Stay cool! Northeast Ohio ice cream stands only open for the summer
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — There are myriad ways to attempt to cool down when the mercury rises, but none are quite as sweet as eating a scoop (or two!) of ice cream. Thankfully, Northeast Ohio is stuffed with ice cream stands open from late spring through the end of summer.
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Offering up hard pack and soft serve options aplenty — and even some gelato and custard — we’ve worked to gather a list of spots that you may not know about simply because they’re seasonal in nature. But trust us, you don’t want to miss ’em.
The state of Ohio has made its own ice cream trail map, but we decided to break it down even further based on spots you can’t walk inside of (for the most part) and are not open year-round. Be sure to check out their websites or call for full times and when they’ll close for the season.
Take a look below:
ASHTABULA COUNTY
Whip-N-Dip
4840 OH-534, Geneva-On-The-Lake; 440-466-0128
Serving soft serve and hard scoop. Check out their flavor of the week.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
Apple Cart
4313 Superior Ave., Cleveland; 216-432-1125
Soft serve spot with slushies on Cleveland’s east side. It is cash only.
Cibik’s Dairy Island
8295 E Washington St., Chagrin Falls; 440-543-7382
All sorts of ice creams and custards.
Classic Ice Cream Shop
9200 Denison Ave., Cleveland; 216-459-7139
Reasonably-priced ice cream stand that the business says “has it all.”
Coney Island Kustard
3228 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-961-3070
Serving up custard in an adorable bee-muraled stand in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.
Daisy’s On Fleet
5614 Fleet Ave., Cleveland; 216-441-3426
Ice cream spot in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood serving hard dip, soft serve and Polish boys.
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Dariview
22004 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park; 440-734-4797
Home to the orange swirl, according to their website. Expect soft serve here.
East Coast Original Frozen Custard
Various locations including Parma Heights (original stand), 6240 Pearl Rd., 440-842-7003
Inspired by the custard served at the old Euclid Beach Park. Find other locations right here.
Honey Hut
Various locations, including Cleveland (original stand); 4674 State Rd.; 216-749-7077
Making homemade hard-pack ice cream sing 1974. Other locations include Brunswick. Brecksville, Solon and Parma.
Mason’s Creamery
4401 Bridge Ave., Cleveland; 216-762-1095
Serving unique ice cream flavors in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood during the summer, and ramen during the winter.
Weber’s Premium Ice Cream
20230 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park; 440-331-0004
Serving premium, fresh ice cream, using historical machines for a vintage-style product.
Zero Zest
6096 State Rd., Parma; 440-886-6473
At any given time there are 11 soft serve flavors flowing, plus slushies.
GEAUGA COUNTY
King Kone
10621 Grant St., Chardon AND 3266 N. Ridge Rd., Perry (which is Lake County)
The family-run business offers hard and soft-serve ice cream. They go all out with slushies, flurries and more.
LAKE COUNTY
Biggies Custard
5665 Andrews Rd., Mentor-On-The-Lake; 440-257-8728
Offering hand-dipped and soft-serve ice cream options, plus splits, flurries and floats.
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Cooper’s Twist & Shake
35766 Lakshore Blvd., Eastlake; 440-946-3376
Soft serve ice cream fun (including ice cream nachos). This is a cash-only place.
Jerry’s Dari-Pride
30136 Euclid Ave., Wickliffe
Offering both kinds of ice cream for over 70 years. They’re open late, too.
Kirtland Creamery
9304 Chillicothe Road, Kirtland; 440-744-9023
You’ll find hard and soft serve at this family-owned locale. Also expect hot dogs.
Scooter’s World Famous Dawg House
9600 Blackbrook Rd., Mentor; 440-354-8480
Serving up all sorts of treats from their ice cream window, including, yes, hot dogs and piles of fries.
LORAIN COUNTY
Big V’s Ice Cream
46045 Telegraph Rd., Amherst; 440-370-3033
They have soft serve, hard scoop and dole whip flavors, that can even be put in a twin cone.
MEDINA COUNTY
Bidinger’s Ice Cream
410 College St., Wadsworth; 330-336-3392
Soft serve and slushies are where it’s at here.
PORTAGE COUNTY
Fantasy Delight
21 North Aurora Rd., Aurora; 330-562-7598
Hard and soft serve ice cream, plus frozen yogurt and so many other options. It is cash only.
Frank’s Ice Cream
3266 State Route 43, Mogador; 330-760-1839
They have over 20 soft serve and hard ice cream flavors, plus 18 mini-golf holes out back.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Rosati’s Frozen Custard
95 E Aurora Rd., Northfield; 330- 908-0889 AND 922 Pearl Rd., Brunswick (Medina County); 330-220-5050
Serving classic frozen custard, it’s brought to you by the same folks behind Honey Hut.
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Skoops’ Ice Cream
438 Fifth St. NE, Barberton; 330-217-1291 AND 43 W. Main St., Seville (Medina County); 330-975-4194
They have frosted lemonade and homemade custard and hand dipped ice cream and so much more at two locations.
Stricklands of Akron
1809 Triplett Blvd., Akron; 877-620-4402
A frozen custard stand around since 1936. Stricklands also has locations in Streetsboro, Cuyahoga Falls and Fairlawn in Ohio
STARK COUNTY
Cherry Street Creamery
136 Cherry St. W., Canal Fulton; 330-854-9939
They make homemade ice cream and custard. They also have Coney dogs.
Kustard Korner
2710 Fulton Dr. NW, Canton; 330-456-5295
Here you’ll find soft serve custard and Dole whip options.
Ro’s Custard Creations in North Canton
1166 S. Main St., North Canton; 330-494-8519
Custard and frozen yogurt are both available here.
Editor’s Note: Any other seasonal ice cream stands we need to add to this list? Please email [email protected].
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In case you’re seeing this list in a month that isn’t warm or you’re just looking to sit indoors, we wanted you to know about other ice cream joints open all-year round:
Mitchell’s, Handel’s, Toft’s, Dairy Queen (sure, not local, but come on, it tastes like childhood), Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream, Fairport Harbor Creamery, Rosso Gelato, Graeter’s Ice Cream, Remix’s Ice Cream & Cereal Bar, Kamm’s Corners Ice Cream Co., Hartzler Dairy Shop, Heavenly Creamery, Brayson’s Ice Cream Parlor, Lumpy’s Shake Shop, Miller’s Creamery and so many more.
What an embarrassment of ice cream riches Northeast Ohio has.
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