St. Louis, MOIce Cream

Tamara Keefe's creamery began as a Lafayette Square parlor and grew with flavors such as Italian butter cookie, coffee, maple pecan bourbon and pink champagne sorbet. Order the gooey butter ice cream, then try a boozy scoop.

This Shaw shop makes nitro ice cream, flash-freezing the mix for a silky texture. Order a scoop made at the counter, or take home a pint in a flavor such as vanilla or cherry cordial.

Beckie Jacobs' Serendipity has run a scoop shop and appeared on restaurant dessert menus around town for two decades. At the Grove location, take home a hand-packed pint from the case, with flavors such as cookie monster or blueberry cheesecake, or a prepacked classic such as gooey butter or gold coast chocolate.

This gelato shop has locations on The Hill and in Kirkwood. Flavors change regularly; look for amaretto or chocolate hazelnut, alongside dairy-free choices such as pineapple and pink grapefruit. Order a cone or take home a pint or quart.

Sophie Mendelson's South City shop makes ice cream sandwiches designed to be easy to bite without cracking a frozen cookie or squeezing out the filling. The Gideon pairs housemade vanilla ice cream with chocolate-covered pretzel chunks, chewy peanut butter chip brownie and a layer of smooth peanut butter. The shop occupies the former Carondelet Bakery space on Virginia Avenue.