Hand-made ice cream, four generations in the making.
An old-fashioned soda fountain and candy shoppe where every flavor is churned on-site in small batches — with rBST-free California milk, real Tahitian vanilla and absolutely no preservatives.
A whole parlor of sweet things
Pull up a stool at our 1940s-style soda fountain, take home a hand-packed quart, or let us build the centerpiece of your next celebration.
Soda Fountain
Malts, shakes, sundaes, floats, ice cream sodas and the famous banana split.
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Ice Cream Cakes
Custom cakes with two flavors, real whipped cream and hand-piped decoration.
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Candy Shoppe
Saltwater taffy, lemon drops, giant swirl pops and 50+ nostalgic sweets.
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Take-Home & Wholesale
56 flavors in half-gallons — plus tubs for SoCal's finest restaurants.
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From a Waverly, Iowa soda pop business to an Alhambra institution.
In 1919, Christian Anthony "C.A." Fosselman turned his beer-and-soda business into an ice cream company. Five years later he brought it to sunny Pasadena — and the family has been churning ever since.
Today third-generation owners Chris and John Fosselman carry on the tradition from the same Alhambra shop their grandfather opened, blending old-timey favorites like Butter Pecan and Lemon Custard with flavors inspired by the San Gabriel Valley — Ube, Taro, Black Sesame, Horchata and more.
Read the full storySimple ingredients. Serious standards.
Quality, consistency and customer service have been our guiding values for over a century.
Real California Milk
rBST-free milk from a 100+ year-old, family-owned California dairy.
Tahitian Vanilla
From a third-generation family vanilla house we've partnered with for 60+ years.
Dutch Chocolate
Made by one of California's oldest and finest chocolatiers.
Small Batches
Churned on the premises in small-batch freezers. No preservatives — ever.
Loved by L.A. for over a century
Fosselman's, the Alhambra Emperors of Ice Cream
Feature by Amy Scattergood · 2016 Eater LA15 Outstanding Ice Cream Shops in Los Angeles
Summer 2019Marcus Lemonis talks ice cream manufacturing
Season 4, Episode 1 · 2016Certificate of Excellence
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Visit the parlor
- Monday10 AM – 10 PM
- Tuesday10 AM – 10 PM
- Wednesday10 AM – 10 PM
- Thursday10 AM – 10 PM
- Friday10 AM – 10 PM
- Saturday10 AM – 10 PM
- Sunday11 AM – 10 PM
Celebrating something?
Custom ice cream cakes, pies, sandwiches and seasonal molds — made to order in our Alhambra kitchen.