Back in 2018, Rebecca Smith had her heart set on making ice cream but couldn’t afford the necessary equipment. So she decided to try her hand at making paletas, Mexican popsicles with fresh fruit in a water or milk base, instead. Four years, countless pop-ups, and a now-shuttered walk-up window location later, Ice Queen, the Chicana- and Indigenous-owned vegan paleteria and dessert shop, opened in mid-October.
The paleteria is currently offering a limited menu, though diners looking to lean into the October of it all can find Halloween-themed frozen treats such as the Shut Your Pie Hole (pumpkin pie) paleta and a spooky float made with locally made
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