A box of Green Giant corn is hiding somewhere on a wall covered in toys, and finding it is half the fun of ordering dessert. From the parking lot, this New Mexico ice cream shop looks like any storefront in a busy strip center.
Step inside, though, and you get a scoop shop, a toy museum, and a treasure hunt all in one room. It is the kind of spot that makes a simple sweet tooth turn into a whole afternoon.
A Storefront Surprise on Carlisle Boulevard
Albuquerque drivers cruising Carlisle Boulevard NE pass this spot every day, and plenty of them never guess what waits inside. I Scream Ice Cream sits at 2000 Carlisle Blvd NE, Suite F, tucked into a Northeast Heights shopping strip near cell phone repair and everyday errands.
Visitors often say the outside gives no hint of the treasure within. One guest who had lived in Albuquerque her whole life admitted she had never stopped in until recently, and her first visit left her amazed…