Reader’s Choice

Village Creamery

Outside there’s nothing to indicate that this storefront carries anything more thrilling than Baskin-Robbins, but the Village Creamery’s uncommonly dense Filipino ice creams come in many startling flavors, including two coconut-based varieties, avocado, purple yam (ube), jackfruit, lychee, and the flamboyant halo-halo, a hash of red and white beans, sugar palm, Jell-O bits, coconut, and Rice Krispies based on the popular Filipino dessert. Most flavors, like the pale green soother made from pandan leaves and large hunks of coconut, are lightly sweetened, letting the tropical elements blaze through.  8000 Waukegan, Niles, 847-965-9805, and 4558 Oakton, Skokie, 847- 982-1720, villagecreamery.com. —Mike Sula

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Margie’s Candies

1960 N. Western, 773-384-1035, www.margiescandies.nv.switchboard.com, and 1813 W. Montrose, 773-348-0400.

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