History
For years, Kim Malek was dreaming about the creation of a community gathering place. One where you could run into neighbors, spend time with family, or treat yourself. A great neighborhood place. The answer was clearly an ice cream shop. Enter Tyler, her cousin who wanted in. But there was a catch: Neither had ever made ice cream before. Luckily, Tyler wasn't afraid of his rookie status. He spent $16 on four used ice cream makers and got to work, spending hours endlessly testing flavor ideas in his own personal Wonka-verse (a.k.a., Kim's basement). Meanwhile, Kim cashed in her savings and bought a cart. And then the two of them turned to their community, asking friends--chefs, chocolatiers, brewers and farmers--for advice, finding inspiration everywhere they looked. And that's how Salt & Straw came to be. Our ice cream gives you a moment of happiness and connection to the community around you.
Specialties
We make ice cream that's about more than ice cream. We make ice cream about the ingredients we use and the farms and artisans they come from. About how we cook and freeze and candy and sort and burn and smash and hand-drizzle and ribbon and spoon and sprinkle all of our ingredients in intriguing and unexpected ways.