New Modesto shop serving ice cream that is legendary in Sacramento. Here’s where
Is there ever a wrong time to eat ice cream? Not according to a business that just opened in Modesto.
The cold weather didn’t stop King Cones from beginning to serve ice cream Dec. 21, and it hasn’t stopped customers from enjoying McHenry Village’s newest shop.
The reason Amaryssa King wanted to open the shop is simple: Her family loves ice cream.
Previously an event coordinator, King said she considered going into the catering business before she decided to “lock down a storefront instead.”
“We are a husband-and-wife team ready to serve quality ice cream to our community,” King said.
King Cones serves Gunther’s Ice Cream and real fruit freezes — a Sacramento staple since 1940.
According to the Gunther’s website, its recipe “includes a higher percentage of butterfat cream than commercial brands” to produce rich, smooth ice cream. Gunther’s Ice Cream is served only at the historic, landmark location in Sacramento and at select restaurants and specialty shops — like King Cones.
24 flavors of ice cream on the King Cones menu
There are 24 flavors of Gunther’s Ice Cream at King Cones. Most of the flavors will be permanent, but some will change every three weeks, King said.
The shop’s current flavors are:
- Banana
- Bing cherry
- Birthday cake
- Black walnut
- Bubblegum
- Butter pecan
- Chocolate (gluten free)
- Chocolate chip cookie dough
- Coffee
- Fudge brownie
- Horchata
- Mint chip (gluten free)
- Mocha almond fudge
- Oreo cookie
- Peanut butter cup
- Peppermint stick
- Pistachio nut
- Rocky road
- Salted caramel
- Strawberry (gluten free)
- Vanilla (gluten free)
- Orange sherbet
- Lemon sorbet
- Rainbow sherbet
The shop’s best-selling flavors so far are horchata and Oreo cookie, King said. Waffle cones are made fresh in house daily.
Aside from ice cream scoops and fruit freezes, King Cones sells milkshakes and floats.
It’s open at 1700 McHenry Ave., Suite 14 (near Chicken Barn), Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
This story was originally published December 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM.
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