Full Tilt Ice Cream: Seattle’s Ice Cream and Pinball Wizards

In the occasionally trying times of modern life, wouldn’t it be nice to find a local business that serves up scoops of nostalgia and brings to the new century some of the sweetest aspects of the last?

Well, Seattleites are in luck.

Tucked into four corners of Seattle are the current four locations of Seattle’s very own combination ice cream and pinball parlor and arcade, Full Tilt Ice Cream.

Full Tilt Ice Cream first opened in 2008 at their White Center location. Founders and owners Ann Magyar and Justin Cline wanted to create a place where families of the area could come and enjoy a good time. It worked. And in the years that have followed, Ann and Justin have opened other Full Tilt locations in Columbia City, the University District, and Ballard, with hopefully more locations on the way.

As might be derived from Full Tilt Ice Cream’s very name, the two pillars of Full Tilt are ice cream and pinball. Full Tilt takes pride in making its ice cream with all-natural ingredients from as many local sources as possible.

Full Tilt’s ice cream, of course, comes in many of the traditional flavors we all know and love, but Full Tilt also specializes in flavors few of us might expect, for example, coffee Oreo, green tea chip, huckleberry, rosemary chocolate chip, strawberry basil, Thai iced tea, and ube. Full Tilt also proudly offers a full range of vegan ice cream options, again in many traditional flavors but also with specialty flavors, such as Mayan chocolate or mango chili.

And for fifty cents each, Full Tilt offers a myriad of toppings, from hot fudge, strawberry sauce, chopped nuts, and sprinkles to balsamic sauce, chocolate-covered bacon, chocolate covered Cheetos, and whiskey caramel.

Such options make for mouthwatering combinations, such as coffee Oreo with whiskey caramel or strawberry basil with balsamic sauce and many, many more.

And Full Tilt doesn’t draw the line at imaginative ice cream flavors and toppings. Full Tilt carries a full complement of eclectic sodas for ice cream floats, and—wait for it—for those parlor patrons of age, Full Tilt offers Tipsy Treats, floats made with your choice of beer, cider, or wine! Full Tilt also makes milkshakes and offers cold brew coffee to add a little zip to any float or shake.

As for pinball and other arcade games, Full Tilt revels in the classics but also allows room for the next generation. Among pinball tables you may remember from the movie theatre arcades of the nineties, such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the Adams Family, you will find potential new favorites, such as Iron Man and Pirates of the Caribbean. (Keep an eye out also for other nonpinball classics like House of the Dead, Pac-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.)

And finally, lest we forget, you don’t even have to go to a Full Tilt location for delicious ice cream. You can bring Full Tilt you. Full Tilt ice cream is available in three-gallon and pint tubs at many locations around Seattle, including your friendly neighborhood Seven Coffee Roasters Market and Café!

So if your looking for some wholesome family fun or a return to the carefree days of ice cream and arcade games, you don’t have to look further than the Full Tilt Ice Cream in your neighborhood. Or if you just need something sweet to help you unwind while you play the latest release on your next-gen council, stop by Seven Coffee Roasters Market and Café in Ravenna and pick up a pint of local Full Tilt ice cream today.