For one day only, Gainesville residents will get a chance to savor three-dozen different flavors of chocolate ice cream.
Sweet Dreams, a local ice cream shop, will host its popular Chocolate Night on Sunday, a day where owner Michael Manfredi offers only chocolate flavors. From 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., the shop, located at 3437 W. University Ave., will offer scoops of 36 different flavors of chocolate.
“This is kind of a Gainesville institution,” said Manfredi, who has hosted the event twice a year since 2005. “Not just Sweet Dreams, but coming to Chocolate Night. It seems like this has become part of the Gainesville experience.”
He said that as of now, the list of 36 flavors is not available — he won’t share them until the night before or the morning of.
Nicole Smyrock, a UF nursing sophomore, said she plans to attend the chocolate night for the second consecutive year. Last year, she only got four flavors but is planning to get more this year.
“Because I had a really good experience last year, this year I’m going with seven more people, so we can buy all the flavors and split it,” the 20-year-old said.
She said while she knows that hundreds are expected to form long lines all day, it’s worth the wait.
“I’m most excited to try all the new flavors they will come up with this year,” she said.
Sweet Dreams, a homemade ice cream shop off University Avenue, hosted its Fall Chocolate Night Saturday. The line of patrons extended out the door to try the 36 chocolate flavors available.
