Top 10 ice cream shops in Lancaster
Ranked by how complete and owner-verified the listing info is — hours, phone, website, services. No pay-to-play.
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1Good Life Ice Cream & Treats
2088 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601-7200
Sun–Thu 12-8, Fri–Sat 12-9
Since 2005
Locally owned
Ice cream cakes
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8TJ's Ice Cream
2512 Valley Dr, Lancaster, PA 17603-5929
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9Cold Stone Creamery
2405 Covered Bridge Dr Ste 105, Lancaster, PA 17602
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10Bramble & Berry Ice Cream
559 W Chestnut St, Lancaster, PA 17603
Of the 27 ice cream shops listed in Lancaster, 21 give a phone number, 7 publish opening hours and 24 have a website. 9 are branches of national chains — Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard (3), Cold Stone Creamery (2), Bruster's Real Ice Cream (1); the remaining 18 are independent. By what they offer: 7 serve frozen custard, 7 sell Italian ice, 6 make homemade ice cream. Most often named on their own websites: custard (7), ice cream cakes (3) and sundaes (2). The longest-running is Good Life Ice Cream & Treats, in business since 2005. 2 describe themselves as family-owned. The nearest bigger selection is Philadelphia with 181.
All 17 other ice cream shops in Lancaster
By ZIP code: 17601 (5) · 17602 (4) · 17603 (8)
ZIP 17601 5
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Braddy Bee's Italian Ice
1555 Sylvan Rd, Lancaster, PA 17601-7138
Custard · Sundaes · Ice cream cakes
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Skyline Ice Cream
801 Park City Center, Lancaster, PA 17601
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The Salted Spoon
2301 Harrisburg Pike Ste 100, Lancaster, PA 17601-2415
ZIP 17602 4
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Rolled Cold Creamery
2495 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster, PA 17602
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Cold Stone Creamery
2319 Lincoln Hwy E, Lancaster, PA 17602
Mon-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm, Sun 11am-9pm
Cookie sandwiches
ZIP 17603 8
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Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen Store 1935 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603-4337
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Friendly's
1655 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603
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Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
6 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603-3808
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Bruster's Real Ice Cream
1785 Columbia Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603
Sundaes · Waffle cones · Ice cream cakes
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KCS Italian Ice
617 W Orange St, Lancaster, PA 17603
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Carmen & David's Creamery
25 N Prince St, Lancaster, PA 17603
Nearby in Pennsylvania
- York25
- Hershey8
- Hummelstown8
- Reading13
- Downingtown9
- Harrisburg18
- Philadelphia181
- Pittsburgh98