Joe's Water Ice - Plum Boro

Have been here a few times now, as it a friend 's childhood favorite ice cream place in the Plum area. I have never had the famous water ice but intend to try it on the next go round as it does look different from Rita 's and apparently is what this place is known for. As far as sundaes and soft serve go, its really just your typical vanilla/chocolate/twist that you can find anywhere. Unfortunately, nothing really outstanding about the ice cream, just pretty average. I 'm looking forward to the water ice in the bing cherry flavor with cherry pieces in it! Its my friend 's favorite and he gets it every time so it must be worth a try!

My son and I stopped by (before dinner for the 2016 opening day, it was well worth it! The salted caramel pretzel ice cream is super smooth and has just the right amount of sweetness, you can tell it was made out of love! Looking forward to the rest of the season

I went to Joe's in Penn Hills for a sweet treat after my hubby's softball game tonight. I ordered the chocolate peanut butter ice cream. Though descent, I would have loved a bit more peanut butter running throughout the ice cream. Sadly, there isn't a very good place to sit down and hang out with friends after ordering ice cream. Essentially, you're just hanging out in a parking lot. The best part about Joe's was the price! My husband and I both got dessert for under $5.

So good! And son of owner very polite and welcoming. It was very refreshing treat. Try it you will love it.

A fine little ice cream and frozen ice spot. Pretty reasonable prices and a decent amount of variety on the menu. I've had quite a few items from this place over the years, but just recently I tried their coffee and toffee milkshake. You can have any flavor of their ice cream in milkshake form. The shake was pretty good, but there was no real toffee flavor. No pieces of toffee on top or throughout. It tasted almost like cold brew. Not that sweet either. Their ice was somewhat mediocre. My friend tried their cherry ice and the color was very artificial. The flavor was also way too sweet and almost like cherry flavored medicine. Good portion for the price though. What this place does best are the soft serves, banana splits, and sundaes. The soft serve ice creams, especially the twists (part vanilla part chocolate soft serve), are really good. They are rich and creamy. Nice and sweet. That's what I would recommend if you come here. All in all, nice little shop with a fair amount of variety. The ice isn't the best, milkshakes are okay, but the soft serve, twists, and sundaes are amazing.