Graeters French Pot Ice Cream appears as a signature dish in 2 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Graeter's French-pot ice cream · Cincinnati
Graeter's French-pot ice cream is small-batch ice cream made in 2.5-gallon copper pots, hand-folded with chocolate chunks. The black raspberry chocolate chip is the canonical flavor.
Louis Charles Graeter opened a small ice cream shop on Court Street in Cincinnati in 1870. He adapted a French-pot process he had learned, freezing ice cream in 2.5-gallon spinning copper pots one batch at a time. His widow Regina took over after his death in 1919 and grew the business. The same family still runs Graeter's today, with the same French-pot process used across all 50-plus locations in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Where to eat in Cincinnati:
- Graeter's Hyde Park
- Findlay Market
Graeter's French-pot black raspberry chocolate chip · Columbus
French-pot ice cream churned two gallons at a time in copper kettles, with hand-folded chocolate chunks and black raspberry. Cincinnati founded, Columbus-served at every Graeter's scoop counter.
Graeter's Ice Cream began in Cincinnati in 1870 and uses the French-pot method, churning ice cream in two-gallon copper kettles with hand-folded chocolate chunks. The Columbus locations at Easton Town Center, Bethel Road, Sancus Boulevard and Hilliard run the same recipe. The black raspberry chocolate chip is the signature flavor, with Pacific Northwest black raspberries and chunks of dark chocolate.
Where to eat in Columbus:
- Graeter's Ice Cream Easton