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Where to Treat Yourself to Soft Serve Ice Cream Around Atlanta

Shops serving soft serve ice cream and frozen custard around ATL

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Few foods conjure more memories of childhood and warm sunny days than soft serve ice cream. The two seem to go hand-in-hand. Here are a few places around Atlanta to grab a waffle cone stuffed to overflowing with soft serve or even frozen custard dipped in chocolate or covered in sprinkles, peanuts, or pralines beyond Dairy Queen.

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Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar at the Marietta Square Market

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Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar at Marietta Square Market food hall offers two soft serve flavors on its menu: taro and matcha with tapioca pearls (boba). Bot come with a choice of toppings. Tiny Bubbles also has a location on Marietta’s historic town square and in downtown Woodstock.

Jeremiah's Italian Ice

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Beyond the ever-changing Italian ice flavors, this sweet spot in Smyrna is also known for its creamy soft serve ice cream. Order vanilla, chocolate, or chocolate and vanilla swirl in a cup, cake cone, or waffle cone topped with sprinkles or as a gelati layered with Italian ice. Jeremiah’s also includes locations in Cumberland, Decatur, Alpharetta, and Cumming.

The Creamy Spot

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This new vegan dessert spot at the Met in Adair Park features both regular and soft serve ice cream, along with ice cream sandwiches, floats, and creamsicles. Soft serve flavors change frequently, but have included chocolate and vanilla swirl, mango, and maple vanilla.

Izzy's Ice Kreme

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Located inside the Grecian Gyro on Northside Drive in Berkeley Park, Izzy’s is described as a Greek ice cream spot where people can order vanilla soft serve sundaes, cones, and even banana splits topped with everything from baklava and Nutella to lemon cookies and sour cherries.

Momo Cafe

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This two-story coffee shop in Midtown is part of Japanese restaurant Momonoki from chef Jason Liang and John Chen (Brush Sushi). But Momo Cafe serves more than just coffee and tea drinks. It also serves fresh pastries, like the cream-filled supreme croissant, and matcha and black sesame soft serve ice cream. Pro tip: make it a swirl cone.

Big Softie

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Summerhill soft serve ice cream shop Big Softie offers from scratch flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and seasonal options on its menu. Make sure to add toppings to that cone such as chocolate dip made from Nicaraguan dark chocolate, strawberry dip, custom sprinkles created by Atlanta’s Beautiful Briny Sea Salt, honeycomb, cocoa nib bark, pink pralines, and O’Brien’s favorite, a peanut crunch coat.

Lottafrutta

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Old Fourth Ward sandwich shop and bodega Lottafrutta combines fresh fruit with vegan dulce de leche to create their soft serve ice cream. Look for flavors like peach, strawberry, passionfruit, mango, and a South American orange-like fruit called solanum quitoense.

Skyline Park

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Rooftop amusement park Skyline Park at Ponce City Market offers vanilla soft serve ice cream in a chimney cone aka a doughnut cone. The cone originated in Prague and is coated with chocolate inside with hazelnut candy at the bottom.

Zesto - East Atlanta

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Zesto’s Drive-In has been an Atlanta institution since the first location opened in 1949 on Peachtree Street across from Brookwood Station. With only three remaining outposts in East Atlanta, Forrest Park, and Tyrone, people can still partake in one of the restaurant’s most popular items: soft serve ice cream. Dip that chocolate or vanilla soft serve cake or waffle cone in nuts, chocolate, or butterscotch topping.

Rita's Italian Ice

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Rita’s serves more than just Italian ices at its shops, they also carry old fashioned, frozen custard soft serve. Flavors include vanilla, chocolate, coffee, light vanilla, strawberry, and orange cream. Frozen custard is served in a cup or a cake cone. There’s also a location in Suwanee.

Southern Custard

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Located in Brookhaven, this frozen custard shop offers Southern-inspired flavors ranging from pineapple upside-down cake and butter pecan to key lime pie and rum raisin. Check Facebook for menu updates and new flavors.

Matcha Cafe Maiko

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For those who enjoy matcha and soft serve ice cream, head to Matcha Cafe Maiko on Buford Highway. The silky sweet texture of soft serve mixed with the slight bitterness of ground green tea leaves makes this ice cream pop with flavor while still being refreshing and not too sweet. Try the matcha and vanilla swirl in a waffle cone. The cafe also includes parfaits and soft serve floats on its menu.

Andy's Frozen Custard

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There’s absolutely no shortage of frozen custard flavors to choose from, or how it comes served, at Andy’s in Alpharetta, including mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, strawberry and oreo, and seasonal flavors like key lime, pumpkin pie, and Santa brownie. Andy’s also includes locations in Atlanta and Fayetteville.

Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar at the Marietta Square Market

Tiny Bubbles Tea Bar at Marietta Square Market food hall offers two soft serve flavors on its menu: taro and matcha with tapioca pearls (boba). Bot come with a choice of toppings. Tiny Bubbles also has a location on Marietta’s historic town square and in downtown Woodstock.

Jeremiah's Italian Ice

Beyond the ever-changing Italian ice flavors, this sweet spot in Smyrna is also known for its creamy soft serve ice cream. Order vanilla, chocolate, or chocolate and vanilla swirl in a cup, cake cone, or waffle cone topped with sprinkles or as a gelati layered with Italian ice. Jeremiah’s also includes locations in Cumberland, Decatur, Alpharetta, and Cumming.

The Creamy Spot

This new vegan dessert spot at the Met in Adair Park features both regular and soft serve ice cream, along with ice cream sandwiches, floats, and creamsicles. Soft serve flavors change frequently, but have included chocolate and vanilla swirl, mango, and maple vanilla.

Izzy's Ice Kreme

Located inside the Grecian Gyro on Northside Drive in Berkeley Park, Izzy’s is described as a Greek ice cream spot where people can order vanilla soft serve sundaes, cones, and even banana splits topped with everything from baklava and Nutella to lemon cookies and sour cherries.

Momo Cafe

This two-story coffee shop in Midtown is part of Japanese restaurant Momonoki from chef Jason Liang and John Chen (Brush Sushi). But Momo Cafe serves more than just coffee and tea drinks. It also serves fresh pastries, like the cream-filled supreme croissant, and matcha and black sesame soft serve ice cream. Pro tip: make it a swirl cone.

Big Softie

Summerhill soft serve ice cream shop Big Softie offers from scratch flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and seasonal options on its menu. Make sure to add toppings to that cone such as chocolate dip made from Nicaraguan dark chocolate, strawberry dip, custom sprinkles created by Atlanta’s Beautiful Briny Sea Salt, honeycomb, cocoa nib bark, pink pralines, and O’Brien’s favorite, a peanut crunch coat.

Lottafrutta

Old Fourth Ward sandwich shop and bodega Lottafrutta combines fresh fruit with vegan dulce de leche to create their soft serve ice cream. Look for flavors like peach, strawberry, passionfruit, mango, and a South American orange-like fruit called solanum quitoense.

Skyline Park

Rooftop amusement park Skyline Park at Ponce City Market offers vanilla soft serve ice cream in a chimney cone aka a doughnut cone. The cone originated in Prague and is coated with chocolate inside with hazelnut candy at the bottom.

Zesto - East Atlanta

Zesto’s Drive-In has been an Atlanta institution since the first location opened in 1949 on Peachtree Street across from Brookwood Station. With only three remaining outposts in East Atlanta, Forrest Park, and Tyrone, people can still partake in one of the restaurant’s most popular items: soft serve ice cream. Dip that chocolate or vanilla soft serve cake or waffle cone in nuts, chocolate, or butterscotch topping.

Rita's Italian Ice

Rita’s serves more than just Italian ices at its shops, they also carry old fashioned, frozen custard soft serve. Flavors include vanilla, chocolate, coffee, light vanilla, strawberry, and orange cream. Frozen custard is served in a cup or a cake cone. There’s also a location in Suwanee.

Southern Custard

Located in Brookhaven, this frozen custard shop offers Southern-inspired flavors ranging from pineapple upside-down cake and butter pecan to key lime pie and rum raisin. Check Facebook for menu updates and new flavors.

Matcha Cafe Maiko

For those who enjoy matcha and soft serve ice cream, head to Matcha Cafe Maiko on Buford Highway. The silky sweet texture of soft serve mixed with the slight bitterness of ground green tea leaves makes this ice cream pop with flavor while still being refreshing and not too sweet. Try the matcha and vanilla swirl in a waffle cone. The cafe also includes parfaits and soft serve floats on its menu.

Andy's Frozen Custard

There’s absolutely no shortage of frozen custard flavors to choose from, or how it comes served, at Andy’s in Alpharetta, including mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, strawberry and oreo, and seasonal flavors like key lime, pumpkin pie, and Santa brownie. Andy’s also includes locations in Atlanta and Fayetteville.

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