Ed's Real Scoop

2224 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4E 1E9 Get directions »

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No roundup of Toronto ice cream shops would be complete without a nod to this perennial Beach favourite, where all-natural cool-ass flavours like burnt marshmallow, blueberry pie and Mercury espresso have drawn crowds since 2002. More recently, a Leslieville location (920 Queen E.) has joined the pack. more... See more text

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Glacier,

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Ice Cream,

Atmosphere

Casual,

Languages Spoken

English,

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2224 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4E 1E9

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Opening Hours *Holiday hours

Monday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Tuesday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Thursday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Friday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm
Sunday	11:30 am - 9:00 pm

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When Ed Francis, owner of Ed’s Real Scoop ice cream parlours, was stationed in East Asia in 1969, he and his homesick Peace-Corps buddies discovered an A&W stand in Okinawa. His friends devoured their hamburgers, while Ed ordered what he really missed — vanilla ice cream. Even if it was drowning in a glass of root beer, there was no way dairy-deprived Ed was going to pass up a chance to have ice cream.

During the ’50s, when Ed was a kid living in southern Ohio, his father went off to university and his mother found herself at home with five children and little money. “My mother is a great cook and has a sweet tooth. She would make candies, we had taffy pulls…She’d make fudge. We’d watch her and help, but it wasn’t real help, it was to keep the kids busy.” They also made ice cream — real ice cream with rock salt and ice in a wooden bucket with a handle cranked by Ed.

Now Ed lives in the Beaches, and since 2000, he’s been making sure that Torontonians have access to real, top-quality, fresh ice cream through Ed’s Real Scoop. Along with the original Beaches parlour, Ed has opened branches in Leslieville and Roncesvalles.

All of the ice cream is made with real stuff: real Belgian chocolate; real fresh strawberries; real brownies baked in store to make Beach Fudge Brownie ice cream; real bacon to make Maple Bacon Crunch ice cream; and real peanut butter fudge (from Ed’s mother’s real recipe) to make Peanut Butter Fudge Chocolate ice cream. And it’s all made fresh in small batches at each of the three locations.

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