[Travel] [Restaurant Review] [San Francisco, CA] Milkbomb Ice Cream

Sometimes I'm skeptical of trendy food.  Yes, as much as I'm susceptible to it, #DidItForTheGram #AmIRight

It just seems like everyone is doing "hybrid" or "mash-up" food these days.  Or rainbow, glittery, or rose gold food.  Because #DidItForTheGram

But some hybrids and mash-ups are worth writing about.

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Milkbomb Ice Cream
1717 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Milkbomb is a small family-run and -operated ice cream store tucked behind a Philz Coffee in the San Francisco neighborhood of Potrero Hill.  It's relatively new, having opened in 2017.

Its most popular menu item is The Milkbomb Sandwich, which is a glazed donut bun filled with ice cream, toppings, and sauce, placed on a heat press and sealed.  Their Yelp page describes it perfectly: The MilkBomb Sandwich is "hot on the outside, cold on the inside, and delicious all over."

Each one of those steps is customizable: they've got different types of donuts, at least a dozen changing ice cream flavors (though there also seem to be some constant favorites, like taro, ube and creamy horchata), tons of toppings and sauces going far beyond tried-and-true sprinkles and hot fudge (think crushed cereals and sauces like ube and condensed milk).

We opted for The Milkbomb Sandwich with a glazed donut outside, a scoop of horchata ice cream and one of ube, topped with condensed milk and cinna-pebbles.  Didn't want to go too over-the-top with either ube or cinnamon, but they do have ube and cinnamon donuts, too.  Plus ube sauce.

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If The Milkbomb Sandwich is a bit much for you (I do recommend sharing it with a friend, family, or date), they also serve ice cream in cups or hand-rolled cones with flavors like matcha, birthday cake, red velvet, black sesame, etc.

The shop is tiny, so there isn't really any indoor seating, but there are several cute little cafe tables just outside Milkbomb, so you can still sit and enjoy (with the company of your dog, see Exhibit A).  There's also a public park a block away, or you can take the ice cream a few blocks away to Anchor Public Taps for a different kind of afternoon delight.

Rating:  8/10, would recommend for an afternoon snack.  But not a morning snack—they're not open until 2:00 PM and they close 7:00 or 8:00 PM (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays).