Eating or cone?


Eating Cup


timeout.com/san-francisco/restaurants


Local restaurants serve swirled cups of soft-serve nostalgia—


topped with sprinkles! By Virginia Miller Photographs by Ana Kamin


SAN FRANCISCO MAY lack steamy summer weather, but that doesn’t mean we love summer sweet treats any less—especially when it comes to soft-serve ice cream topped with seasonal fruit, pickled plums and whole sesame seeds. In fact, demand for the frozen delight explains why even high-end restaurants are jumping on the soft-serve bandwagon, with many spots introducing their own creative takes on the summertime staple. Here is what’s spiraling out of soft-serve machines—and exciting our inner kid—at four SF newcomers.


Alta at Minnesota Street Project Daniel Patterson’s new Alta, in the multipurpose


Minnesota Street Project, brings the renowned chef’s legendary homemade soft-serve to the sunny Dogpatch. Pastry chef Nick Muncy (formerly of COI) crafts a menu of changing sundaes—strawberry shortcake with poppy- seed cake or a chocolate banana sundae over banana bread with smoked peanuts—alongside house-made soft- serve in more traditional flavors like chocolate, vanilla and swirl. à 1275 Minnesota St (415-243-0825, altaca.co)


RT Rotisserie Rich Table—from husband-wife team Evan and Sarah


Rich—has been one of SF’s best restaurants since it Time Out San Francisco July 26–October 10, 2017 30 RT Rotisserie


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