Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream Cafe

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There's hardly a destination restaurant in town that doesn't feature a Sebastian Joe's handmade ice-cream choice on its dessert menu. But even the most jaded tablehopper gets dazzled at the source. Danza di Limone is ethereal lemon ice cream with almond slivers. Pavarotti is an inspired combination of caramel, banana, and chocolate chip. Chocolate amaretto, raspberry chocolate chip, passionfruit sorbet: Each flavor at Sebastian Joe's reflects ambition and sophistication, and each cone is a frozen swoon. There's also a full coffee bar, a counter full of baked goods, and a menu offering shakes, floats, waffle cones--in short, everything.

Cuisine(s): Cafe, Ice Cream

Price: $

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa
Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Snack Food

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

2011 | Best Ice Cream Flavor

The Twin Cities is blessed with more amazing ice cream shops than anyone not from these cold parts would think possible: Izzy's, Crema Café/Sonny's, Pumphouse Creamery, and Grand Ole Creamery. But this year, plaudits go to Sebastian Joe's for... More >
2007 | BEST ICE CREAM PARLOR

Sebastian Joe's is the perfect place to go for ice cream and sympathy. They understand that one's evening companions might have aged out of late-night ice cream runs, and so they also offer coffee shop treats by the dozen. They know subzero... More >
2000 | BEST ICE CREAM PARLOR

From the basic (chocolate) to the creative (Pavarotti--caramel, banana, chocolate chip) to the strange (roasted garlic chocolate chip), Sebastian Joe's is your can't-miss choice for freshly made ice cream. With about 20 assorted flavors offered... More >
2000 | BEST PLACE TO GET DUMPED

The stark lighting at Sebastian Joe's will illuminate your response--recalcitrant, guilt-inducing, whatever the situation inspires. Once the exchange is over, the atmosphere will remind you what's really important. Little girls in patent leather... More >

City Pages Reviews and News

Sebastian Joe's ice cream goes kosher

By Michelle Bruch | Fri, July 2, 2010

?Starting this month, about 90 percent of Sebastian Joe's ice cream flavors will sport a "K" for kosher. There are separate kosher scoopers, bona fide kosher ingredients, and special kosher pr More >
Surly beer ice cream at Sebastian Joe's: Here's the scoop

By Michelle Bruch | Thu, July 1, 2010

Don't expect to get a buzz from Surly Bender ice cream. Sebastian Joe's debuted the flavor last spring, and the company cooks off the alcohol right at the start. Co-owner Mike Pellizzer said More >
Karlen's Karma

By Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl | Wed, May 07, 2003

Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream Cafe 1007 Franklin Ave W., 612.870.0065 In a world where the remarkable often goes unremarked, where history flits through with as much moment as a spider slipping under a sill, where unknowing and unseeing are too o... More >

User Reviews

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Kita3

| Sat, February 05, 2011

Their creamy creations of deliciousness keep me coming back no matter what the temp outside is.

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tranbybarrelracing

| Thu, September 23, 2010

I love the walking oreo? yummy!

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Beth Anne

| Fri, July 16, 2010

I have been a regular for over 10 years!!

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Joe799

| Mon, May 17, 2010

I ate roasted garlic ice cream here once. It sucked, but all the other flavors are amazing.

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JillianS1

| Thu, May 06, 2010

This has been my favorite ice cream place for at least 15 years. The best flavors of ice cream in the Twin Cities. I recommend the Pavarotti, Oreo, Raspberry Chocolate Chip, Key Lime, or Mango. Not the best waffle cones, but the ice cream makes up for it. And they're open late! Bonus.

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Main Menu

Homemade Ice Cream And Ice Cream Treats

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Pies (oreo Or Turtle)

Joe Brr Bars (oreo Ice Cream Dipped In Swiss Chocolate)

Homemade Dipped Cones:

Coconut, Heath Bar, Almond,

Swiss Chocolate And Butterfinger

Baked Goods Fresh Daily
Muffins, Scones, Cookies And Croissants Are Baked Fresh Daily. Mouth Watering Doughnut Varieties Also Tempt From Out Bakery Cases.

Other Baked Goodies Include:
ventura bar (your traditional 7-layer bar) kristine’s turtle bar (a favorite dessert bar developed by the owners’ sister) mom’s homemade biscotti (also a family recipe, in plain and chocolate)

Selected Food Items
our franklin store also carries a selection of cold sandwiches and our linden hills store carries delicious soup and chill in the fall and winter months.

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1007 W. Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55405

612-870-0065 | Website

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