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Adirondack Creamery

Small-batch NY creamery; new Chestnut Spice seasonal pint

Alec's Ice Cream

Regenerative organic A2 dairy; new gut-health Culture Cups

Allday Pizza

Pizzeria with standout gelato soft serve and olive-oil drizzle

Amy's Ice Creams

40+-year-old homegrown chain known for Mexican vanilla and theatrical scooping

An's Dry Cleaning

Gelato named after fabrics

USA Today No.1 indie shop 2024 and 2025

Andia's Ice Cream

USA Today No.4 indie shop 2025

Asahi Imports

Japanese market with rotating weekend soft serve (matcha yuzu ube)

Bella Vita Ice Cream

Highly rated local ice cream shop (4.9 stars)

Bésame

Pastel-window shop with inventive flavors; 3 locations incl. Cedar Park

Best Scoops

Paletas and homemade ice cream

Black Dog Gelato

Chicago editors' pick for best ice cream

Cedar City Creamery

USA Today No.9 indie shop 2025

Clementine's Ice Cream

Micro-creamery; first grocery pints (Schnucks) Mar 2026; $6M raise; franchising

Coneflower Creamery

USA Today No.2 indie shop 2025 · Yelp Top 100 No.6

Connor's Creamery

Garbo's soft-serve truck in far North Austin

Dolce Neve

Family-run Italian gelato in Bouldin Creek and East Fifth

Emerald Ice Cream

Grass-fed Irish ice cream that launched in the US first (Sprouts) in March 2025

Frozen One

High-protein ice cream; debuted May 2025; now in ~1464 Targets; raised $5.75M 2026

Gati

Vegan gluten-free coconut-milk ice cream with Thai flavors (Holly St)

Gati Scoops

Gati's scoop-only Hyde Park sister shop; opened June 27 2026

Gelato Paradiso

Classic gelato and affogatos off South Congress

Golden West Food Group (Pop-Tarts/Eggo pints)

Kellanova-licensed Pop-Tarts and Eggo ice cream sandwiches and pints at Walmart 2025

Good Ice Co.

East Austin real-fruit Italian ice trailer; opened Aug 2026

Honey's Ice Cream

New NYC small-batch scoop shop

Ice Cream For Bears

Clean-label organic newcomer in high-protein ice cream

Jim Jim's Water Ice

30+-year Sixth Street water ice and soft serve window

KLIMON

Dairy-free frozen desserts; expanded to 124 Hy-Vee stores

Leopold's Ice Cream

Historic parlor

USA Today No.6 indie shop 2025

Let's Chill Homemade Ice Cream

No.2 on Yelp's Top 100

Lick Honest Ice Creams

Farm-sourced seasonal Texas flavors like goat cheese thyme honey and Texas sheet cake

Loblolly Creamery

USA Today No.8 indie shop 2025

Luv Fats

Avocado-based ice cream on N Lamar

Manolis Ice Cream, Pops, Sorbet & More

Austin's late-night scoop

No. 4 on Yelp's all-time Top 100 US ice cream shops

Marianne's Ice Cream

Family-owned since 1947

USA Today No.10 2025

Michoacana Natural Ice Cream

Mexican scoops and paletas incl. pine nut and cheese

MilkMade

Mother-daughter small-batch ice cream and shake trailer; grand opening May 2026

Mochidoki

Premium mochi ice cream; nationwide grocery 6-pack rollout Feb 2026

Mr. G's Ice Cream

USA Today No.3 indie shop 2025

My/Mochi

Launched first mochi ice cream sandwiches (Gopuff exclusive) 2025

NadaMoo Scoop Shop

Dairy-free scoop shop from the Austin coconut-milk brand

Natty Ice Cream

Organic 35g-protein light ice cream; premium push via Erewhon

Novel Ice Cream

No.1 on Yelp's all-time Top 100 US ice cream shops

OMG Squee

Texas-Asian soft serve in taiyaki cones (Vietnamese coffee ube miso caramel)

Owowcow Creamery

USA Today No.5 indie shop 2025 (NJ/PA)

Paleteria La Selva

Paleteria in Round Rock

Plant Love Ice Cream

Plant-based shop

No.9 on Yelp's Top 100

Protein Pints

Launched 2022; 30g-protein pints scaled to 8000+ doors incl. Kroger and Target in 2025

Salt & Straw (grocery half-pints)

Scoop chain's first grocery half-pints at New Seasons May 2026

Sandy's Hamburgers

Old-school Barton Springs stand famous for dipped soft-serve cones

Smearcase

FroCo frozen cottage cheese high-protein pints; at Whole Foods and Sprouts

Straus Family Creamery

Organic super-premium pints newly nationwide at Whole Foods Apr 2026

Sugar Pine

Onigiri spot with housemade matcha/taro/miso ice cream and waffle cones

Sundaes Ice Cream

New year-round Maine scoop shop; opened Sept 5 2026

Sweet Gains

40g-protein light ice cream launched 2024; ShopRite-anchored

TruJoy Yogurt

Probiotic high-protein Greek frozen yogurt

Two Spoons

High-protein zero-added-sugar GLP-1-friendly ice cream

Vandra

Cal Poly student-founded gut-health frozen dessert

Zeds Real Fruit Ice Cream

NZ-style real-fruit soft serve; added Tarrytown and Westlake in 2025