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Plenty of options for great ice cream in the St. John’s metro area
The heat of summer sends all of us looking for ways to cool off, and the best way often comes in a cup or a cone.
Here’s a list of ice cream purveyors in the St. John’s metro area to help you indulge your cool craving.
Dairy Queen (St. John’s, Mount Pearl, Paradise)
With locations sprinkled throughout St. John’s, and one each in Mount Pearl and Paradise, Dairy Queen is a favourite of many people in the metro area. Whether you have your ice cream in a cone, a shake or a cake, you’ll find it at DQ.
Bergs Famous Ice Cream (Conception Bay South & Mount Pearl)
Whether you visit their iconic pink shop on the highway in Conception Bay South or their corner location in Mount Pearl, Bergs is a popular stop for ice cream. Their name says they’re famous, and it’s true — most people in the metro area know where to find them and will make a special trip for their array of chilly treats.
Moo Moo’s Ice Cream (St. John’s)
Who could resist a cow-spotted ice cream shop? Moo Moo’s is located on Kings Road on the cusp of downtown, making it a perfect place for locals and tourists to get their ice cream fix. When you see people enjoying a cone while strolling in the sunshine in Bannerman Park, you can bet they started out at Moo Moo’s. And chances are they’ve tried the turtle cheesecake flavour!
Tinkers Ice Cream Shop (Petty Harbour)
This ice cream shop features all kinds of great flavour combinations in cones, sundaes and shakes. If you are out for a drive, taking in the sights or visiting the Petty Harbour Mini-aquarium, a scoop of ice cream at Tinkers would be a great addition to your day.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (St. John’s)
This international franchise is known for its variety of desserts and luckily that includes all kinds of delicious ice creambased snacks. You can find them on Water Street and in Churchill Square and beat the heat with an ice cream treat.
Then there’s gelato… Newfoundland Chocolate Company (St. John’s)
If you want to get a little fancier with your ice cream cravings, you can check out the Newfoundland Chocolate Company’s gelato at any of their four St. John’s locations. Gelato originated in Italy but the Newfoundland Chocolate Company makes theirs fresh, right here.
And frozen yogurt
If you want to mix things up a little, you could take the doit-yourself approach at frozen yogurt shops like Menchies (St. John’s and Mount Pearl) or Frozu (Goulds). Both franchises let customers serve themselves a variety of flavours and toppings — even gummy bears — and charge by weight, instead of by item.
Other stores The Corner Store (Main Road, Goulds)
This convenience store is known for its baked goods, but it’s also a great place to stop for a soft-serve cone. Pick up the things you need for lunches, and then take a few minutes to enjoy your ice cream treat. Soft serve melts quickly, so don’t try and eat and drive!
The Hutch (Main Road, Mobile)
The Hutch might not be the first place you’d think of for ice cream, but amongst the fishing supplies, the drink cooler and the fireworks, you can find some of the most delicious soft serve you can imagine. The Hutch doesn’t overwhelm you with ice cream choices, it just serves up the tried and true.
Jackman and Greene (Cookstown Road, St. John’s)
This long-standing corner grocery store has also become a go-to place for soft-serve and scooped ice cream. Their softserve is rumoured to be the best in St. John’s but you’ll have to decide that for yourself.
Lester’s Farm Market (Brookfield Road)
Perhaps you headed out to pick up a few vegetables, or maybe you stopped to pet a goat — either way, Lester’s Farm Market is a good place to grab a cone. You can get soft serve or a variety of flavours of scooped ice cream, but only after you have washed your goat-petting hands!