Cameron's: One Magnificent Malted

When Cameron's ice cream parlor reopened this winter at Southport and Diversey (they had previously been at Pine Grove and Diversey, then had been gone for a while), I hoped they would survive the winter so that we could make a walk there a regular summer night ritual. Well, they did, and last night was the perfect night for our inaugural visit. I had a chocolate malt that I can only describe as the Platonic ideal of chocolate malts. Not too sweet, not too chocolately, the perfect amount of maltiness--all flavors ideally balanced. When something tastes so good, normal notions of satiety go out the window; there could have been no amount of it which would have not left me wanting more of it. It was a beautiful experience.

The corner doesn't get as much foot traffic as the old location, so I hope they do well enough there. There were customers in there when we walked in, and customers coming in when we walked out, but no wait to get waited on. Of course, that's a good thing for us customers, as long as it's good enough for Cameron's to flourish.

I'm hoping that the one-mile round trip walk from our house to Cameron's and back consumes exactly the number of calories in a chocolate malt or hot fudge sundae.

Cameron's Delight
1401 W. Diversey
773 472 1430

riddlemay wrote:I'm hoping that the one-mile round trip walk from our house to Cameron's and back consumes exactly the number of calories in a chocolate malt or hot fudge sundae.

Although exact numbers will vary depending on a number of variables, on average walking burns about 100 calories /mile, so you'd probably need to walk that route about a dozen times to come out even.Wishful thinking indeed.

Glad to hear this place is worth checking out. I'll have to give the malt a shot.

Has anyone tried their sandwiches? They advertise a philly cheesesteak in their window.

Ralph Wiggum wrote:Glad to hear this place is worth checking out. I'll have to give the malt a shot.

Has anyone tried their sandwiches? They advertise a philly cheesesteak in their window.

Yes, though not the cheesesteak, I had a cheeseburger and it looked just like a Wendy's burger when I saw them prepping it and tasted much worse. Stick with the ice cream, I had an apple sundae of some sort that was really good.