Oh Yeah! Vegan ice cream in Pittsburgh

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When a local vegan was asked if she had been to Oh Yeah! Ice Cream & Coffee Co.

in East Liberty, her immediate, automatic response was, " Ohhhh yeahhhh!, "

laughing at herself as she realized what she said.

 

Fellow vegans: If you have not yet heard, there is now a place in Pittsburgh

that sells vegan ice cream. Not Italian ice, not sorbet, but actual, genuine ice

cream made with soy milk.

 

Oh Yeah! has a very cute, progressive, and stylish set up that is reminiscent of

such local coffee shops as Quiet Storm and The Beehive. It's the type of place

you can happily relax and hang out in for a few hours while you write that paper

or discuss local politics.

 

And it's true–they do have vegan ice cream, and several flavors at that

including the traditional chocolate and vanilla as well as the

not-so-traditional chocolate chip cookie dough, coffee, and green tea. But what

makes Oh Yeah! stand out from other ice cream shops (as if offering vegan ice

cream is not enough) is its huge, long list of available toppings and mixings

you can get with your ice cream. Reading over this crazy list, which is written

on a giant chalk board, causes many Oh Yeah! visitors to laugh out loud. In

addition to such stand-bys as sprinkles, coconut, nuts, cookies, and chocolate

sauce, the items on the menu go from the truly strange (Cookie Crisp cereal,

Fruit Loops, figs, gummi bears) to outlandish (Wasabi peas? love?) to beyond

bizarre, like bacon. I don't know who in their right mind would ever order ice

cream with bacon sprinkled on top but I suppose there are stranger people in the

world.

 

Ice cream can come in a vegan waffle cone(!) or a cup. It is worth noting that

the plastic cups the ice cream is put in have a pretty cute design on them of a

neighborhood street of sidewalk shops, and it seems pretty wasteful to throw

them away, so hold onto them once your ice cream is gone, and you have some nice

new drinking cups for home.

 

The chocolate vegan ice cream slides down your throat like smooth chocolate

velvet. When you pair it up with Cocoa Puffs cereal or Hydrox cookie crumbles,

it is pure chocolate bliss. A cup of Oh Yeah!'s coffee with soymilk to go with

your ice cream makes the experience complete, and their coffee is amongst the

best ever tasted. They also offer vegan waffles as well and rumor has it they

are incredible.

 

Oh Yeah! has late hours and are open till midnight on Friday and Saturday and 10

every day of the week including Sunday, which is a rarity in Pittsburgh. Do

yourself a favor and visit Oh Yeah! as soon as you can and then you too will be

dazedly crooning, " Ohhhh yeahhhh " .

 

For more info: Oh Yeah! Ice Cream & Coffee Co., 232 S. Highliand Ave.,

Pittsburgh, 412.253.0955