Dar’s Double Scoop

Good people. Family freindly environment. Two thumbs up!

This place is so cute and has great food! The staff is really friendly and greeted us as we walked in. I got the German dog which was so good! They also have ice cream here. The perfect little shop to get a quick bite to eat.

A family-​friendly Saint Paul staple with delicious pizza, dogs, and of course, ICE CREAM!
I personally don’t have experience with the pizza or dogs, but it seems like everyone ordering before us always loves their food. Maybe I’ll update my review once we’ve sampled the savory stuff!
Do you want to sample every single flavor they have? Just ask! They’re friendly and willing to help you have the best frozen dairy experience possible. Lots of delicious flavors available from good quality, traditional favorites to more exotic, trendy flavors like White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl and Birthday Cake.
My go-​to order is a two-​scoop in either a bowl or cone (no extra for a waffle cone!) You can mix and match flavors at no additional cost too.
Dine in, take out, or sit outside at the adorable side patio. Love this Rice Street joint!
(P.S. Grab a sub or sandwich next door and then walk right through to grab your dessert!)

I’m in absolute love with this place. With all the choices I get and how much I get for the price I pay. Of course, if you get ice cream at a store, it might cost cheaper than here, but the flavors and everything is amazing. I love how it has this old-​fashioned diner look to it. Can’t wait to go back to dars!

Really nice people. My son and daughter in law go here regularly. We all liked the ice cream varieties we had. The rum cherry was excellent and my wife really liked the coconut.

What a warm, friendly, cozy ice cream parlor/​pizza place! The owner and his assistant (son maybe?) made us feel so welcome and unrushed, even though we came in with a big group ½ hour before closing and the kids took forever to order, insisting on sampling every flavor. The portions are huge and the prices so reasonable — we’d have paid a lot more at Dairy Queen for a much less personal experience. We can’t wait to go back to try the pizza and just hang out at this wonderful little place.

I love how warm the owner is and how friendly he is to you when you first walked in. I would recommend this place to anyone who loves good foods for a good price. I order the pizza and it was good for a local, small business.

I fell in love with Dars when I was a Rice Street Festival ambassador 5 years ago. Kevin, the owner, is the most giving, humble man ever. Not to mention, the ice cream choices are SUPER delicious and options plentiful! My personal favorites are the white chocolate raspberry and cake and ice cream. I brought my fiancé there for the first time recently and he agreed that it was the best! The prices are also SUPER reasonable (much better than other corporate options). I highly recommend Dars!

That’s it, I love it.
Such a wonderful neighborhood, family owned place. The 2 guys behind the counter (one older, one teenager) were so patient and nice to my kids as they went back and forth between flavor after flavor. They gave them samples of each one. When they were told they could have a scoop of two different flavors they went nuts.
Portions are big. Price is low. I would say 30 or so different flavors. It may not be homemade like the Grand Old Creamery but it is Brown’s ice cream and it was very, very good. Root beer float ice cream? Oh yeah, you got me hooked.
The décor is similar to that 50’s theme. It could use a little sprucing up. The vents on the ceiling are a bit nasty. There are plenty of booths and tables.
This place is just a great little ice cream shop. We didn’t try the food so I can’t speak to that. On a warm summer day this place just can’t be beat.

Favorite ice cream place because they have my fave flavor: rum cherry! Definitely go and support local business!

Fun neat place. I love local places like these for ice cream and other small foods. We would typically bike to this place during the summer nights and grab some ice cream. The ice cream here is great! A local treat!

Good for the value. They are very direct and more robotic in their customer service.

I love this place! The portion is perfect and the price is decent. I love sampling their ice cream!!! They have so many flavors!!!
They also offer other food there like hot dogs and pizza. The place is kind of small but you can just order a to go.

Great ice cream, but the chocolate shakes are the best! The owner is very cool and chill.

Dar’s is a pretty great ice cream joint that’s only blocks from my house but somehow I only made here for the first time a few days ago… what’s taken me so long?! Well, I guess I know, I have been infatuated with Izzy’s for months and haven’t dreamed of looking at another ice cream shop in the mean time, but hell, it’s so close and has such an adorable hot dog man statue outside! What’s not to love?
The prices are low and you get so much for what you pay for… hint: you really only need to order a «small» because a medium and large cone is MONSTEROUS. Their small is like a large, trust me. Anyway, for $ 2 and some change I got a «small» cake cone of Root Beer ice cream topped with a scoop of Rum Cherry; it was fabulous. hint: they let you mix and match flavors! A dream for the indecisive airheads out there like myself. I believe my boyfriend got the French Silk Pie flavor and was quite fond of it as well.
They have quite a massive selection of flavors for a small shop with cheap prices, I would definitely recommend it if you’re in the North End area.

I’ve been going here for a year now and have never had problems with the service (from the owner to their employees; everyone has been really great!!)
This is a little ice cream shop in a sketchy neighborhood (according to friends but what do I know? If the food’s great and the service is great… sketchy isn’t really an issue) this is also connected to a pizza place that they have next door.
The selection of ice cream was impressive considering that the prices were fairly cheap. I would highly recommend the Sea Salt Caramel and Black Walnut.

I love Dar’s. They have great ice cream, a 50’s old school décor, their staff is über friendly AND their prices are cheap! For less than $ 2 you can have a huge amount of ice cream and a waffle cone. They let you sample the ice cream. They have had an annual car show in the summer for about the last 3 years.
I love this neighborhood hangout. I go there with friends and family. Plus they are right across the street from the Rice Street Library and the Park, two of my favorite places. You can read a good book, enjoy a game, and get ice cream… sigh can it get any better!