Every town has its favorite ice cream place, and Lib’s Dairy Treats is the go-to spot for residents of Portland’s North Deering neighborhood. A North Deering resident myself, I’ve been satisfying my sweet tooth at Lib’s, as locals call it, since before I was born – literally (my mom craved their vanilla milkshakes when she was pregnant).
A family owned and operated business since 1969, Lib’s specializes in soft-serve ice cream. If you’re hoping for hard-serve, go elsewhere because Lib’s doesn’t have it.
Previously a Dairy Queen in the 1960s (a small cone cost 5 cents!), one of Lib’s’ standby menu items is perhaps not so coincidental; “Arctic Blasts,” as they’re called at Lib’s, would be more recognizable by the name “Blizzards.” You won’t find Guardians of the Galaxy limited edition mixes but a list of classics ranging from chocolate chip cookie dough and M&M’S® to my personal favorite, rocky road.
Lib’s always features vanilla and chocolate, and twist, on their whiteboard menu but rotates select flavors such as black raspberry and peanut butter according to popularity and the season. They usually have a fruit whip too.
If you’re in North Deering, I recommend walking to Lib’s with your family or friends (you’ll thank yourself for the exercise after an indulgence). Otherwise, feel free to drive because there’s ample parking space even on busy, hot summer days.
Bring your dog too! Lib’s bakes their own dog treats to accompany kiddie bowls of vanilla ice cream – “doggy dishes,” so no member of the family is forgotten.
A seasonal location like many ice cream places in Maine (our winters don’t encourage much frozen food consumption), Lib’s opens in early spring and closes in early fall. I count down the days until opening from about February and load up on freezer-friendly “Buddy Bars” before closing to carry me through the remaining year.
Not located in the touristy Old Port, Lib’s is truly a local gem worth visiting for the best soft-serve in the city, if not the state.
This is a really nice first post for an eatery review -type blog. Really. Photos are great and authentic (at least they seem to be). Putting the sign in the background with the ice cream in the foreground shows way more photo talent than I have.
I have a couple suggestions. As you get further into the blog, consider working towards a couple things:
*smaller images can be productively floated left or right to permit text to wrap around. Larger images do well in the center.
*you might try captions with some of the photos, and a photo credit (ie yourself?).
*Perhaps you’ll want a structure to your reviews, with subheadings for each section. I’m not sure what that might look like, but think about over the next couple posts. something will come to you.
You’ll want to delete/trash/unapprove this comment once you read it. It’s not really adding to the blog, and I don’t need to have it here for a grading purpose or anything. It’s just feedback for you.