ted & wally's ice cream shop

this place is too cute!!! it’s a step back in time here with the old olive cream machines on display and rustic seating. they hadgreatflavors and were happy to share samples. after tasting several flavors, i went to for the vegan mint chip (i’m not vegan, it just tasted really good)! the sign says they locally source as many ingredients as possible which makes me feel like a responsible consumer. i only wish it wasn’t $5 a scoop.

gustatory.greatfor hot summer night. other times as well.

great treat!.greatflavors and staff. chocolate chuck in a sugar cone, yum!

so good.greatice cream, just like grandma made. not alot of seating though.

what are they thinking?. ted & wally's is one of those places that has gotten agreatreputation by really having little competition in it's niche: locally-made ice cream. i must admit that i'm a little biased going into this writing as the owner's pulled out of a second location (pulling their trademark, too) from the ice cream store in dundee which formerly carried the ted & wally's name because it wasn't as profitable as they would like. these aren't the kind of local heroes anyone should admire, yet here we are. it's really not hard to make a decent cup of ice cream and ted & wally's *can* make ice cream, but they do it in a retro building in the old market and even have dedicated parking which is cool and refreshing, respectively. but, i'm afraid, as happens far too often, the place is just another downtown, hipster-operated dump which feels shamefully sidelined by an owner who probably has other profitable endeavors to attend to. i'm glad ted & wally's exists. we need local restaurateurs, but with the clean, franchisable maggie moo's across the street, ted & wally's should probably step up their hiring and clean their restrooms. being in the old market is no longer an excuse for being rundown and dirty. note: this review was reposted because of wierd levels of kudos. additionally, despite what the well-written pr response says, the general consensus (likely not by accident) is not the story given in reply.

omaha's best ice cream. you can't say you've visited or lived in omaha until you have ted & wally's. the ice cream is simply fantastic. always agreatconsistency with a side of nostalgia served every visit!

great ice cream-great business!. i'm not a huge fan of ice cream, but i was turned onto ted & wally's first because of the quality of the business. i had heard of the shop from people i work with and have had thegreatpleasure of occasionally speaking with the owners (one of them is a frequent supporter of my shop). i love supporting local businesses that are hard working and have an honest business ethic so i decided to try them out. now, i'm hooked! i go as often as i can, have told people in other states about them, drag my friends (although its not hard to twist their arms to go!) and highly recommend them. the environment is relaxing and family oriented. it attracts every crowd possible from the elderly to highschoolers looking for a harmless pasttime to families with children. their popularity shows when you see a line out the door on a late monday night while maggiemoos sits empty across the street, and trust me the wait is well worth it! i said i wasn't a huge ice cream fan, but the hometown welcoming feel of the shop isn't the only reason i patronize them...the ice cream is fantastic!!! all homemade, any flavor you could ever imagine and always fresh! you can even custom order something if you don't see it and if they have never seen it-they will at least give it a shot! their ice cream tastes just as fresh and real as its ingredients and i have never been disappointed or even hesitant to try a new flavor. coldstone? maggiemoos? i'll wait in line during a blizzard for a single scoop from ted & wallys before thinking about the other shops!!

i'm addicted!. i remember, growing up, my dad would bring out the old hand-cranked ice cream maker and make us kids take turns turning the handle until the ice cream was done. it was hard work and seemed like it took forever, but it was so worth it! nothing store bought ever measured up. it never quite had that same flavor. i don't know what makes that flavor i'm talking about, but it makes the ice cream really good! ted & wally's has that flavor in their ice cream and it has to be because they make it the old-fashioned way, using the rock salt and real cream. they even have the machines out front where you can see them. luckily for their employees, they are not the hand cranked kind. i go there whenever i can, cuz i love me some ice cream! i'm always amazed by the array of creative flavors, it's hard to decide. there is a line out the door sometimes, but the anticipation is all part of the fun, giving you time to make up your mind. it's hard for me to get down there as often as i would like, but i've noticed that pints are being made available at different stores around town, too. you don't get the unique atmosphere that way, but it's still the samegreatice cream. way to go!

the cherry on top of my old market evening. my husband and daughter and i like to stroll down to ted n wally's after having dinner in the old market. i've always found their place to be clean and neat with competent, service-oriented employees. the atmosphere alone is worth it and i wouldn't ever set foot in maggie moo's. there are maggie moo's places all over the country, but there is only one ted n wally's and only one place with the inventive flavors they have. i love knowing that the ice cream i'm getting is fresh, made on-premises, and is unique. :) i've always hadgreatexperiences there and love that place. :)

omaha tradition. when walking around the old market on a summer night you have to partake in an omaha tradition; go get ice cream at ted and wally's. this place has been around for a while and for good reason. i love their key lime pie flavor! yum! their ice cream is agreattreat!