This coming Monday’s Word on the Street includes news of two new ice cream shops opening in the area.

Cefiore opened in River Park next to Color Me Mine last week — the day before we hit 112. It’s in the spot that once housed the Marble Slab Creamery. Cefiore offers exotic flavors of non-fat frozen yogurt like green tea and acai berry.

And Sanger just got its first Baskin Robbins at the corner of Academy Avenue and 9th Street. The owner of six Hungry Howie's Pizza shops decided to branch out into ice cream.

And why not? In the oven that is Fresno, I would guess ice cream shops do well here.

The new Scoops in the Tower District appears to be doing good. Every time I walk passed there’s people sitting outside, and the music piped onto the sidewalk is a nice touch.

You can read more details about the above ice cream places in this Monday’s Word on the Street in the business section.