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WHERE TO EAT The best Ice Cream Float in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Farley Elliott and 8 other food critics.
"It should come as no surprise that Bernstein and Starr set about making the city's most consistently delicious beer float, and putting it on their menu for all the world to see."
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Recommended by Liz Bomze and 5 other food critics.
"I'm gonna go ahead and say that The Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood makes the best root beer float anywhere."
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Recommended by Emily Teel and 3 other food critics.
"Two words for you if you’re after a float at Shake Shack: Purple. Cow. Frozen custard plus grape soda. The stuff of dreams to a ten year old, and also to you."
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Recommended by Amber McNaught and 21 other food critics.
"If you’re ever in Edinburgh, GO – because that was hands down the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had in my life."
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Recommended by Dining Chicago and 5 other food critics.
"Eleven City Diner has long been a temple of soda fountain-style treats. The gem of the menu is the root beer, available in two different cask-aged variations, which lend unique flavors and aromas to their respective floats."
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Recommended by Ian McNulty and 7 other food critics.
"Fall Restaurant Guide: Creole Creamery - Dad's cherry vanilla malt is flavored with bourbon and cherry preserves. Nectar soda is a traditional New Orleans float mixing almond and vanilla flavored nectar syrup with cream and a scoop of ice cream such as vanilla or Creole cream cheese."
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Recommended by Chelsea Karnash and 2 other food critics.
"There’s nothing like an egg cream or root beer float eaten at the counter, with the hubbub of Reading Terminal fading into the background."
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Recommended by Nancy Stiles and 3 other food critics.
"Over the past decade, The Fountain on Locust has become a St. Louis institution thanks to its art deco-inspired mural, hearty soups and indulgent ice cream concoctions. Top it off with an ice cream Martini or a sparkling rosé float before you head to the show."
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Recommended by Cathy Chaplin and 3 other food critics.
"Come to Fitz’s for the house special ice cream floats."
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Recommended by Carrie Dennis and 2 other food critics.
"This place has been standing for a century and will make a root beer float to rival the best of them with their own old-fashioned homemade ice cream."