A frozen field guideThe best ice cream
The best ice cream
shops in America.
Twelve scoop shops worth the drive — hand-picked from the country's most obsessed dairy nerds, small-batch dreamers, and neighborhood legends.
Editor's Choice
Salt & Straw
Portland, OR
The full scoop
12 of 12West★ 4.8Salt & Straw
Portland, ORExperimental scoops that redefine dessert.
Midwest★ 4.7Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Columbus, OHGrassy Ohio dairy, wild flavor combinations.
Northeast★ 4.7Ample Hills Creamery
Brooklyn, NYBrooklyn's most beloved mix-ins.
Northeast★ 4.6Morgenstern's Finest
New York, NYA Manhattan ice cream parlor for grown-ups.
West★ 4.7Bi-Rite Creamery
San Francisco, CAThe Mission's line-around-the-block scoop shop.
West★ 4.8Wanderlust Creamery
Los Angeles, CAA frozen passport through Asia and Latin America.
Northeast★ 4.7Mikey Likes It Ice Cream
New York, NYEast Village scoops named after hip-hop hits.
West★ 4.6Sweet Republic
Scottsdale, AZDesert-cooled scoops with a chef's palate.
South★ 4.7The Hop Ice Cream Cafe
Asheville, NCAsheville's neighborhood scoop shop with a conscience.
South★ 4.8Hattie Jane's Creamery
Nashville, TNSouthern flavors, Southern hospitality, big scoops.
Midwest★ 4.7Black Dog Gelato
Chicago, ILChicago's boundary-pushing gelato workshop.
South★ 4.7Azucar Ice Cream Company
Miami, FLLittle Havana's Cuban-American ice cream shrine.