Summer calls for cool refreshment, and one of the best frigid options is the no-longer-humble popsicle. Ice or milk-based bars are flavored with nearly unlimited options. If you prefer your popsicles with alcohol, Corazon Y Miel plunges their paletas into a cocktail, and Diablo Taco allows people to dip a tomato or yuzu popsicle into a choice of craft beer, creating a Michelada effect. Learn where to find my favorite Los Angeles popsicles, which I listed in alphabetical order.
Cascada Refrescante Paletas ($2)
This South L.A. Mexican ice parlor, which was hopping during the recent Central Avenue Jazz Festival, has been around for about a decade, run by a woman from Acapulco, Mexico. Cascada Refrescante features some playful, layered paletas. Bionico is a milk-based popsicle with strawberries, bananas, papaya, cantaloupe, apple and cream, raisins, coconut and granola. Pico de Gallo is an ice-based popsicle studded with watermelon, jicama, cucumber, and mango, seasoned with chile, lime and salt, a riff on spicy Mexican street fruit.
The Ice Bar Ice Pops ($3.25)
L.A. native Eugene Mar planned on opening a fire and ice concept in Las Vegas, with fiery Taiwan-style hot pots and frozen ice pops. However, a fruitless real estate hunt in the Nevada desert convinced him to return to L.A. and focus on ice (bars) in a former West Covina fro-yo shop. The modern space features white tables and chairs, along with a Tetris-like wall assembled with grey, white and aqua panels. The Ice Bar’s menu includes “Sweet & Creamy” Nutella Bananas & Cream, “Tangy & Sour” Strawberry Lemonade, and my personal favorite, the “Light & Refreshing” Korean Pear Blueberry bar. Mar dresses a two-toned fruit ice bar with Calpico gel, blueberry gel, fresh frozen blueberries and a dusting of micro-herbs: lemon thyme and Thai basil.
Mateo’s Ice Cream & Fruit Bars Ice Cream Bars ($1.75)
Oaxaca native Priciliano Mateo Bautista has proven to be quite the paleta maven, with three Mateo’s Ice Cream & Fruit Bars locations scattered throughout Los Angeles, and certainly one of the city’s largest popsicle varieties. He divides paleta flavors by Fruit Cream (milk-based) or Real Fruit (ice-based). Favorites include Nance (yellow cherry), Black Sapote or Guava, many bars embedded with fresh fruit.
MILK Ice Cream Bars ($5) [CLOSED]
Lucy Danovic’s glass-fronted cafe with the Art Deco spire provides plenty of sweet distractions from daily life in Mid-City, and soon enough, Silver Lake. MILK contains a counter overflowing with pastries and cakes. A variety of frozen treats includes indulgent ice cream bars in flavors like Strawberry Shortcake, Cookies and Cream, Nutella, and Coconut.
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Top Los Angeles Popsicles - Food GPS
September 25, 2014 at 2:22 PM
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August 27, 2014 at 12:10 PM
Have you ever been to Suck It? They just re-opened at a new location in the Hollywood/Highland complex.