Top 10 ice cream shops in Birmingham
Ranked by how complete and owner-verified the listing info is — hours, phone, website, services. No pay-to-play.
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1Big Spoon Creamery
4000 3rd Ave S # 104, Birmingham, AL 35222-1917
Mon-Thu 12pm-9am, Fri-Sat 12pm-10am, Sun 12pm-9am
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2Bruster's Real Ice Cream
5212 Caldwell Mill Rd, Birmingham, AL 35242
Mon-Sun 11am-9am
Sundaes · Waffle cones
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3Avondale Sugar Shack
4330 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35222
Thu 3PM-8PM, Fri 3PM-8PM, Sat 1PM-8PM, Sun 1PM-6PM
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4The Spun Cow
1821 2nd Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203
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5Polar Shaved Ice
1701 Forestdale Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35214
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6Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
219 29th St S, Birmingham, AL 35233
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7Blue Bell Creameries
112 W Park Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211
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8Treats So Sweet
605-A Springville Rd, Birmingham, AL 35215
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9Steel City Pops
5449 Hwy 280, Birmingham, AL 35242
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10Nola Ice
1600 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233-1703
Of the 22 ice cream shops listed in Birmingham, 21 give a phone number, 3 publish opening hours and 16 have a website. 3 are branches of national chains — Bruster's Real Ice Cream (1), Cold Stone Creamery (1), Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams (1); the remaining 19 are independent. By what they offer: 4 make shaved ice, 4 make homemade ice cream, 3 offer vegan ice cream. Most often named on their own websites: sundaes (3) and waffle cones (2). The longest-running is Bluff Park Ice Cream Shoppe, in business since 2016. The nearest bigger selection is Huntsville with 25.
All 12 other ice cream shops in Birmingham
By ZIP code: 35203 (1) · 35206 (1) · 35208 (1) · 35209 (4) · 35218 (1) · 35226 (1) · 35235 (1) · 35242 (2)
ZIP 35203 1
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Cannella Gelato
2212 Morris Ave, Birmingham, AL 35203
ZIP 35206 1
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Yummys Ice Cream Station
9500 Parkway E, Birmingham, AL 35206
ZIP 35208 1
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Twice As Nice
2223 Bessemer Rd, Birmingham, AL 35208
ZIP 35209 4
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Edgewood Creamery
936 Oxmoor Rd, Birmingham, AL 35209
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La Nueva Michoacana
104 Green Springs Hwy, Birmingham, AL 35209
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Pinguinitos
405 Valley Ave, Birmingham, AL 35209
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La Sabrosita
293 W Valley Ave, Birmingham, AL 35209-4817
ZIP 35218 1
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Accurate Shaved Ice
1701 Avenue F, Birmingham, AL 35218-1564
ZIP 35226 1
ZIP 35235 1
ZIP 35242 2
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Cold Stone Creamery
701 Doug Baker Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35242
Nearby in Alabama
- Hoover16
- Cullman9
- Tuscaloosa11
- Alexander City6
- Prattville6
- Decatur7
- Huntsville25