On a hot summer day, there is absolutely nothing that hits the spot quite like water ice, scooped up with a plastic spoon by the side of the city pool. This frozen dessert is beloved by us ...

Hawaii has its shave ice, and New Orleans has the sno-ball. In Philadelphia, the frozen treat of choice is known as water ice. Or is it wooder ice? We'll get to that, but first, let's discuss ...

but after moving to Knoxville 11 years ago they missed Philly water ice. So, what exactly is it and what makes it so crave-worthy? “We always say it’s like shaved ice, ice cream and sherbet ...

You don't know what water ice is? You know, I'm asking like, it's like it's like Italian ice. And, you know, that's that's the best way that I can describe it. You know, for Philly, we call that ...

What Is Water Ice? The Philly Favorite Behind Rita’s Italian Ice Not quite a snow cone, not quite a sorbet—Italian Ice has its own place in the frozen dessert world. Unlike shaved ice ...

Sherrod Dillard, center, owner of Philly Italian Water Ice in Byron runs the restaurant with his wife Ngozi and cousin DuShaun Dillard. Jason Vorhees The Telegraph Although Italian Ice has ...

SAM NAVARRO Special for the Miami Herald Overtown entrepreneur Aamir Taylor grew up in Philadelphia eating water ice — a frozen, fruit-flavored treat with a consistency similar to sorbet.