Pints of Joy
This Sunnyvale parlor churns egg-free, small-batch ice cream in Indian flavors, malai kulfi to gulab jamun to falooda, and stays open until midnight on weekends.
Why go
The founders tell their own story on the site: they were making ice cream at home for family, lost their jobs when Covid hit, and opened the shop instead, mommypreneurs
in their word.1 The line is made without eggs across the board, in small batches.1 The shop case does the talking: alphonso mango, malai and pistachio kulfi, gulab jamun, falooda, chili lime guava, pints from $13.50.2 The parlor pours tasters, scoops, flights and pints.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the malai kulfi, or gulab jamun if you want the dessert and the ice cream in one cup.2
- Order: chili lime guava when the classics feel safe.2
- Avoid: expecting custard richness. No eggs anywhere in the line, by design.1
Good to know
- Hours: Monday 2-10pm, Tuesday to Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday and Saturday 11am to midnight, Sunday 11am-10:30pm.1
- Three doors: the site header lists Sunnyvale, Fremont and Palo Alto; this is the Sunnyvale one Jeff saved.2
Verdict
listed — Two founders who lost their jobs in Covid scaled a home freezer into this parlor, and their own telling of it is the best thing on file. The flavor list does the arguing, kulfi both ways, gulab jamun, a chili lime guava for range, and the whole line skips eggs by design. Nobody outside the shop has judged the scoops, so their account is what places it.