Urban Stomach

The Inaugural Flavors

Tonight, I took my seven year-old daughter down to our new neighborhood ice cream place, Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous. It was their first day open and we were really excited to try it so you can imagine our horror (well, my daughter was actually pretty mellow about it) when we got there and saw a “Closed” sign hanging in the window. Luckily, the super cool owners, Ian and Annabelle, took pity on me, umm I mean us, and opened the door for a few last scoops. We were both so glad that they did. Dogpatch is now home to some of the Bay Area’s top sweets.

A Kids Coffee Cone Held By An Adult Hand

Of the three flavors that we tried, the coffee and the candied ginger were my favorites. The coffee is a no frills, no tricks affair and that alone had me hooked. It’s damn good coffee ice cream, not too dark, not too sweet. I’m already daydreaming about covering it with their homemade hot fudge. Ian was nice enough to let me know that it was caffeinated before feeding it to my near-bedtime daughter. Mrs. Stomach wasn’t there though so I let her eat the whole thing. While I’ve only had maybe four or five ginger ice creams in my ice cream deprived life, this was my favorite. Spot on taste with sweet and savory dancing on the tongue with every bite. Texture wise, the ginger was somewhere between traditional ice cream and sorbet. I brought this home in a pint and had to remind myself to put down the spoon a few times before I actually did. Choco-malted crunch was good but a tad too sweet for my tastebuds.

Next Time, The Peanut Brittle

Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous is also selling their own candies and baked goods including peanut brittle, caramels and chocolate peanut butter malt balls. We tried the malt balls and loved the combination of the malt crunch and creamy peanut butter. I can’t wait to go back and try more at this shop that is so clearly a labor of love. In particular, the Ballpark ice cream, with Anchor beer, peanuts and chocolate covered pretzels, is beyond intriguing. I predict that this will be their trademark flavor, a la Secret Breakfast. Ian and Annabelle live nearby with their adorable toddler (why didn’t my parents own a sweet shop?) and they are so clearly psyched to have a casual place of their own after years of working in “fine dining” kitchens including Chez Panise, Spago and Postrio. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous
699 22nd Street
(between Illinois St & 3rd St)
San Francisco, CA 94107
Daily 11:30AM-8:00PM
Kids Cone or Single Scoop $2.50
Double Scoop $3.50
Chocolate peanut butter malt balls $7.99/lb