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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Richmond Magazine and Style Weekly. Updated August 2026.
Gelati Celesti Ice Cream · Museum District
Richmond Magazine's 2025 and 2024 Best Ice Cream Shop winner. The small-batch Richmond ice cream maker now running eleven stores across Central Virginia.
Scoop · The Fan
Richmond Magazine 2025 and 2024 runner-up for Best Ice Cream Shop. The Strawberry Street small-batch scoop shop in the Fan.
Ruby Scoops Ice Cream & Sweets · Northside
Richmond Magazine 2025 top-3 for Best Ice Cream Shop. The Brookland Park ice-cream and candy shop from Rabia Kamara, a Food Network 'Ben & Jerry's: Clash of the Cones' winner.
Spotty Dog Ice Cream Co. · Union Hill
A Union Hill scoop shop that began as a pop-up and delivery operation before settling into a storefront on Jefferson Avenue. Style Weekly's June 2026 Readers' Winners poll named it among the city's ice cream and frozen treat spots, and Richmond BizSense covered its 2022 opening as a small local operation.