Retro Ice Cream Parlors

Prattville's small-batch soda bar mixing flavored Cokes to order.

Prattville

A chocolate-house soda fountain on Hollywood Boulevard.

Los Angeles

A checkerboard-floor malt shop near San Diego's Midway museum.

San Diego

A 1950s Colorado Springs walk-up window still slinging soft serve.

Colorado Springs

Denver's Bonnie Brae neighborhood parlor, lines out the door since 1986.

Denver

A Stonington record shop with a soda fountain wedged in the back.

Stonington

College Park's throwback counter serving egg creams and phosphates.

Orlando

Venice Avenue's chrome-and-red-vinyl fountain, loud and busy.

Venice

West Orange County creamery with a soda counter in the back.

Ocoee

An ice cream parlor inside an antique store, built along a long mid-century main street fountain counter.

Canton, GA

Ice Cream Shop in Carrollton, rated 4.7 by locals.

Carrollton, GA

Small-batch creamery on the north side of Valdosta.

Valdosta

Ice Cream Shop in Atlanta, rated 4.5 by locals.

Atlanta, GA

Set in a 1900s building in historic downtown Buford, hung with vintage photos and local memorabilia.

Buford, GA

Scoop shop and waffle bar on the Winder square.

Winder

South Cumming scoop shop with a big flavor board and bigger cones.

Cumming

Ice Cream Shop in Dahlonega, rated 4.4 by locals.

Dahlonega, GA

Pine Avenue scoop shop in downtown Albany.

Albany

Diner in Cornelia, rated 4.4 by locals.

Cornelia, GA

Set in a converted train caboose, this spot crafts frozen treats like sundaes with lots of toppings.

Chamblee, GA

Hamburger Restaurant in St Simons Island, rated 4.2 by locals.

St Simons Island, GA

Dessert Shop in Dunwoody, rated 4.2 by locals.

Dunwoody, GA

Restaurant in Social Circle, rated 4.7 by locals.

Social Circle, GA

Small-batch scoops and sundaes on Post Road in west Forsyth.

Cumming

A family-owned 1950s-themed parlor with homemade ice cream and classic soda floats.

Braselton, GA

Ice Cream Shop in Young Harris, rated 4.9 by locals.

Young Harris, GA

Ice cream on Madison’s antebellum main street.

Madison

General store on Watkinsville’s Main Street with an ice cream counter.

Watkinsville

Rolled ice cream and shakes near Georgia Southern.

Statesboro

Jackson Street counter on the Americus square.

Americus

Broad Street parlor that draws all of Walton County.

Monroe

Bright small-town scoop shop just outside Athens.

Watkinsville

American Restaurant in Tennille, rated 5 by locals.

Tennille, GA

Diner in Unadilla, rated 4.5 by locals.

Unadilla, GA

Ice Cream Shop in Richmond Hill, rated 4.8 by locals.

Richmond Hill, GA

A full-service late-Victorian soda fountain inside a restored 19th-century building on the downtown square.

Cartersville, GA

Deli and ice cream counter on Thomasville’s brick main street.

Thomasville

A western Iowa fountain and coffee house sharing one small-town counter.

Ida Grove

Bowling Green shop pairing small-batch ice cream with a soda counter.

Bowling Green

Maine's beloved 1947 creamery, still making every flavor in small batches.

Gorham

A Front Street counter in shipbuilding Bath, half deli and half fountain.

Bath

A Newton institution serving frappes and absurd sundaes since 1969.

Newton

A Clinton confectionery pairing house-made candy with a proper ice cream soda.

Clinton

Royal Oak's homemade ice cream stop since 1958, still with a line out the door.

Royal Oak

A Twin Cities craft bottler with a taproom of soda on draft.

New Brighton

A Pine Island fountain built as a tribute to the town's lost drugstore counter.

Pine Island

A Route 66 stop in Rolla mixing loaded sodas and hand-dipped scoops.

Rolla

An Art Deco fountain in Midtown pouring ice cream into martini glasses.

St. Louis

Missoula's walk-up ice cream institution on South Higgins.

Missoula

Bozeman's small-batch scoop shop just off Main.

Bozeman

Small-batch Montana ice cream on Missoula's Front Street.

Missoula

An Omaha fountain that pours phosphates by day and spikes them by night.

Omaha

A Grand Island soda counter built for Nebraska drive-up culture.

Grand Island

A Portsmouth mercantile with a Dickensian candy hall and a working fountain.

Portsmouth

Summit's homemade ice cream stop, a fixture on Morris Avenue for decades.

Summit

A Long Hill township fountain doing lunch counter duty for the whole town.

Long Hill

A Schoharie Valley soda shoppe built on nostalgia and nickel-plated syrup pumps.

Middleburgh

A Massapequa parlor that has scooped its own ice cream for three generations.

Massapequa

A bright Amityville shoppe stacking modern shakes on a classic fountain frame.

Amityville

Waynesville's craft soda bar making syrups from Appalachian fruit.

Waynesville

North Dakota's last small-town dairy, churning in Bottineau since 1930.

Bottineau

A downtown Fargo creamery scooping made-in-house flavors on Broadway.

Fargo

A Lake Erie harbor-town grill with a fountain counter and a jukebox soul.

Vermilion

A Salem, Ohio soda works making its own syrups from scratch.

Salem

A downtown Sandusky soda shop steps from the Cedar Point ferry.

Sandusky

A Lehigh Valley ice cream shoppe on the towpath in tiny Weissport.

Weissport

A Hershey-adjacent dairy bar built for people who came for chocolate.

Hummelstown

A Main Street Deadwood saloon that serves sarsaparilla instead of whiskey.

Deadwood

A Smokies arts-community stop stacked wall-to-wall with glass-bottle soda.

Gatlinburg

Downtown Sevierville's corner scoop shop with a proper marble-style counter.

Sevierville

A Glen Rose soda shop near the dinosaur tracks.

Glen Rose

A neighborhood Spokane parlor scooping big splits under bright lights.

Spokane

A bright parlor on Ruston Way near Point Defiance, floats and cones all summer.

Ruston

A cheerful Spokane Valley scoop shop with floats and old-school sundaes.

Spokane Valley

Spokane's Garland District landmark, shaped like a giant milk bottle.

Spokane

A Wisconsin soda brand from 1974, bottling nostalgia by the case.

Random Lake

A Sheridan Avenue soda saloon in Buffalo Bill's Cody.

Cody