May 11, 2004: “The Creole Creamery offers the kind of spoon/or-straw required indulgences that people ordering on dates during the Truman administration, ideally in places that look a lot like the Creamery, where the floor is paved with black-and-white tiles and the mother sitting at the counter try in vein to talk their kids out of waffle cones they’ll never finish.”

September 3, 2004: “The Creole Creamery on Prytania [harks] back to the heyday of the neighborhood drugstore, where extravagant sundaes were a special treat and fizzy soft-drinks were still mixed by hand.”

January 18, 2005: “A mad scientist of ice cream might be working at the Creole Creamery, where new flavors like peppermint, sweet cream Danish and buttermilk drop are constantly created. For those who prefer a traditional treat, this ice cream shop has revived the classic nectar soda.”