Ice cream dreams: Nine of the coldest scoops in town

Ice cream dreams

Nothing spells out s-u-m-m-e-r quite like a melty, drippy scoop of ice cream. Here are nine local options we’re digging right now (and always).

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Top row:

Half Baked: Ben & Jerry’s (Barracks Road Shopping Center, 244-7438)

Coconut: Kirt’s Homemade Ice Cream (Albemarle Square Shopping Center, 202-0306)

Peach almond: The Market at Grelen (15091 Yager Rd. (Somerset), (540) 672-7268)

Middle row:

Raspberry sorbet: Splendora’s Gelato (317 E. Main St., Downtown Mall, 296-8555)

Cherry vanilla: Chaps (223 E. Main St., Downtown Mall, 977-4139)

Chocolate: Splendora’s Gelato (317 E. Main St., Downtown Mall, 296-8555)

Bottom row:

Mocha honey: The Market at Grelen (15091 Yager Rd. (Somerset), (540) 672-7268)

Banana: Coldstone Creamery ()1709 Emmet St. N, 529-8526)

Purple cotton candy: Kirt’s Homemade Ice Cream (Albemarle Square Shopping Center, 202-0306)