Grandpa’s Ice Cream

I live a block from Grandpa’s and love this place. The ice cream is made on premises in small batches, and it is always delicious. They will experiment with unusual flavor blends, and will sometimes take requests from customers. My favorites are the Banana Cream Pie, Butterfinger, Peanut Butter Cup, rocky road, strawberry, and my all time fave-​Black Walnut. Only place I know of to buy it. I do wish they were open year round, but everyone deserves a break. I will see them come April, and will see them often. Oh, they hire local high school kids to work the shop, and they always pick the kids that are polite and quite pleasant.

The ice cream was pretty good! We came from the pool and I was horribly thirsty when we got there. We ordered a big brownie sundae to share and since i was so thirsty, I knew that soda wasn’t going to do the trick. I told the cute cashier girl that I was very thirsty and that i wanted the biggest possible cup of ice-​cold water as I could get. She rang up my selection (we had to pay more to use the credit card) and she brought me a dixie-​cup sized ice water. She told me that was all they had but that she didn’t mind re-​filling it as much as possible. I ended up having to purchase a soda after all… and paying extra to use my card again… and yes, she did refill my water as many times as I asked her to. Yeah, kinda disappointed in my visit and I doubt we will return.

Grandpa’s Ice Cream is alright. You are able to choose which kind of ice cream you want for an ice cream sandwich. (AKA. Chocolate chip cookie and ice cream). But for the sundae’s you cannot. Which was slightly disappointing because I was craving some warm brownie. Grandpa’s Ice Cream is a quaint little shop that has some of your usual flavors of ice cream but also a variety of other «featured flavors» Aka flavors that are different than the various other different flavors at ice cream stores.
The store has 8 chairs in total to sit in; which makes the store small but having a wide selection of flavors and different cones is highly enjoyable.
They also have milk shakes; various floats and other types of ice cream related goodies.
I had bought a small ice cream sandwich; which was plenty of ice cream. And a small cup of ice cream for my significant other. The total came out to around $ 11. Which is alright. I was happy with my ice cream and was fully satisfied by the end of it.
Ice cream is creamy and smooth here but I wish the flavor that I had picked; S’mores. Had some more chucks of s’more or something in it. Chocolate… Graham cracker.
Bottom Line: It was alright. Great if you’re craving different ice cream but… still kind of expensive.

They have a large selection of flavors for you to choose from & different sizes, as well as mini sizes so that you can try more. The 3 mini portions pretty much make up a whole regular ice cream scoop. The ice cream alone is very eye appealing but lacks some flavor. The flavors aren’t bold.
The location is tucked away in back in a strip mall but it’s near the Moore Lake if you want to head over there with your ice cream. Great place to bring your kids if you’re in the area, but it is a smaller store so it does get packed really quick.

I am an ice cream junkie and I love my ice cream one of the best things about summer. Grandpa‘s ice cream is a gem and I love their ice cream, so creamy and the perfect sweetness, I want to go here everyday if I could.

Very cute place. I would have taken pictures but we definitely ate too fast. I love that the flavors change periodically. The salty caramel was amazing and the horchata is surprisingly good! They even have a variety of sorbets. (Dairy free)

I love Grandpa’s Ice Cream! The quality of the ice cream is on point. They have a wide range of delicious flavors to choose from so take your time and check out each one before you commit. If you have a hard time choosing you can get a sample to help decide. They offer cups and cones for any number of scoops in two different sizes which I appreciate.
They also have a custom ice cream cookie and a sample bowl of small scoops in case you can’t narrow it down to less than 3 scoops so go wild!
What really made this a great experience though was the exceptional customer service. The staff serves up whatever your pleasure with a smile on the face and a spring in their step.
The only thing that would make this place better would be a little investment in the décor. Otherwise I give Grandpa’s an A+

Super friendly and delicious Fridley ice cream shop. It’s hard to notice from the street but well worth it if you want to seek it out.
They have so many flavors, you’ll go gaga! Their location isn’t ideal but hey at least there’s plenty of parking!
Just remember they are only open from 2 – 8 PM.

Still my favorite ice cream in the Twin Cities!
It’s too bad these guys are in such a sucky location because Grandpa’s is GREAT! If they were located in Uptown, people would be raving about them and flocking to their front doors. Unfortunately, they’re in a crappy strip mall. Then again, at least I can find parking!
I’m glad they’re back open for the season. This time a tried the Mexican Hot Pepper Chocolate. It has a nice bite on the tail end! My daughter tried Resilient Spirit Swirl, commemorating the great Fridley tornado of 1965… a stupid name for the ice cream but the taste was great. And the container looked messy, like the aftermath of a tornado. I suggest adding some dead gummy bear bodies to add a little drama!
We’ll be back.
–Daddy Maxx Retro

I could really sum up my review of Grandpa’s with my last visit. I got the 3 sample scoops of 2 peanut butter flavors and crème brûlée. What else do I need? (and they even have a 3^rd pb flavor… but it involved caraway which I’m a little scared to try). Great flavors. Really friendly staff.

Spendy, but good. I’ll sometimes stop by here after having Chinese next door. Often I spend more at the ice cream parlor than I did on dinner.
Try the Blue Moon. Maybe I just have fond childhood memories of this flavor, but I think it’s spot-​on. Refreshing without being overwhelming.

Delicious home made ice cream with some great traditional flavors and some very creative flavors. Flavors change regularly so never know what your going to get.

Grandpa’s is 1 of 3 outstanding unique north metro ice cream options. Grandpa’s is my favorite because they make their own ice cream, but all three are worth a visit. In fact, on a fine day one could bike to all three (13 miles total from Grandpa’s in Fridley to Village Scoop in North Oaks to Cup and Cone in White Bear Lake). Grandpas is in a strip mall and somewhat hard to find. Don’t give up. Lots of parking and well worth the time to get there. It’s a small shop, but you’ll want to stay because it feels like an old-​fashioned ice cream shop, it’s cozy, and the staff are nice. The ice cream is fantastic and they have a wide variety of flavors. It’s not cheap, if you want cheap ice cream drive thru DQ. If you love ice cream, then you need to visit Grandpa’s ice cream in Fridley. It’s just off I694 and so very good.

I went here because I seen this shop advertised on the explore MN website and all have to say is that I think you could get better ice cream at Dairy Queen. Grandpa’s ice cream is expensive and to close to soft serve they sell at local drive troughs.
Also, make sure if you have a purchase under $ 5 you bring cash because Grandpas will rip you off by making you buy more merchandise.

They make all their own ice cream. Interesting flavors.
I had salt caramel and another one with a strange name that had coffee, chocolate, almonds and toffee. I enjoyed the salt caramel, but wouldn’t get the other one again as I couldn’t taste hardly any of the ingredients. They have lots more to choose from!
The mango sorbet and the huge cookie ice cream sandwich were loved by the kids.
I like the framed art in the shop that said «Save the earth, have a cone!» No cup, no spoon to throw away. Smmmmmart! I just wish they made their own waffle cones.
Cute shop that is exactly what you’d expect an ice cream place to look like. Now that we’ve found this place, we will be back to sample the licorice ice cream and salted almond…

I was excited to try grandpas after reading through the Unilocal reviews so I dragged mom out to Fridley one Sunday afternoon for an ice cream excursion. Upon waking in I was hopeful of having some great ice cream. The flavored were abundant and the colors were eye popping. Unfortunately the taste was lacking. I got a scoop of butterscotch and a scoop of birthday cake bonanza. Both were richly colored scoops that provided little pop to my taste buds. Probably more disappointing was my moms scoop of butter brickle, her personal fave. The ice cream tasted almost like gingery water with only on chunk of what I imagine is their interpretation of butter brickle. Plus three scoops of ice cream cost over $ 10. Service was good but I had higher hopes.

Kind of an unfair rating because I was there and they weren’t :(
Closed for the season at the peak of my sugar cravings… oh well, there’s always summer…

Located in a strip mall in Fridley, I didn’t expect the melt in your mouth goodness, flavor, and quality of the ice cream I experienced here.
The ice cream is full of flavor and very creamy. I had the almond ice cream and it was just perfect. My boyfriend had the bacon ice cream, which he loved as well. I’m not a huge fan of bacon ice cream, but if you like bacon ice cream I think you’d be impressed. There are real chunks of crunchy bacon in it.
They do root beer floats and orange floats too if you are interested in that. I felt the orange float was a little too sweet for my liking, but I guess that’s how they usually are.
I loved the almond ice cream and I can’t wait to go back!

Name of the place reminds me of Herbert the pedophilic old man from Family Guy.
That aside, huge fan of the honey lavender and salted caramel flavors.

In the northern suburbs, I have a hard time finding ice cream.
I can find «soft serve» all over the place. Culver’s «custard» will do in a pinch. Cold Stone and their ilk have lots of toppings but I honestly hate the gelatinous texture of their «ice cream».
This place has been on my radar since I saw Carly’s review. seeing as it was 90 out the other day, we thought it would be a good time for ice cream. Off we went to Grandpa’s.
Its in a strip mall just N of Hwy 694 in Fridley. Its a small place, but they have several flavors (30 or so). They offer the standard variety on cones to hold them in. I picked Vonnie’s Gizmo for its coffee and toffee flavors. Everyone in our group of 8 found something to like.
The cones were well made — not sloppy or haphazard. The ice cream was smooth and creamy. I loved mine and the rest of the group was happy. Prices were around $ ⁴⁄₅ each for a single/​double (with a waffle cone). They have a buy 8 — get one deal, so my next cone is free :)
I no longer have to scream for ice cream now, I can just drive to Fridley.