Ice Cream
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3 ice cream restaurants worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United States.

Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream ★ 4.7

$Ice creamOhio CityCleveland

Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream flagship on West 25th Street, the Ohio City kitchen and shop in a restored old movie theater, hand-crafts every batch.

OrderTwo scoops of the seasonal flavour the kitchen is leading with, plus the kitchen tour on weekends.

TipTours run by appointment on weekends; weekday afternoons stay quietest. Free Bridge Avenue parking lot behind the building.

Graeter's Ice Cream Easton ★ 4.4

$Ice CreamDowntownColumbus

Graeter's at Easton Town Center is the Columbus-edge French-pot ice cream counter, churned in two-gallon copper kettles in Cincinnati since 1870.

OrderA scoop of the black raspberry chocolate chip; it is the Graeter's signature for a reason.

TipEaston fills up on weekend evenings; the Bethel Road and Hilliard locations move faster.

McConnell's Fine Ice Creams ★ 3.8

$$Ice creamDowntown Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara

Founded in Santa Barbara in 1949. French pot method, organic local ingredients, no preservatives. State Street shop is the brand's original home.

OrderDutchman's Gold vanilla, Eureka lemon and marionberry sherbet, Seasonal small-batch flavours

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