B J&#x27;s Ice Cream Parlor

I wish the customer service was a little bit more friendly, and a little more smiley, like most…read moreother places in the area. Other than that, the ice cream was the best ice cream I've ever had in my life and my mom loved the truffles I got her. I got some saltwater taffy too, and a magnet. If I'm ever up in this area, I would definitely be stopping by again.

We just ate lunch at Luna Sea next door and was looking for a sweet treat. Topper's ice cream and…read morecandy had some ice cream I knew the kids would enjoy. They also had chocolate and taffy, which my daughter got a small bag of their cotton candy salt water taffy. We ordered some ice cream for the kids, cotton candy, and by then there was a long line of people behind us. There were two teenagers working and the one helped us get the ice cream and check us out. The kids ate some of the cotton candy ice cream but didn't finish it all. May have been too cold and windy outside to enjoy it since that was the only place to eat it. I thought it was creamy and sweet but nothing special. I got the huckleberry cheese cake and wish there was more cheesecake pieces in it. My husband found me one good piece to try and it just wasn't enough.

11.24.23 Mudslide

Salt water taffy

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B J's Ice Cream Parlor

3.6(63 reviews)

1.7 mi

Sept 2026 Really…read morenice mom and pop ice cream shop along the river. They sell ice cream, fudge, taffy and milk shakes. Servers were super friendly. Place was always crowded. They take credit card and cash. Thanks!

The ice cream wasn't very good. It seemed overpriced for the quality of the ice cream. Our server…read morealso had dirty hands. However, he was very nice.

Bing cherry, junior scoop

Oregon Trail, Bing Cherry, Huckleberry and topped with Cascade Mountain Blackberry.

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Large taffy selection...this is only about 1/4 of the flavors available.

Bj's Ice Cream

3.6(44 reviews)

22.1 mi

I had the most delicious peanut butter chocolate ice cream with some kind of mysterious crunch…read moreinside. It was out of this world! The kids working in the store were so perfect because they love their customers and tourists. I could hear it in enthusiastic voices

We were visiting the coast on a cold and dreary day so I was a little hesitant to get my kids ice…read morecream. However, the warmth of the store was so nice and the tables provided shelter from the cold wind. The girls got cotton candy ice cream which was pink with bits of color. Through our whole trip there have been varying colors of cotton candy so a pure pink one was interesting. My oldest wasn't a fan of the ice cream probably due to the lack of a blue pink color even though I thought it was very on point. I did a sample taste of butterbrickle which I wasn't a fan of but had to try due to the odd name. The girl working behind the counter was the only one there and she was nice. The shop also sells fudge, saltwater taffy, sweaters, and hand bags. The sweaters are a great idea if you thought coming to the coast would be warm. Parking lot is on the pier and there was plenty available while we were there.

July 2025

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July 2025

Bay Creamery

5.0(1 review)

22.0 mi

Now called Face Rock Creamery, the cheese was delicious! They also have ice cream which is…read morephenomenal. For 1.50 I got a two scoops the size of my fists! I hope they move to the bay area like tillamook did.

JillyBeanz

4.9(11 reviews)

29.9 mi

Cute little ice cream shop. All of the flavors we picked (10 adults and kiddos) were delicious!…read moreOne server, but she was so nice and polite, and FAST! There was a short line when we arrived, but we were in and out in less than 10 minutes. *No seating* so we sat across the street overlooking the beach behind the shop. Great experience! We all enjoyed!

Must be the states smallest cream stand. Delicious…read morechocolate and vanilla after a great mexican meal next door. Big Scoops included.

Afagatto

The fudge, after I snuck a few bites on my drive home.

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The Local Scoop

4.7(30 reviews)

44.6 mi

The ice cream here is some of the best I have had. They give you big scoops to for the price being…read morea little on the high side. But I think it's well worth it because it's so good and creamy. We had to wait a little while to get ours because the poor guy was all by himself and it really got busy. Outside or inside seating. Oh and they have this really nest platform with wheels that can move in front of the ice cream displays for kids to be high enough to see in to the ice cream choices. That was so cool and very considerate of children.

The size of scoop is well worth the price! The ice cream is creamy and delicious. People were lined…read moreup and kept coming. Service is fast and employees are friendly. Sorry, no photo... I ate it too fast!

Pup Cups back in stock!!! Peanut Butter or Vanilla flavors

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BJs ice cream

4.1(101 reviews)

44.8 mi

So delicious! The service was very quick and nice! I'd recommend the coconut crunch ice cream if…read morethey have it; soooo good

We had already had an excellent salted caramel scoop from their place in Florence. So we stopped by…read moretheir Newport location and found that it was a totally different experience. When we walked in the man behind the counter told us that one of the two coolers was not available and we had to choose ice cream from the remaining cooler. And unfortunately, their salted caramel tub was empty. We both chose a scoop of butter brickle. While the ice cream was rich, there weren't many crunchy bits. We also decided to buy some salt water taffy. From the picture, you'll see that many of the slots were empty, and there were only 11 flavors to choose from. It seemed like this location wasn't keeping their inventory in stock. As a result, we won't be returning.

Chocolate ice cream with Reese's pieces sauce.

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Scoops Handmade Ice Cream

4.3(100 reviews)

42.0 mi

WOW! WOW! WOW! So happy we saw the sign and stopped in to…read moretry. LOVE this place!! It's so RARE to have homemade delicious ice cream shop at this level these days. We were pleasantly surprised and very happy with all the excellent ingredients used to make the ice cream instead of a butch of food coloring and junky ingredients. They have a list of ingredients for all the flavors. We were so happy to have the butter fat linger on our lips like REAL ice cream should taste like. Just absolutely delicious!!! The service was also excellent! Cute little shop! If we didn't have to limit our sugar intake we would eat this everyday!!!

Im giving a 4 star because the people working were the absolute best! The inside is so cute and…read moremakes you feel like you're in an original ice cream shop. The ice cream was ok. The waffles cones are made in house and they are probably the best cones I have ever had, but the actual ice cream was a little on the icey side, they made all their flavors in house and have a ton of options. Im my opinion, if they could use a higher fat cream in their product it would make the flavor 100x better, I missed the creaminess. It was definitely a fun experience and the cones were amazing, but with the cost and flavor, I might hit the DQ up the street in the future.

Cheesecake Ice Cream

Wildflower honey, lavender and basil ice cream

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Egg waffle cone with fireweed and honey lavender scoops. Delicious!!!

SubZero Swirlz

4.2(32 reviews)

44.5 mi

Came in here for some froyo today with my boyfriend. We liked that they offered samples of the…read moreflavors and had a pretty large selection of toppings. Although, they did not have rainbow sprinkles which was disappointing since those are my favorite. Employees were friendly. Tables inside to sit.

This is an adorable little yogurt place I really like it. I usually stop in here every now and then…read moreand get the sugar-free yogurt just a little bit because yogurt can be quite fattening and sugary but it's really good here. The girl that works there's always sweet and it's next to the big five so when I go into Big five I go here.

FroYo zone 12/15/23

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Delicious esquites to go 12/15/23

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Eugene H.

4 months ago

Yummy! Such good icecream and a pretty dang big selection too! Have had a few different scoopers help us out there and while not unfriendly or unhelpful, some could probably work on their customer service skills a little bit. To be expected though as they've all seemed to be ummm high-school aged? Again, not a problem, everybody has got to have a first job somewhere and the local icecream spots as good as any, buuuut keep your head in the game as they say and leave outside of work stuff- you guessed it-Outside of work! Though if you were to be absent minded at work anywhere, scooping icecreams just about the safest place that could happen with the lowest chance of catastrophic human error due to distraction... oh no! I burned another waffle cone! Lol. Keep it up yall! Really I mean it. Will be returning to have my scoop needs met. Hahaha. As an aside, kind of an odd quirk, but they also have a pretty wide selection of purses on offer there as well. And candy..... Ummmm read more

Alice H.

141

5 years ago

Their pistachio almond has the right amount of munch without being too sweet! Two thumbs up.

Kelly M.

196

6 years ago

Mint chip all day! It's like none you've had before and it's so worth it! Thank me later!

Debby A.

420

287

12 years ago

Overpriced and the ice cream was very soft. Almost melted...

Al H.

10 years ago

Ice cream was fine but milkshake ($6.50) seemed overpriced.

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