Swensen's Ice Cream

An experiment from an SFGate article by Bob Bragman.

The exterior of the original Swensen's Ice Cream in San Francisco. Earle Swensen opened his first ice cream parlor at the corner of Union and Hyde streets in 1948.

Exterior of Swensen's Ice Cream in San Francisco.

The interior of the Swensen's Ice Cream in San Francisco. Of the 150 flavors Mr. Swensen sold, vanilla was his favorite. "It was considered the hardest flavor to get just right," current owner Dick Campana explained to the Chronicle in 1996. "It's a flavor you can't mask. He appreciated that. He'd have a small cone of vanilla."

Address: 1999 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109, Phone:(415) 775-6818