Summer Santa Cruz, 2013 Vol. XXIX | Page 28

LOCAL LEGENDS Marianne's 1020 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz , (831) 458-1447 www.lovemariannes.com Marianne's is the grande dame of Santa Cruz ice cream, offering scoops, shakes, and sundaes at its shop since 1958. Marianne's serves 75 flavors at any given time, including black licorice, macapuno (baby coconut) and the signature 1020 (fudge-swirled caramel ice cream laced with Oreos). The company supplies ice cream to more than 200 restaurants throughout the Bay Area, and to more than 70 special events. (For instance, Marianne's makes the garlic ice cream available at the Gilroy Garlic Festival and San Francisco's The Stinking Rose restaurant. Squeamish readers should note that it is only available by special order.) Diehard fans can get t