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Straighten Up and Bi-Rite

The Bite:

Need a tasty way to cool down, Papa? Dive and jive over to Bi-Rite Creamery. Artisanal flavors such as salted caramel and chocolate soy (try the Mexican chocolate with peanuts this week) will satisfy your (twice-daily?) cravings, but add an organic cone and one of Bi-Rite's newest toppings - such as chocolate-covered Rice Krispies - and you may as well call it dinner. Bi-Rite uses local ingredients whenever possible, which lowers transport emissions, and gets its organic (read: antibiotic- and hormone-free) dairy products from local farm Straus Creamery. And all of its to-go containers are compostable. (Nat King) Cool.

Wanna Try?

Bi-Rite Creamery & Bakeshop, 3692 18th St. at Guerrero St. (415-626-5600). Single-scoop cone (one or two flavors), $3.

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