downside is that they’re overpriced and have very few selections of sorbet.

I really, really like the ice cream here, but the service is fucking awful.
First time I ordered from Cone, my Grubhub arrived in 20 minutes with a pint of their Cookie Monster. Second time, my Grubhub arrived in 2.5 hours with a melted glob of Apple Pie ice cream. Third time, my Grubhub arrived in 45 minutes with a kind of goopy pint of Pumpkin Pie ice cream.
Apple Pie was my favorite out of the three, so the fourth time I decided to make a physical trip to Cone and try it out, you know, in a solid form. Turns out it was «seasonal», which was not what I was told when I’d inquired about it for my third Grubhub. All they’d told me was that they’d run out, so I was pretty mad when I made the 25 minute trip to their store and couldn’t get the flavor that I wanted.
Regardless, I got the Pumpkin Pie flavor again and went to the cash register, where I made a lighthearted joke about how the employees were playing an entire album of one of my least favorite artists, Grimes. (For those of you who are lucky enough to have not heard of her, she’s this tiny woman with green hair that sounds like she’s speaking in Elvish over a fucked up, «funky» beat. Like, obnoxious hipster stuff at its finest… definitely not what you want to hear in an ice cream shop.)
Anyway, one of the employees literally goes off on me for the joke. She went on like a 45 second tirade about how «incredible» Grimes is as an artist and brings race into it, claiming that the music she self-​produces sounds like it was actually produced by old, white men… to which I responded with a roll of my eyes and an «okay». Like, honey… I didn’t ask!
So, I sit down to go eat my ice cream on their couch. I get up to leave, thinking nothing of it until when I lay down in bed at home I have chocolate stains all over my white comforter!!! Their dirty couch must have been stained with the stuff. It got all over my new pants and I had to manually scrub the stains out of my comforter.
I’m very upset with my experiences here and I’ll be frequenting Kilwin’s in Hyde Park from now on, where they serve Apple Pie Ice Cream year round, offer friendly customer service, and won’t leave me with chocolate-​covered bedspreads.

Wonderful service, amazing ice cream, cute atmosphere.
Will be coming back sparingly as I prepare my bod for summer (or not)

blueberry cheesecake ice cream was so good! chocolate chip cone was a bit harder than expected, tasted okay, but i like the idea haha

It was only 15 degrees outside and my friends and I decided to grab dessert after dinner. After browsing on Unilocal for over an hour at our dinner location, Little Goat (its ammmazzzzzzing!!! if you haven’t been you HAVE to go!!) we finally concluded on going to Cone Gourmet Ice Cream. We battled the windy chills and the freezing temperatures, using our phone GPS as a guide to lead us to the satisfaction for our dessert cravings. Upon entering the place was empty, however as time passed by more and more customers came by.
They have a lot of flavors! Definitely sample until you’ve found yourself a winner. I am always the fruity/​citrusy type of person, so trying the berry flavors and fruity flavors as a must for me! I sampled Josh’s Blueberry Cheesecake and Triple Berry Pie and those two were solid winners for me. Lucky me, I always have the toughest time deciding between which flavor to choose and I always end up getting all of the flavors. So I decided to get the 2 scoop in a cup for $ 4.95 with a side of the waffle cone.
I merrily skipped over to the lounge area, right by the entrance and began my journey to my satisfying my sweet tooth cravings. It was not only the perfect amount of richness, flavoring, and sweetness, but at the same time it wasn’t too sweet to where I had to drink water afterwards or felt like the ice cream was overall too sweet. It was honestly perfect! Definitely coming back in the future whenever I’m in Chicago!
If you do get thirsty after devouring your ice cream they have water for you as well! I really enjoyed their ice cream flavors! No matter how cold it is in Chicago, Cone Gourmet Ice Cream will satisfy any ice cream cravings!

This place is the best. No seriously, the best. Homemade, unique cones. Delicious ice cream flavors. Awesome staff. A decently cute interior. Full fat is worth it for this delicious ice cream.
In my most recent visit, I was that obnoxious person that tried at least half the flavors out of pure curiosity. Before scoffing at me — there was no one else in the store except my friend, so I wasn’t holding anyone up. I was pretty blown away by the blue cookie monster ice cream — it is essentially pure cookie dough in ice cream form. My friend proceeded to order that and turn her whole mouth bright blue. I settled on the pumpkin ice cream and apple pie ice cream. I’m pumpkin crazy, and this was one of the best pumpkin ice creams that I’ve ever had. The apple had little bits of crust in it, which I loved.
If I wasn’t lactose intolerant, and ya know, trying not to be a fat ass, I would be here every day. This is one of those places that, winter be damned, you need to visit ASAP.

When Jeni’s is WAAAAAY too expensive and when Jeni’s is closed b/​c their organic milk is contaminated with Listeria — check out Cone. While they might not pull off that artisan/​organic thing that the hipsters love as with Jeni’s, they’ve got some really interesting flavors as well that are more than just gimmicks, they’re delicious. Jeni’s can be a little too high brow sometimes — high brow b/​c you’re astonished at how much you paid for such a small scoop.
Anyhow, we had two double scoops here. Wish they made their own waffle cones, but the Chicago Mix popcorn flavored ice cream (caramel corn + cheese) well made up for it. They’ve got a section of pie-​inspired ice creams and a section of the original/​creative stuff not limited to various boozy blends.

I LOVE THIS ICE CREAM PLACE!!! It was recommended by my friend I’ve never been here before even though I’m at west loop often. The ice cream had different flavors that I never heard of before. The inside is not much place to sit, but it is in the west loop so why sit around enjoying the ice cream when you could be walking around on a beautiful day check out the monster door possibly.
The ice cream the i got was a double scoop of cookie monster and Arther Guinness. The cookie monster had oreos in it and the Guinness (in my opinion tasted like guinness) so in other word i was like eating drunk cookie monster.

You just can’t beat having a kick ass ice cream shop around the neighborhood when the dog days of summer hit. Cone features ice cream from Plush Horse and a few sorbet options. It’s a popular place and you’ll surely have to queue.
Now, if we could only get those sample abusers to make a choice when we are stacked a dozen deep awaiting their painful indecision.
How is the Vanilla?

We came here and were happy with the service. Generally the staff was happy to let you try as many flavors as you’d like and so we each tried 2. I tried the honey lavender and the salt and pepper. The honey lavender didnt taste like honey or lavender and the salt and pepper tasted like all pepper. So I didn’t get anything. My wife got the cookie monster because everyone and their mom’s on Unilocal were all like «GET THE COOKIE MONSTER OMG OMNOMNOMNOM»
Don’t get the cookie monster. Unless you like blue dyed vanilla mixed with cookie dough. But to their credit, you do get a lot of ice cream for your money, so that’s a plus.

Cone Gourmet ice cream has some of the best tasting ice cream around. I love it. They have a good variety of flavors and the ice cream texture is creamy and thick w/​rich taste which makes for a proper enjoyment of ice cream. Their ice cream comes from the famous The Plush Horse ice cream shop. I have not been to The Plush Horse but only heard of it.
Anyway, I had their Honey Lavender and Raspberry Cream Cheese Jalapeño flavors and they were excellent. Couldn’t get enough of them. I wanted more ice cream when I was done. I dig ice cream establishments like these. The scoops pricing is a bit high and a sundae could cost you $ 9 or more. I got charged extra for topping which was not an extra kind as per their menu. I was not informed of it. I would recommend checking this place out though.