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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Best of Louisville (Louisville Magazine). Updated August 2026.
Louisville Cream · NuLu
Best of Louisville 2025 Ice Cream winner. The NuLu small-batch scoop shop whose Banana Pudding flavor was named best ice cream in Kentucky by Food Network and Food & Wine.
The Pie Kitchen · St. Matthews
The Louisville pie-and-scoop institution. Routinely the city's highest-rated dessert counter and the house answer for silky chocolate cream pie and Kentucky pecan pie alongside its homemade scoops.
Graeter's Ice Cream · Highlands
The regional French-pot classic since 1870. Salted caramel, black-raspberry chip and Elena's Blueberry Pie remain the reflexive Louisville scoop on Bardstown Road.