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Churned this morning, gone by Sunday.

Mabel & Fig makes ice cream in twelve-litre batches on Congress Street. Sixteen flavors in the case at a time, and they change with whatever Maine is growing.

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Two hands raising waffle cones, one topped with pistachio, the other with strawberry sorbet.

In the case this week

Autumn menu, churned Tuesday through Saturday. Single scoop $5.50, double $7.75, triple $9.50.

  • Three scoops of light brown, cinnamon-colored ice cream in a dark bowl. New

    Cider Donut

    Brown-sugar custard, cinnamon, and chunks of cider donuts fried two doors down.

    Contains wheat

  • Two lilac scoops of blueberry ice cream flecked with fruit, in a dark bowl.

    Wild Blueberry & Lemon Curd

    Downeast blueberries with a ribbon of lemon curd. Tastes like August hanging on.

    Nut-free

  • Pale green pistachio ice cream in white bowls, with a dish of shelled pistachios.

    Sicilian Pistachio

    Bronte pistachios ground into paste in the back room, finished with flaky sea salt.

    Contains pistachio

  • A close-up of a bright pink strawberry scoop with visible fruit.

    Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble

    Roasted rhubarb, Maine strawberries and oat crumble baked with too much butter.

    Contains wheat

  • A scoop of pale maple ice cream piled with candied walnuts.

    Maple Walnut

    Dark maple syrup from a sugarhouse in Bethel, with walnuts candied in more of it.

    Contains walnut

  • Grey, dark-speckled black sesame ice cream in an orange patterned bowl. New

    Black Sesame & Honey

    Toasted black sesame with a swirl of wildflower honey from hives in Cape Elizabeth.

    Contains sesame

  • A metal scoop lifting vanilla ice cream from a white ramekin.

    Madagascar Vanilla

    Two whole beans per batch, steeped overnight. The one we judge every other shop by.

    Nut-free

  • Scoops of dark chocolate in a white dish, with chocolate chips scattered beside it. Dairy-free

    Dark Chocolate Sorbet

    72% chocolate, water, sugar and salt. Richer than most ice creams, and vegan.

    Vegan · Nut-free

  • Deep purple grape sorbet in two small white bowls with a spoon. Dairy-free

    Concord Grape Sorbet

    Grapes from a single arbor in Buxton, pressed skins and all. Purple to the core.

    Vegan · Nut-free

Build your cone

Up to three scoops. Order it at the counter by name, or just point at your phone.

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A sugar cone, waiting for scoops

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How a batch happens

Small batch isn't a slogan here. It's the size of the machine.

A server presses a scoop of pale ice cream onto a sugar cone across the counter, a customer waiting behind.
Tuesday, 12:04. The first cone from Monday's churn.

  1. 6:00 am

    Milk arrives

    Swallowtail Farm in Whitefield drives down sixty litres of grass-fed milk and cream, three mornings a week.

  2. 7:30 am

    Twelve litres at a time

    Every base is cooked, aged overnight, then churned in one twelve-litre machine. A batch makes about forty scoops.

  3. Whenever it runs out

    Gone is gone

    When a flavor sells out, its name goes on the board by the door that says "see you next year".

Flavors in the case
16
Flavors made this year
41
Litres per batch
12
Artificial colors
0

The Pint Club

Three pints a month, chosen by us from whatever sold out fastest. Members get them before the case does.

  • $36 a month, cancel whenever
  • Pick up any Friday, or delivered on the peninsula for $4
  • Tell us what you can't eat and we'll work around it
  • One members-only flavor every season
Join the Pint Club

Single pints are $13 at the counter.

Trays in the case: vanilla, strawberry studded with halved berries, and lemon.

Eight stools and a bench outside

The counter seats eight. The bench by the door seats everyone else, and on a warm Saturday it seats half of Congress Street.

Two friends laughing against a white brick wall, each holding an ice cream cone.

Come by the shop

412 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101

Across from Monument Square. Dogs get a free pup cup of peanut-butter froyo.

MondayClosed, we're churning
Tuesday to ThursdayNoon to 9 pm
Friday and SaturdayNoon to 10:30 pm
SundayNoon to 8 pm

Congress St Monument Sq Oak St Preble St Mabel & Fig