Hans' Homemade Ice Cream

An Orange County classic, Hans' churns everything at their original Santa Ana creamery and scoops it right here in Pacific City: old-school, homemade, and rich in the way chain ice cream never quite manages.

The classics are the move here: a proper scoop of something chocolate, a cone you have to walk slowly with, and a pup cup if you brought the dog. This is ice cream from before ice cream had marketing.

Steps from our door, it settles the eternal post-haircut question: yes, you have earned a scoop. On a hot day the full package is a summer buzz cut and a cone eaten in the shade, which is beach-day maintenance solved.