Freeze Jag: Haymarket Delights
Posted by Warren Rojas / Sunday, August 28th, 2011
August is historically the steamiest, stickiest, sweatiest month of the year–brilliant move, Founding Fathers, building the nation’s capital on a swamp–in these parts. We’ve tracked down 31 frozen treats (one a day for the rest of this month) to provide you with some temporary, and often insanely delicious, relief.
The place: Haymarket Delights – 15111 Washington St., #113, Haymarket; 703-743-9730; www.haymarketdelights.com
The prescription: Some ice cream shops regard fruit as, at best, a topping or, at worst, an afterthought. Not Haymarket Delights. They’ve developed over two dozen “Tropi-Kool” smoothies featuring carefully considered premium ice cream –one attendant said she favors strawberry or raspberry hard pack for berry based beverages, but switches to mocha hard pack for javafied frozen drinks–soft serve, or not (non-dairy options abound). Our strawberry-pomegranate cooler did not disappoint, the fresh, tasty bits of real strawberry swimming up the straw during each protracted slurp while luscious pomegranate permeated every sip.
What was most surprising, though, were the non-dessert options. Turns out, Haymarket Delights is also a den of Mediterranean delicacies, turning out overstuffed Greek gyros, crunchy falafel sandwiches and savory spinach pies.
–Warren
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Keep tabs on the month long Freeze Jag trek here.
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