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    This is an ice cream shop on Bellaire Boulevard, an outpost of the Austin-born chain that buys its milk and cream from Texas dairies and rotates flavors with the seasons. The scoop menu runs from honey vanilla bean and horchata to roasted beets and fish mint, which is the one a certain kind of person orders just to tell the table about it. Houstonia put it on its list of the city's ice cream shops, and the sundae-in-a-cup crowd seems content.

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    • Honey vanilla bean

      “Find approachable staples like honey vanilla bean, horchata, Caramel Salt Lick, and roasted beets and fish mint, as well as seasonal options, such as a Lady Bird lavender crisp that honors Texas's most beloved wildflower.”

      Houstonia
    • Horchata

      “Find approachable staples like honey vanilla bean, horchata, Caramel Salt Lick, and roasted beets and fish mint, as well as seasonal options, such as a Lady Bird lavender crisp that honors Texas's most beloved wildflower.”

      Houstonia
    • Caramel Salt Lick

      “Find approachable staples like honey vanilla bean, horchata, Caramel Salt Lick, and roasted beets and fish mint, as well as seasonal options, such as a Lady Bird lavender crisp that honors Texas's most beloved wildflower.”

      Houstonia
    • Lady Bird lavender crisp

      “Find approachable staples like honey vanilla bean, horchata, Caramel Salt Lick, and roasted beets and fish mint, as well as seasonal options, such as a Lady Bird lavender crisp that honors Texas's most beloved wildflower.”

      Houstonia

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