rita's has flights!

I go to Rita's Water Ice maybe twice a season. It was a regional company but as with everything else someone bought it, and then it was bought again and now they are all over like horse flies. Sadly, I still think of it as a local chain.

This was my first visit for 2020. The pandemic changes everything. I went after my walk. As with  the other restaurants Rita's now puts calories on the menu. I guess I need to call this lunch.

Normally People are packed against the window and I don't read the sign boards. I have no idea what the new cool thing is for the summer. I don't really care. I get a kid's size root beer or cherry. Period. I've often wanted to taste flavors, and they will give you a baby spoonful, but I never ask.

Today I was forced to stay behind the 6 foot line. I could read the entire board and there it was "ice flights". Flights, if you aren't aware are little samples of x-amount of flavors. Craft breweries have 6. Sometimes distillery tastings have them. I've never seen them for ice cream or water ice. I started studying the menu board.

If I was with someone I might have gotten three new flavors. Or maybe even four. But I chickened out. I got the root beer (brown) and cherry (red), The root beer tastes like a root beer Slurpee and the red tastes like maraschino cherries. Super sweet.

The yellow is mango pineapple. The pineapple overpowered the mango, but it was delicious and not super sweet. It might be my new favorite. Sorry root beer. The pink is passion fruit. It too was a bit tart. The flavor really wasn't too unique. It was good, just not memorable.

This tray of ice was heavy and only 30c more than the "large" ice. There was at least as much ice as the large. If not more. I ate two square and had to force the third one in. I picked at the cherry and ultimately threw it away. It was just too much.

I suggest getting some friends or family members together and buying a flight or two and sharing. I know, sharing isn't allowed during C19. But you have to sit in the car anyway. How can they stop you?

My friend Angel loves scoring free food with apps. Angel, Rita has an app.