Vic's Ice Cream, Sacramento

Vic's Ice Cream (est. 1947) is a restaurant located in the Land Park neighborhood of Sacramento. Best known for its ice cream, Vic's also serves sandwiches and other menu items. Vic's has maintained much the same atmosphere that it had when the store opened in 1947. The black and white checkered floor tiles, tight blue jeans and tucked-in shirts worn by employees as well as the menu items all date back to the store's inception during the Truman administration. Vic's carries 29 standard flavors of ice cream, and during the year several seasonal flavors become available. Each year Vic's is contracted to produce three gallons of garlic ice cream for the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California; this flavor is otherwise unavailable. Vic's is a favorite dining location of life-long Land Park residents and California gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides, who was known for not tipping his servers well.