Ice Cream Jubilee

This pint-size ice cream parlor comes courtesy of Victoria Lai, a former lawyer who churned her love of sweets into a full-time vocation. The shop, which overlooks the Anacostia River, turns traditional flavors on their head with creative concoctions like caramel popcorn and cardamom with black pepper. Lai also makes a mean Thai ice tea, which is a vibrant orange and goes down easy. You can also pick up pints of her ice cream sold at select specialty markets throughout the city.