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Rome, Italy

Gelateria dei Gracchi

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome's best scoops.
This strawberry cucumber sorbet tastes like early summer in a scoop.
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Salt & Straw Wants You to Create Your Own Ice Cream Flavors

In his new cookbook, Tyler Malek wants you—yes, you!—to go off-script with fish sauce caramel and pandan cilantro scoops.
Diana Hubbell May 8, 2025
Chicago, Illinois

Margie’s Candies

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Denver, Colorado

Little Man Ice Cream Can

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.
Itinerary

A Gastro Obscura Guide to Family-Friendly Dining in San Diego

Juicy burgers, handmade tortillas, slurp-worthy ramen, farmers market magic and more.
Buttery, pillowy rolls from Automatic Seafood in Birmingham.
Itinerary

These Restaurants Are Dishing Out Alabama’s Most Distinctive Food

A Tour of Alabama’s Unique Culinary Delights
This unusual ice cream has a long history.
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The Unlikely Popularity of Grape-Nuts Ice Cream

This simple flavor has a cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal.
Anne Ewbank August 21, 2024
The Golden Tiki in Chinatown has Dole Whip on the menu
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A Gastro Obscura Guide to Las Vegas

Intriguing ice cream, 24-hour tiki bars, and more offbeat, off-Strip offerings.
Anne Ewbank July 1, 2024
Pune, India

Raja Ices

Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.
Potter, Nebraska

The Potter Sundry

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.
Berlin, Germany

Damaskus Konditorei

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.
Istanbul, Turkey

Kanaat Lokantasi

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.
Social campaigners of the 1920s tried to make mocktails glamorous, but today Prohibition is primarily remembered as the era of speakeasies and bootleggers.
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7 Wild Stories From the Prohibition Era

The 18th Amendment had some unexpected side effects, from alcohol prescriptions to the rise of NASCAR.
April White January 12, 2024
Tiger tail ice cream features an unlikely but harmonious merger of black licorice, orange, and dairy.
food

Make Tiger Tail Ice Cream With Gastro Obscura

Recreating a vintage Canadian classic.
Andrew Coletti October 27, 2023
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Kirk's 1890 Ice Cream Parlor

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.
Sedona, Arizona

Mary Coyle

This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.
Visitors to Beijing's City Wall can enjoy ice cream in the shape of its front gate.
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6 Stories That Will Make You Scream—For Ice Cream

Take a deep dive into the delicious stories behind a world of frozen treats.
April White July 14, 2023
Nashville, Tennessee

Bobbie's Dairy Dip

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.