Although summer has come to an end, the heat still hasn't left LA. That's why I decided to visit Mateo's Ice Cream & Fruit Bars on Sepulveda one afternoon to grab some ice-cold sweetness.  I had ridden past the little shop many times on my bike but never thought to look in until now.

Mateo's Ice Cream & Fruit Bars has gallons of ice-scream ready to be made into sundaes as well as all sorts of strangely flavored fruit bars (some with dairy, some without).  The fruit bars are a low $1.50, so I stocked up on a bunch just to have around in the office when I wanted something cold and sweet.

Rest assured that their fruit bars are made of real fruit juice because while eating my watermelon bar, I noticed there were still whole seeds and chunks of watermelon in the bar!  The mango and chili one is an interesting combination and really does taste like mango with chili sprinkled on.

Mateo's more adventurous flavors may not be for everyone, but they do have some pretty standard bars like cantalope or coconut.  For people who don't like fruit bars, there's always ice cream.