Flavor Brigade

This place is not much to look at but often in the most unexpected places do you strike gold. They obviously focus on flavours here. I had the hankering for a milkshake and it led me here. They have a selection of ice creams as well as italian ices more akin to a sorbet style dessert. I really wanted a salted caramel shake which wasn't available as an ice cream but the gentleman at the back who had been dealing with some tasks piped up that he could make me a killer one and if I didn't like it he'd refund me or make me whatever I wanted.Cue the A-Team music, he set to work and combined what looked like house made caramel, soft serve and a little salt and produced a salted caramel milkshake that slayed. It wasn't horribly expensive either at $8 for a large.I'll be back for more for sure.

Stopped in for a respite from the heat and got a soft serve. The consistency was smooth and creamy. I spent more at another place selling Straus branded soft serve and I felt this was better. It got chocolate, coworker got the swirl and another a mango sundae. Flavors were bursting. I'm getting this place into my rotation so I can try more.

3540 Fruitvale Ave Oakland, CA 94602In Oakland's Dimond District, "Flavor Brigade" is a neighborhood favorite for icy cold refreshments. This place has been on my Yelp radar, and I decided to visit this place on a warm July day. There was a steady flow of customers, and everyone walked out with a smile on their face. This is a small place, with no tables inside. There's just benches for you to sit and enjoy your frozen delights. It has a unique tie-dye decor. The menu offers a variety of favorites such as: Italian Ice, Frozen Custards, Ice Cream, Sundaes, Milkshakes and Floats. They had something I never heard of before called The Mummer's Mix. I ordered a medium Mummer's Mix of Chocolate/ Vanilla Twist Frozen Custard and a scoop of Mango Italian Ice on top. The Mango Ice was cold and refreshing, with a delicious flavor. The Frozen Custard was like a thick and creamy frozen yogurt, but a little sweeter. I liked the Italian Ice so much, I went back for more. I ordered a medium Italian Ice. I was told I can get up to six scoops of flavors of my choice. So I asked for one scoop each of any fruity flavor. The server suggested I get Watermelon Sour to gauge the sour taste. The Italian Ice was cold and refreshing, and withstood the summer heat for awhile. If you have a craving for something cold, drop by and try Flavor Brigade!Down the street from Safeway, and across the street from Ly Luck Chinese Restaurant and Willows and Pine.

Flavor Brigade is the real deal for Italian water ice and gelati in Oakland. Located in an unassuming storefront on Diamond. Wide array of water ice flavors. Intense flavors and cream like consistency. The ice cream is organic from Strauss dairy. Try the gelati. Water ice and soft serve. A winning combination. You want good water ice? Fo to Flavor Brigade.

Review from 4/11/24:My cousin and I took my one year old son and he loved the orange cream and sour watermelon Italian ice. The guy working was nice and let my son try the banana Italian ice, but he did not like it. My cousin ordered mango and passion fruit Italian ice. The passion fruit wasn't very tasty, but the mango was delicious.

My favorite place for all things frozen and delicious. The frozen custard is always good start in vanilla or chocolate. You can always choose the swirl if you're feeling dangerous. If you want to take it up a notch then you need to order the "Second Street"! The combination of the frozen custard and Italian ice is a match made in heaven. The hard part is choosing from all the flavor combos. Sure, picking vanilla custard is a no brainer given it's easy to match with everything, but then what? You get to pick two flavors of Italian ice and you could add the chocolate custard which means.... 2.5 billion flavor combinations. Pro tip: Grab a card and get it punched with each purchase. If you save up 4 cards fully punched you can turn it in for a free tie dyed t-shirt. How great is that? I love Oakland and this place is one of the rea

Small and busy store. Unique in that they offer a variety of ice creams like Italian ice, soft serve, and hard ice cream (although, not too many flavors). They also do mixes of soft serve and Italian ice which was delicious! It's a great place if you're craving or want more options than just hard ice cream. Definitely a treat and found a new liking to Italian ice with soft serve.

Flavor Brigade still going strong. Awesome Italian ice flavors, delicious eggy custard, friendly staff, ample parking. This may be a Philly thing but I consider them an Oakland treasure!

An unassuming place. But due to the high ratings, we still came on a rainy day. Every flavor of ice cream, custard, and icee was delicious. I decided to go for more of a citrus flavor profile while my husband went for the creamy, coconuty flavor. I like how it wasn't super sweet and didn't leave that aftertaste in my mouth.It's not fancy or modern, but it focuses on the right thing of making yummy flavors.

Tasty treats . Chill vibes . The custard is super creamy and the perfect consistency. The guy is super chill too that helped us out .