Sloan's Ice Cream

Sloan’s Ice Cream is a Florida-based and privately owned ice cream chain in southern Florida.

History

Sloan Kamenstein opened his first shop in 1999 on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, Florida. He opened another in Boca Raton,Palm Beach Gardens,and recently opened a forth in city place. Kamenstein is a Cordon Bleu trained chef who has studied all over the world.

Ice cream

Sloan's offers 47 ice cream flavors, many of which are Kamenstein's own creation. Some favorites include Coffee-and-Doughnuts (coffee ice cream with chunks of Krispy Kreme doughnuts), Cookie Monster (sweet cream with of Oreos and homemade chocolate chip cookies), and Apple Pie (vanilla-cinnamon ice cream and apple pie). Kamenstein begins with a cream base, custom-made to his specifications, and blends it with the appropriate ingredients in a two-speed churning machine. Next the blended ice cream is pumped into a freezer box and enhanced with layers of caramel, cookies, chocolate or other mix-ins. The boxes are then placed into a blast freezer and frozen at minus-40 degrees for at least eight hours. The final product is stored in a walk-in freezer and maintained at minus-20 degrees.

Atmosphere

Sloan’s Ice Cream was ranked #4 of the 10 Most Unique Ice Cream Parlors in the US, by the author of Everybody Loves Ice Cream. At Sloan’s, shocking pink and lime green colors cover the walls; giant lollipops, miniature choo-choo-trains, candy and endless toys are all displayed in their fairy tale setting.

Sloan’s was also ranked #10 on the Travel Channel's Top Best Bathrooms in the Entire World. Kamenstein and his store are known for this famous bathroom. The bathroom has clear glass doors that look right into the parlor. When you turn the door handles, the glass fogs up and becomes completely opaque. The doors are made of two panels of glass. Between the panels is a mixture of polymer and liquid crystals. A constant electrical current keeps the crystals in line and the glass transparent. But when the door handle is locked, the current is stopped, the crystals fall, and the glass looks clouded.