Cleveland, OHIce Cream

Cleveland Magazine profiles Mason's as an Ohio City creamery where the flavors rotate with the season. The Bridge Avenue shop makes small batches and shifts part of its operation toward ramen during cold weather. In summer, cones, cups and creative frozen desserts remain the reason to visit this single neighborhood storefront.

Mount Granita serves Italian ice from a compact Murray Hill storefront in Little Italy. Cleveland Magazine highlights the seasonal shop and its fruit focused flavors. The texture lands between sorbet and shaved ice, giving the neighborhood a dairy free warm weather option with vivid flavor and a lighter profile than the surrounding gelato and pastry counters.

Honey Hut sweetens its ice cream with honey and has grown from its original Old Brooklyn stand into a small Northeast Ohio operation. Cleveland Magazine profiles the State Road shop. The menu centers familiar scoops, sundaes and seasonal combinations, with the distinctive sweetener giving even straightforward flavors a recognizable house character.

Cleveland Magazine visits this Fleet Avenue stand for soft serve, sundaes and the kind of savory snacks that turn an ice cream stop into a full neighborhood outing. Daisy's operates seasonally in Slavic Village, pairing frozen treats with hot dogs and other counter fare from its longtime walk up window.

Cibik's Dairy Island is a family run seasonal stand east of Cleveland in Chagrin Falls. Cleveland Magazine includes it for classic soft serve and a broad roster of frozen combinations. Its April through September schedule makes the Washington Street counter a warm weather destination for cones, sundaes and other familiar frozen treats.