With festive piñatas and papel picado hanging from the colorful pergola, light and creamy housemade ice cream, and fresh Tajin-sprinkled fruit, La Morelense Plus is a sensory explosion. Sure, you can get your standard vanilla or chocolate scoops, but you’ll be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t try Mexican favorites like elote, mamey or Gansito. Read More »
1127 White Horse Pike, Oaklyn, NJ Website
You want artisanal ice cream hand-churned with organic milk? You want twee, made-from-scratch mix-ins? Keep walking. At Richman’s, you’ll find sky-high swirls of old-fashioned soft-serve that transport you straight to steamy summer days and simpler times. If you really want to elevate it, get the cherry dip. Read More »
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At Cuzzy Angiolillo’s charming ice-cream parlor, you’ll be greeted by the scent of hot waffle cones and people who appear to genuinely love their jobs. Order a few scoops of rotating flavors like small-batch spumoni or punchy cotton candy grape sorbet, and add a house-made topping like Oreo whipped cream. The nostalgic scene (shelves of penny candy like Charleston Chews and Bazooka bubble gum) is just the cherry on top. Read More »
618 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA Website
Small Oven’s two flavors of soft-serve per weekend get the same consideration as the dessert menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant. In the height of summer, pastry chef Chad Durkin makes peaches and mascarpone or watermelon and lemon-lime. In the fall, there’s cappuccino and tahini or apple pie and butterscotch. Toppings include homemade sauces and cubes of pound cake that are as thoughtful as the ice cream. Read More »
2204 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Website
Order pints online in flavors like Earl Grey, flecked with handmade honeycomb candy, or lemon curd, swirled with made-from-scratch blueberry basil compote. Classic options include chocolate peanut butter and vanilla, made with a double-strength extract. Either way, you’re getting some of the city’s most exciting (and straight-up delicious) new ice cream. Read More »
3525 I Street Unit B06, Philadelphia, PA Website
Chef Greg Vernick’s menu is inspired by his summers at the Jersey Shore. It’s why his seafood is fresh as hell, it’s why James’ saltwater taffy comes at the end of the meal, and it’s why his ice cream, made with seasonal fresh fruit, instantly transports you to the boardwalk. Read More »
One North 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA Website
This portable piece of luxury features Melanie Diamond-Manlusoc’s famous vanilla bean gelato sandwiched between two pizzelles that are dipped in ultra-fancy chocolate and dressed with almond crepe crispies, flaky sea salt and gold leaf. Read More »
2413 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA | 267-702-0280 | Website
This Korean sweets/scoop shop is the only place in the region making taiyaki cones — fish-shaped, waffle-like baked shells that hold scoops of gelato in flavors like Oreo, Thai coconut and green tea. Read More »
1333 West Cheltenham Avenue, #103, Elkins Park, PA | 215-635-3071
There’s a reason the best ice-cream shops are always located on farms. Peak strawberry season? Mix ’em into ice cream. Blueberries are plump and ripe? Blueberry ice cream it is. Pumpkins ready to be picked? Well, in Bucks County, the entire month of October is basically dedicated to Uncle Dave’s pumpkin ice cream. Read More »
931 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, PA | 215-968-1670 | Website
While the rest of the city is rolling ice-cream roses with paint scrapers, Winterfell went with a Game of Thrones-themed Taiwanese shaved ice shop. For the uninitiated: Shaved Thai ice is what happens when ice cream and cotton candy fool around together. Read More »
32 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA | 215-387-4561 | Website