Order: Pear & blue cheese + seasonal flight $6.50/scoop
Portland import with monthly flavor drops and a legit vegan flight. Free tastings, no attitude.
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Near Coronado
Coronado doesn't have a ice cream spot worth a special trip. The closest picks locals drive to are Salt & Straw in Little Italy + Del Mar and An's Dry Cleaning / Sprinkles in Little Italy — here's what to order and what you'll pay.
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Quick answer: Nothing notable in Coronado itself — closest picks: Salt & Straw, An's Dry Cleaning / Sprinkles, The Baked Bear.
Portland import with monthly flavor drops and a legit vegan flight. Free tastings, no attitude.
Ice cream sandwiches with warm brookies, snickerdoodles, and rotating cookies. Line moves; portions are dessert-for-two.
Pick two cookies, one ice cream, roll it in toppings. Late-night PB staple; open until midnight on weekends.
Liquid nitrogen ice cream in a spiraled puff pastry cone. Instagram bait that's actually dense and good.
Silky European-style gelato with nut-free and vegan sorbet options.
The best ice cream shops sell out of popular flavors by mid-afternoon on weekends.
Salt & Straw's monthly flavor drop and vegan flight are both worth tracking.
PB is the late-night dessert neighborhood — The Baked Bear and Hammond's are open past 10.
Farmers markets are a cheat code for Viva Pops paletas and rotating micro-makers.
If you want gelato, Bobboi in La Jolla/UTC and Chocolat Cremerie in Hillcrest are the top picks.
From Coronado, the shortest hop for ice cream is Salt & Straw in Little Italy + Del Mar — worth combining with other errands in that direction.
Not in Coronado itself — nothing there ranks among the county's best ice cream. The closest picks are Salt & Straw, An's Dry Cleaning / Sprinkles, The Baked Bear, starting with Salt & Straw in Little Italy + Del Mar.
Salt & Straw in Little Italy + Del Mar. Order the Pear & blue cheese + seasonal flight, priced $6.50/scoop. Portland import with monthly flavor drops and a legit vegan flight. Free tastings, no attitude.
Expect $6.50/scoop to $8 per person at the closest ice cream spots. Prices are current for 2026.
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