Ashby’s Sterling Ice Cream

BACK IN THE DAY TODAY: After visiting my sister and sharing a Southern-​style dinner, we headed over to Grosse Pointe for desert and coffee, landing at Ashy’s Sterling Ice Cream. A tiny space along the main drag in this affluent suburb northeast of Detroit upriver, I imagine this spot jumping on a warm, humid southeastern Michigan summer evening.
The traditional two counter freezer set up, sample spoons and a simple menu makes choosing flavors easy. This local fixture is now under new management but the ice cream hasn’t changed.
As a freshman YEARS ago at Eastern Michigan University I would head down to Depot Town and have one scoop and lemon and one strawberry making my perfect desert combination. When I noticed Ashby’s Lemon Cheesecake, I was transported fondly back in time.
Large chunks of cheesecake added texture to the creamy, smooth desert. Classic strawberry in a double scoop in a cup.
If you have time, grab a seat on the bench out front and watch people strolling by when the weather breaks.

I was very surprised! I always pass this place up to go to other ice cream establishments but boy was I missing out! They are very reasonably priced and a single scoop cone was less than 2 bucks! the malt was awesome and they had so many flavors I bought 6 ice cream cones because I could not decide. The one thing that I didn’t like was the 12+ kids from little league getting ice cream who had to take forever to order, but hey that’s

Everything a neighborhood ice cream parlor should be — high schoolers working the regsiter, low prices, tasty treats, and a bench in front to enjoy your ice cream outside.
They have all the standard flavors, plus some fun additions like vanilla swirled with whisky caramel and health bars and a coconut ice cream with oreo pieces and fudge swirls. The selection of low fat yogurt is small but still has a few good flavors.
And maybe I’ve gotten used to higher prices for ice cream treats (I’m looking at you ColdStone) but I was very impressed with the cost. A huge two scoop sundae with two toppings, plus a two scoop cone, was only $ 6.