City Consensus
What Columbia, MO locals agree on · updated 1 week ago
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Editor’s picks
Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Inside Columbia. Updated June 2026.
Sparky's Homemade Ice Cream · Downtown
Inside Columbia's 2025 Gold for ice cream. The downtown 9th Street scoop shop that's anchored the CoMo dessert picks since 2003.
Andy's Frozen Custard · South Columbia
Inside Columbia's 2025 Silver. The Nifong walk-up window CoMo readers picked as the city's best frozen custard.
Randy's Frozen Custard · North Columbia
Inside Columbia's 2025 Bronze. The local custard stand rounding out CoMo's ice-cream top three.
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