It’s in the name. Wanderlust Creamery is a home grown ice cream shop that is focused as much about the flavors as it is the places that inspire them. Founded in 2015 by two graduates of CSUN who are partners in business and a married couple, the business has expanded far beyond its first Tarzana location over the years, now with 8 locations across LA with more to come in Southern California.

Their ice cream is objectively good, but where they shine is in their menu filled with selections that are, for lack of a better word, uncommon from what you’d typically expect. Their signature flavors cover a lot of ground, both in the spectrum of ingredients and in, well geography. Drawing inspiration from destinations and culinary traditions across continents, each ice cream flavor feels purposeful, not just a culinary creation, but one with a backstory that transports you on a journey. Each month, they drop a new seasonal menu with limited time flavors and it’s pretty much guaranteed there will be at least one that will compel you to out of your way to stop by and sample. Can globally-inspired ice cream scratch the itch for traveling? Maybe not. But it can at least keep things interesting for a wide range of palettes. After all, ice cream does pretty much have universal appeal.