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Ice Cream Shops in Santa Cruz, CA

13 ice cream shops in and around Santa Cruz, California.

Santa Cruz has about 62,581 residents, which works out to 21 ice cream shops per 100,000 people. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 estimate.

Top 10 ice cream shops in Santa Cruz

Ranked by how complete and owner-verified the listing info is — hours, phone, website, services. No pay-to-play.

  1. 1Marianne's Ice Cream

    1020 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Sun–Thu 10am–11pm, Fri–Sat 10am–Midnight

    Since 1947

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  2. 2The Penny Ice Creamery

    820 41st Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-4421

    Homemade
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  3. 3Cold Stone Creamery

    1129 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Milkshakes
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  1. 4Mission Hill Coffee & Creamery

    1101 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4418

    Homemade
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  2. 5Top A Lot Yogurt - Santa Cruz

    738 Water St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Mon–Fri 12:30 PM–10:00 PM, Sat–Sun 12:00 PM–10:00 PM

    Frozen yogurtVegan
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  3. 6Izzy's Ices

    106 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Custard

    CustardItalian iceShaved iceVegan
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  4. 7Marianne's Ice Cream Plant

    2100 Delaware Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-6362

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  5. 8Cruz Creamery

    815 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Homemade
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  6. 9Loard's Ice Cream

    307 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Since 1950

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  7. 10Gran Gelato Caffè

    525 Cedar St #10, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Gelato
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13ice cream shops
21per 100,000 residents
10with a phone
11with a website
2publish hours

Of the 13 ice cream shops listed in Santa Cruz, 10 give a phone number, 2 publish opening hours and 11 have a website. 2 are branches of national chains — Cold Stone Creamery (1), Dippin' Dots (1); the remaining 11 are independent. By what they offer: 4 make homemade ice cream, 2 serve gelato, 2 offer vegan ice cream. The longest-running is Marianne's Ice Cream, in business since 1947. The nearest bigger selection is Los Angeles with 321.

Santa Cruz 13 ice cream shops

All 3 other ice cream shops in Santa Cruz

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  1. The Penny Ice Creamery

    913 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

    Homemade
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  2. Dippin' Dots

    400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5416

    Since 1953

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  3. Casa Del Gelato

    119 Madrone St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-2714

    Gelato
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