"It's not scientific, but I'd say about a third that came in were first-time visitors, " says Ms. Lustmann, who opened Sweet Crush Ice Bar in Los Angeles last August after working for about 10 years as an attorney.

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The ice cream is light, sweet and flavourful, the perfect accompaniment to the often-intense Cuban heat, and comes with a vanilla wafer-like cookie.

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Even the oddest of the flavours tastes as sweet and creamy as ice cream should and has a gelato-like consistency.

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Mr and Mrs Miscellaneous (699 22nd Street, 415-970-0750), opened in 2010, lures sweet tooths with homemade ice-cream in flavours like its signature Ballpark, a mix of roasted peanuts, chocolate-covered pretzels and locally-brewed beer, Anchor Steam.

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Its devotees are like members of the U.S. Ski team in the late 1970s, a hardy bunch that grew up carving turns on the rutted ice of eastern mountains and later flourished on the sweet powder of the destination resorts out west.

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Mix equal parts Campari, sweet vermouth (the red one) and gin, and serve over ice with a strip of orange zest.

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Classic local cafes like The Garage serve Batroun's renowned sweet-and-tart lemonade, made from the local citrus harvest and served ice-cold.

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