After announcing its first-ever foray into the Golden State last June, Rainbow Cone, a 98-year-old ice cream outfit noted for its slice ice cream “scoops,” will finally open in Cypress on Friday, Feb. 14.
For the uninitiated, the ice cream stacks are created by slicing, rather than scooping, the ice cream into pieces and then layering them onto a cone using a rectangular handheld tool. This flat shape allows for a greater variety of flavors to be piled high, unlike traditionally spherical scoops, where anything beyond three scoops can take a precarious turn, as anyone who’s worked behind an ice cream counter can confirm.
Menu highlights at Rainbow Cone include its titular eight-ounce cone featuring five slices of chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House (vanilla with cherries and walnuts), pistachio and orange sherbet; Orange Dream (orange sherbet and vanilla slices), Chocolate Obsession (chocolate, peanut butter swirl, cookies and cream, and big muddy ice cream); and Cosmic Birthday Cake, a trippy, multi-hued cone with slices of Superman and birthday cake ice cream.
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Rainbow Cone also offers shakes, cakes, sundaes and mini doughnuts. Another sweet treat: The first 99 guests in line on opening day will receive a free Rainbow Cone.
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“I’ve loved this brand for as long as I can remember, and it’s such a dream to be a part of its historic expansion to California,” said Anne Hsiung, the franchise owner, who grew up in Chicago, said in a written release. “For me, opening Rainbow Cone is about more than just serving delicious ice cream to my friends and neighbors; it’s about bringing those people together to honor a tradition that’s been a big part of my life.”
Hsiung plans on opening two additional Rainbow Cone shops in the area at a later date.
After nearly a century in business, Rainbow Cone, now part of the Buona Companies restaurant group, announced in 2024 that it would expand nationally, with locations in California, Florida and Texas. Rainbow Cone first opened in 1926 by Joseph “Grandpa Joe” Sapp and his wife, Katherine in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood.
Find it: 9527 Valley View St., Cypress