Mariposa Ice Cream, located under the Oceanside Pier, holds the spirit of joy and gratitude at its core. As a family owned and operated business, they are driven to provide guests with a delicious artisan ice cream and a genuine love to serve. The family settled in Oceanside in 1906, planting roots in San Diego first and then throughout the county.
Cousin Dick, a third generation dairy farmer, started the company in Mariposa, California and moved it to San Diego in 2000. Every week, using Grandpa Pete’s own recipes, the ice cream is handcrafted in small batches using natural ingredients and only a third of the amount of sugar found in most store bought ice cream. It does not contain eggs or gluten because, as Grandpa Pete would say, “If there’s eggs in it, it’s custard.”
