30 Ice Cream Places to Try Around Northeast Ohio

Savor your summer with a stop at one of these ice cream shops around Northeast Ohio. We rounded up some of the top ice cream places from Akron to Cleveland. Whether you’re in the mood for something classic, nostalgic, an unusual flavor or fun toppings, there’s something on the menu for everyone to enjoy.

Biggies Custard. A Lake County favorite serving up soft serve frozen custard, hand-dipped premium regional ice cream including dairy free, vegan, and no sugar added as well as sundaes, shakes, splits, and slushies. Located just steps from Lake Erie and Mentor Beach Park, a mile from Overlook Park and Mentor Lagoons, and just 10 minutes from Headlands Beach. 5775 Andrews Road, Mentor-on-the-Lake, biggiescustard.com

Chagrin Falls Popcorn Shop. In 1949, Dorothy McClennan opened it as the Popcorn Shop, where for more than half a century it became a signature stop during walks through town. Stop in for a cup or cone of Country Parlour premium ice cream. With dairy mixes made fresh to ensure a smooth, old fashioned texture and flavor, Country Parlour uses only grade A milk and cream that contains no added growth hormones or antibiotics. chagrinfallspopcorn.com

Chill Ice Cream. Founded by three Northeast Ohio Brothers that have a passion for ice cream. Their goal is to take Ohio by Storm, one legendary flavor at a time. They have set the bar high to offer only the finest ice cream to satisfy the palates of adults as well as children alike. Locations in Akron and Medina, chill-icecream.com

Cibik’s Dairy Island. A seasonal ice cream shop established in 1976. The iconic summer ice cream destination offerings include homemade small batch craft ice creams, frozen custards, and Dole Whip. Guests can create your own ice cream and enter the annual contest to win free ice cream for a season. 8295 East Washington Street Chagrin Falls, dairyisland.com

Country Maid Ice Cream & Orchard. The story began in 1948 when Frank Holeski moved back to his family farm in Richfield. Frank worked for the Bordens dairy company and decided to start his own ice cream store. He built the original concrete block building in 1948 and began making ice cream with a 20-gallon batch freezer using a salt brine system and ammonia refrigeration. Tooday it’s owned by the Torma family and every flavor is still custom made using natural ingredients and fresh local fruit whenever possible. 3252 Streetsboro Road Richfield, countrymaidicecream.com

Dolce at the Strand. This Italian themed gathering place featuring handcrafted Italian gelato, cocktails and desserts. Brought to you from your friends at Valley Cafe. It’s a welcoming atmosphere for the family, to grab your thoughts, a cappuccino and biscotti, or to experience a unique evening of sweets, savories and cocktails with friends and neighbors. 123 Broad St Wadsworth, dolceatthestrand.com

East Coast Original Frozen Custard. Opened in Parma in 1985, this old-fashioned frozen custard shop quickly became a neighborhood favorite and has expanded to multiple locations around Northeast Ohio. No matter what your age, or whether you’re a regular customer or tasting it for the first time, they’re confident you’ll keep coming back to East Coast Original for a taste of the “Good Old Days.” Original Location: 6240 Pearl Road Cleveland, eastcoastcustard.com

Fairport Harbor Creamery. All ice cream and most components of the ice cream are made in house, and all pastries and desserts are made from scratch. It also has a full liquor, beer and wine license and serves a variety of treats with a boozy twist for grownups. 202 High Street Fairport Harbor, fairportharborcreamery.com/

Falls Ice Cream. Located at Grand Pacific Junction in Historic Olmsted Falls, this summer ice cream spot offers a variety of seasonal flavors such as s’mores, banana cream pudding, peach cream and Mississippi mud, as well as non-dairy options. 8094 Columbia Rd, Olmsted Falls, facebook.com/fallsicecream/

Fantasy Delight. Fantasy Delight has been owned by the same family for over 30+ years. As the years have passed, the ice cream has always stayed the same. In order to keep up with the vast array of flavors and ice cream treats, they continue to stock up on all the seasonal and traditional flavors. 21 North Aurora Rd., Aurora, fantasydelighticecream.com

Foster’s Homemade Ice Cream. An Old-fashioned shop with outdoor picnic tables serving sundaes, malts & other frozen treats. 30551 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, Check out their website.

Graeters. It all started on the streets of Cincinnati in 1870, when Louis Charles Graeter began selling ice cream out of two carts after hand-crafting it in French Pots. Today, Graters has locations in multiple states and two Northeast Ohio Locations at Crocker Park and Pinecrest. graeters.com

Handels. In the summer heat of 1945, Alice Handel created the sweetest of legacies in Youngstown, Ohio. Using fresh fruit from her backyard garden and her own personal recipes, Alice lovingly made ice cream that quickly became a neighborhood favorite. Today, you can enjoy more than 100 irresistible ice cream flavors, as well as sundaes, hurricanes, shakes, dipped cones and more. Multiple Northeast Ohio locations, handelsicecream.com

Heavenly Creamery. Experience a “sweet taste of heaven” at Conneaut’s only homemade ice cream parlor. Serving French ice cream and sorbets in a variety of classic and custom made flavros such as “strawberry jalapeño” “breakfast” and “Mayan Hot Chocolate.” 264 Sandusky St, Conneaut, heavenlycreamery.com

Honey Hut. Serving up honey sweetened homemade ice cream since 1974, Honey Hut now operates five locations around Northeast Ohio. Enjoy classic flavors as well as a rotaing seasonal specialty menu. Multiple locations, gohoneyhut.com

Malley’s Ice Cream Parlors. Malley’s Chocolates operates old-fashioned ice cream parlors at four of its stores—Bay Village, Lakewood, Mentor and North Olmsted. Celebrate a birthday, team win or other special occasion by reserving space at one of these locations and enjoy the endless combinations you can create with more than 25 ice cream flavors on cones or sundaes. Top it off (literally) with their homemade hot fudge, caramel, marshmallows and fresh roasted and salted nuts. The original Lakewood location is decorated in a vintage Alice in Wonderland theme while the North Olmsted location is carousel themed and you can even sit in a vintage carousel while you enjoy your sweet treat. malleys.com/pages/locations

Mason’s Creamery. Enjoy ice cream and Korean Corn Dogs all summer long. Small batches of ice cream (and ramen in the fall) are made using the best ingredients they can source. Enjoy their take on the classics and unique flavors, masonscreamery.com

Mitchell’s Ice Cream. Each batch is hand-crafted in their Ohio City Kitchen, which was originally a live theater over a hundred years ago. Since 2014 ice cream has been the show here. The Kichen is always on view so come by and watch as they bake crumble for Wildberry Crumble, or mixing in the chocolate chunks for Double Chocolate Chunk. Visit the Flagship Kitchen at 1867 West 25th Street, Cleveland or find another Northeast Ohio location on their website, mitchellshomemade.com

Pav’s Creamery. Pav’s is the place for freshly made custard, homemade hard ice cream, yogurts and sorbets. All of which are made on site daily with more than 30 delightful flavor options and combinations. Multiple locations, pavscreamery.com

Pop Culture CLE. Featuring hand crafted, gourmet ice cream in the shape of a popsicle. The difference between their soft serve and scoop ice cream vs the signature ice cream on a stick is the amount of air whipped into it! Scoop Ice cream is 10%+ butter fat and lots of air whipped into it, Gelato is less fat and less air whipped into it that creates a very rich flavor, Pop Culture CLE makes an ice cream which is poured directly into molds and no air is whipped into it – which makes the absolute richest in flavor, as well as a creamy and dense (no air) frozen delightful dessert. 33549 Solon Rd. Solon, popculturecle.com

Remix Ice Cream and Cereal Bar. An elevated, made-to-order ice cream experience swirled with nostalgia and loaded with fun. Pick from 50+ toppings to create the perfect treat! 11512 Clifton Blvd Cleveland, remixxicecream.com

Rosati’s Frozen Custard. They make their creamy frozen custard fresh hourly with the best ingredients available: seasonal fruits, locally-sourced dairy products, roasted nuts, cocoa and chocolates, homemade confections, and even your favorite delicious candies. In addition to vanilla and chocolate, they feature a unique special flavor each day such as “Higbees Chocolate Malted,” “Pay Day” and “Bananas Foster.” 95 E. Aurora Rd, Northfield Center, rosatisfrozencustard.com

Scooter’s World Famous Dawg House. This seasonal dawg, burger, ice-cream and french fry spot is celebrating its 23rd season. Open from mid-March to mid-September. 9600 Blackbrook Road Mentor, scootersworldfamousdawghouse.com

Skoops. Owners Terry Rastetter-Helbling & David Helbling have built a community-based business that welcomes everyone. Their one-of-a-kind homemade vanilla custard recipe took six months to perfect. They use real eggs to give their custard that yellow color and incredibly rich taste. Can’t do dairy? No problem, they offer a large variety of non-dairy options as well. Locations in Barberton and Seville, skoopsicecream.com

South Euclid Dairy King. A family-owned ice cream shop that has being serving up favorites for decades. The menu consists of soft serve and hard scoop ice cream, specialties, food, and drinks. With their vegan, fat-free, cholesterol-free, gluten-free Dole soft serve in the mix, there are options for everyone. 4321 Mayfield Rd, South Euclid, Check out their Facebook page

Stricklands. Founded in 1936 by Bill and Florence Strickland. During his years as an Akron Pure Milk employee, Bill developed his own rich recipe of cream, eggs, sugar and other ingredients. With his formula perfected, Bill turned his attention to developing an ice cream machine (called a “batch freezer”) that would quickly freeze the ice cream, while limiting the air whipped into the product. The result is Stricklands’ award-winning ice cream, frozen custard, yogurt and sorbet. Locations in Akron, Streetsboro and Cuyahoga Falls. mystricklands.com

Sweeties Soda Shoppe. Sweeties Signature homemade ice cream, whipped cream and waffle cones are made in their own kitchen right on the premises. Choose from 36 Flavors made with the freshest local ingredients available. 6770 Brookpark Rd., Cleveland, sweetiescandy.com

Tofts. Remember how good ice cream tasted when you were a kid? Toft’s ice cream will help you relive those memories with that rich, creamy taste you remember and love. From a small family dairy farm in the early 1900’s to a state of the art 76,000 square foot facility on Venice Road, the legacy of Toft Dairy is a story of a commitment to quality and forward-thinking principles. 3717 Venice Road Sandusky, toftdairy.com

Weber’s Premium Vintage Ice Cream. If your Grandparents or Great-Grandparents were to eat Weber’s Vintage Ice Cream today, they could close their eyes and be back in the 1930’s. Enjoy vintage and modern flavors as well as sorbets, sherbets, fat-free and no sugar options. 20230 Lorain Road, Fairview Park, webersvintageicecream.com

Whip-N-Dip. A hometown favorite ice cream shop, always offering new flavors and highlighting a flavor of the week. It’s pet-friendly, has convenient parking and offers spacious outside seating, 4840 N Broadway, Geneva-on-the-Lake, facebook.com/whipndip

Kelley

July 31, 2023 at 1:29 pm

What about Malley’s on Lorain and to sit in the merry-go-round. They have the best hot fudge sundae

Sandra Ryan

July 27, 2023 at 2:39 pm

You need to try Heavenly Creamery…all homemade ice cream with unique flavors like breakfast ice cream. Located in a former church with retained features of the church. Route 20 in Conneaut, Ohio.

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