Rita’s Italian Ice

Seriously the prices are awesome!!! A family of four with a big order each is less then $ 15
For ice cream! And it’s gooooood custard!!!

As soon as the weather gets warm, I get very excited to go to Rita’s. this location is not ideal– in a strip mall– but I really love Rita’s and this is the closest one to me. The staff are young girls in High school or college and for the most part they are peppy and cute.
They have 2 picnic tables and a few benches outside– so if it is crowed be prepared to eat it in your car or stand. The flavors are generally good, but you cant go wrong with cherry. Root beer tastes good, and I have tried other ones — mango is particularly good, but somehow I always think cherry is what I wanted when i don’t order it. They will blend custard into the ice with cookies — called a blendini. I have liked that with lemon ice and nilla wafers. Generally, though I would say get cherry vanilla gelati. It is the best thing that they offer and it is always good.
Look for coupons– they are always available in the mail.

I love Rita’s. I have been to many of their locations. It sucks that they closed down the Westfield location. It was great to just walk around and window shop while having a Rita’s Italian Ice. But if you are looking for fun on a summer night, go to Rita’s, I get a hot fudge sundae, sit in my car in the parking lot, close, but not too close to the serving windows. with the windows down, and eavesdrop on all the conversations. I know, it is stupid fun, but my friends and I always have some laughs.

I love this place and make it my mission to get a cream ice every time i’m in Berkeley Heights. My only problem is the variety, it seems to have dwindled over the years. No worries, mint chocolate chip is always available and it’s my goto order.

Rita is open again!
I miss the cantaloupe shaved ice but it seems like they are not having it back again so far this year. We came around 9pm and they ran out of shaved ice so they us two free shaved iced coupon just because!!! They have a small outdoor seating area which can get quite busy with highschool kids hanging around. Definitely a nice thing to have for the neighborhood.

Going to Ritas is a new family tradition. My son looks forward to going there and we love the mango ice and vanilla ice custard. They have a couple of covered tables in front to eat at or you can just sit on a curb like many do.
The kids who work there are always well mannered as are the customers.

I remember trying this when I was in the Military and on temporary assignment at Ft. Dix, NJ. When I found out they had one nearby my hometown, I had to try.
This place has (in my opinion) THE BEST ices I’ve ever had. My favorite is Cherry, mixed with vanilla soft cream. I ‘ve tried Mango, Orance, Lemon and Pineapple, all are also excellent. But I have a weakness for Cherry. I actually asked about opening a franchise here in San Francisco, but they told me the business is seasonal, and that the supply logistics can’t support year round operations.

1 word — YUMMY! This place is awesome! I’m from California and never had custard before. WOW! I had a gelati with vanilla custard and mango ice. It was very very good. My daughter had chocolate and absolutely loved it too
Bring a Ritas to San Diego. .PLEASE!!!