Mother Moo

Located in the sleepy one-stoplight town of Sierra Madre, Mother Moo is one of the best places for classic ice cream in the San Gabriel Valley—a part of L.A. County that’s chock full of best-in-class ice cream shops. Locals stop in for root beer floats, milkshakes and ice cream in flavors like salty chocolate; peppermint stick; roasted banana; raw honey; and triple milk, which combines buttermilk, cream and nonfat milk. Owner Karen Klemens handcrafts her ice cream using local, seasonal produce and organic dairy, and you can really taste the difference in each bite. A newer line-up of dairy-free sorbets makes it easy for anyone who’s lactose intolerant to join in on the fun, and there’s homestyle pies, cakes and cookies—perfect for making into Mother Moo’s delicious ice cream sammies.