Despite the warm wood and cheery red accents, Smitten Ice Cream can feel a bit like a mad scientist’s shop. There’s the industrial-sized tank of liquid nitrogen that greets you inside the entrance of ...

Walk into San Francisco's Smitten ice cream shop and you won't be able to peruse freezers with tubs of ice cream or sample a flavor. It's not because Smitten doesn't want you to try its strawberry ...

The patented double helical fixture on the Brrr machine keeps ingredients in constant motion as liquid nitrogen freezes the bowl’s contents in seconds. Plus, it puts on a good show. Photo by Alex ...

“Are you open yet?” a passerby asked. It was 10 a.m. on a sunny fall day here, where a small group of staffers met a CNN camera crew outside of Smitten Ice Cream. By the time the doors officially ...