Ben & Jerry's

Ben & Jerry's from the outside

Location

500 1st Street, in the Davis Commons

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 11:30am to 11:00pm

Friday: 11:30am to 12:00am

Saturday: 11:00am to 12:00am

Sunday: 11:00am to 10:00pm

Phone

(530)756-5964 (Cake orders need a 24 hour notice)

Official website

Local Website

Company Website

Is there anything better for dealing with the hot summer weather in Davis than a delicious Ben & Jerry's ice cream or frozen yogurt sundae in a freshly baked waffle cone? No, there isn't!! Which is why some of us are very disturbed to hear that B&J will be leaving. Tragically, the store's last day in Davis will be February 22, 2012.

And even if it ain't a hot summer day it is a proven fact that ice cream in the cold makes you feel more comfortable to the temperature. Just like drinking something hot in the summer makes you feel better. Although Ben & Jerry's also offers hot chocolate, apple cider, and coffee in the winter. And if its raining the scooper may be willing to give you some free hot fudge.

Ben & Jerry's also offers ice cream cakes and they require 24 hours advance notice.

They have Fair Trade Certified^TM Vanilla, Coffee, and Chocolate Ice Creams, and several other flavors with a social conscience. This scoop Shop was opened in 1997 and was originally owned by Max Gitnick and Michael Gale of Ben & Jerry's of California, based out of Manhattan Beach. It was sold in 2005 to Sam Hensley of Concord based Uptown 33, and since 2009 the Davis franchise location is owned by Roger Kaufman of the NYSF Partners, based out of San Francisco. In the year 2000, Ben & Jerry's became a subsidiary of Unilever but their original social mission has continued to be part of the company's practices.

And that ice cream sure can get scooped in a real wild fashion. Look at GavinJensen toss it up in the air and catch it. Don't try this at home folks.

• Every third wednesday of the month Ben & Jerry's gives 40 percent of its total sales to a charity.
  

• They hold an annual Free Cone Day, as well as Vermonster Challenge. The first team of four to finish a Vermonster wins free ice cream for a year!

Oh yeah, and in addition to scoops, cookies, brownies, smoothies and milkshakes; Ben & Jerry's also makes cakes. Look at RobRoy show off one of his designs.

A note from the Owner, Sam:
Dear Valued & Future Davis Customers,

We at Ben & Jerry's want to be your ice cream shop.We have committed ourselves to providing an outstanding customer experience and inventive ways to give back to the community. As part of that commitment we are listening to you, the customer. Every spring we take part in a survey, a survey that gives us your insights and opinions. As a result last year, we adjusted our portion size to give you more ice cream. This year your major concern was our price. Since we will never stop listening to our customer, we hereby will lower the price of our most popular menu item- the small scoop- to be the best value in Davis. From now on, Ben & Jerry’s will have the lowest everyday ounce-for-ounce small scoop of any ice cream parlor in Davis. We will also match any parlor’s everyday portion price in town. We hope this will allow you to visit more often, and if you do, this lowest price guarantee will be a staple on our menu.
We truly enjoy scooping for you and being a part of your community.
Hope to see you soon.

Ben & Jerry's has a lot of crazy cones that you can chose to eat your ice cream with, as you can see AlishaIsrael modeling

Video

Rob Roy, a manager and cake decorator for this scoop shop between September 2002 and March 2009, exhibits his scoop-tossing skills: video

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The best ice cream in town, but unfortunately pricey. Much more impressive than taking your date to Baskin Robbins, though. Going to Baskin Robbins I can get cheap, uninteresting ice cream. At least at Ben & Jerry's I get something that tastes absolutely delicious. —PhilipNeustrom

Good stuff, especially considering how warm it gets in Davis during the summer - Plutos followed by B&J is good stuff. — EvanEdwards

I often have pregnant urges to eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream. SOOOO GROOOOD! (great + good!) KatieWillheim is the coolest ice cream scooper in aaaaall of DAVIS. YAAAAAY. —DorotheaChow

And if you really want to see some crazy then check out the Ben & Jerry's Vermonster.

2007-04-13 13:32:28   Very pricey, but for a really nice summer treat, get one of their lemonade/sorbet mixes. It's about half the size, twice the calories (and about the same price) as a regular Jamba juice, but sooo good. —AbbYu

2007-09-19 15:30:55   Since Rob Roy often rehearses his band in my garage, I think I should get free ice cream. —JamesJobe

2007-09-25 21:04:25   So rich....oh well.. when I need my fix, I go buy a pint at Nugget. —atwong

2010-03-31 00:14:32   This place has great ice cream, but it is too expensive. Also their cakes are not as well made as Baskin-Robbins. The cake decorator at BR, Sam, can do anything with a cake, she is much more creative. However, I do like the workers uniforms and the relaxed atmosphere of Ben and Jerrys and the fact that they are more friendly to the environment. —tneeley

2011-05-14 21:18:23   Brittney and her crew did a FABULOUS job on my birthday cake. They put a dragon on it! If you want an ice cream cake, they can probably do whatever you need. —RianAMcMurtry

2011-05-14 21:44:43   Its really great ice cream and the employees are very nice. But not worth the price. —Dozer

2011-11-03 18:07:53   Ben there. Bye, bye! —BruceHansen

2011-11-03 23:02:18   Such sad news about Whole Foods. Regardless of how this effects my old workplace, Whole Foods is better situated further from downtown (and further from the locally owned Co-op). —RobRoy

• I'm curious — what's the connection between Whole Foods coming in and Ben and Jerry's leaving? (if you're at liberty to say). —CovertProfessor
  

2011-11-22 21:46:40   the girl who was working tonight was awesome! super friendly. give that girl a raise! —RebelYell

2012-02-01 16:51:50   I've been a patron here since I was in undergrad...for a total of 6 years now I think. My recent visits since last year have been very disappointing. The portion you get for a small sized ice cream is now half of what's offered before, essentially doubling the price. The last time I went to get a milkshake I got only 80% of my cup filled, and the server told me that it has always been this way and it's company policy. I've bought ice cream here longer than that server has worked there, so I know that wasn't the case. I used to visit a lot more often, too bad. —winddolphin