Sweet Joy's Ice Cream Bar (Lawrenceville, GA)

 178 E Crogan St Suite 100, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

 

 

After our disappointing dinner at Parkside District, we decide to get dessert somewhere else and find Sweet Joy's Ice Cream Bar as the highest rated dessert place nearby. It is in downtown Lawrenceville, at the lower end of a small mall, a bit tucked away. It quite spacious inside and also has outdoor seating.

 

 

The guys who work there are very friendly and clearly proud of the place. They sell homemade ice cream, but their main claim to fame seems to be "spiked" ice cream, i.e. ice cream with alcohol. We decide to go all out and order the "Puffle Waffle"($7.50), a kind of crossover between a waffle and a pancake, topped with two scoops of ice cream (we order Butter Pecan and Chocolate Chip, but get two scoops of Butter Pecan instead), whip cream, powder sugar, caramel and fudge, as well as two sweets toppings (we chose sprinkles and M&Ms). The pancake and ice cream are tasty, if not exceptional, but the combination is absolutely bingerific!

 

 

VERDICT: 87/100

This is a nice place with nice people. The ice cream is good, and the spiked ice  cream might be special, but the real winner is the bingerific Puffle Waffle!