Local ice cream parlor crowded, brings variety to Old Market

The Old Market is congested with people on the weekends, but on the corner of Howard Street, tucked away in a small store, resides a quaint ice cream and pastry shop.

A lonesome sign hanging off the front of the shop beckons in customers to a small area, where soft rock plays, a couple of chairs sit, and some newspapers are available to casually glance at while walking on further to the front of the store.

On a Sunday afternoon, there just few customers inside, but due to the small area, the shop is cramped. If the ice cream and pastry shop were in a bigger location, it would attract more customers like eCreamery does, an ice cream shop in the Dundee neighborhood.

If the shop wishes to get more customers, which it likely will since it has been getting much attention in the Omaha World Herald lately, they should highly consider switching locations.

For one, the store is far from where a lot of restaurants in the Old Market are located. People wanting ice cream, or a pastry, do not want to be walking far to get a simple dessert after just eating.

Also, noting that there is hardly any seating inside, the exterior boasts limited seating as well. For customers wanting to sit down and enjoy their snack, they would need more room to sit comfortably.

Setting the location and size of the shop aside, a unique quality to this ice cream and pastry shop is that it has a variety of different sweets to pick from. The different options for ice cream alone are quite impressive. One has the option to choose either flavored ice cream, such as cool lemon or bubble gum, or ice cream resembling that of a Dairy Queen Blizzard with different toppings.

Trying peppermints krunch, the ice cream did too much justice to its name. The peppermint taste was too strong, and the strength of the peppermints krunch was overwhelming. This led to a fairly disappointing ice cream. If there had been less peppermint added, the ice cream would have been better.

But, the mini Reese’s Pieces flavor was enjoyable and something one could eat time after time. Other promising flavors include M&M’s and cookies & creme. One cannot go wrong with the originals.

The ice cream itself resembles more of a custard rather than traditional ice cream. However, the taste is unique from other shops, which sets this one apart from others.

Another unique aspect of this store is that on top of serving ice cream, it offers pastries too. There are not any other ice cream shops in the area that offers both ice cream and pastries. This store offers more to appeal to a wider variety of customers’ wants, and is definitely not exclusive to one dessert.

The pastries crowd the table top to the right of the register, effectively tempting customers to give in and try one of the countless Italian pastries.

These pastries include: cantucci, biscotti, pastini and countless others. Going only once, it was impossible to try both the ice cream and the pastries. Trying some of the pastries offered will have to wait until the next visit to Dolci.

By simply changing the location of Dolci and upgrading to a bigger store, the shop would become even more popular than it already has become. Until that time, if one find themselves in the Old Market and have a sweet tooth, he or she should make his or her way down to the corner of Howard Street.