Arctic Avenue
Address: 3446 5th Avenue, North Versailles Contact: facebook. com / arcticavenueicecream
Open for over 15 years, this traditional ice cream shop has been a staple in North Versailles for a cool summer treat. Arctic Avenue features soft and creamy softserve ice cream made into a variety of treats like cones, sundaes, milkshakes and banana splits. Bring your pup and treat him to a doggy sundae.
Aspinwall Beans‘ n’ Cream
Address: 16 Brilliant Avenue, Aspinwall Contact: facebook. com / AspinwallBeansnCream, or 412.781.2373
In addition to the wide selection of coffee and ice cream, this shop offers sandwiches, yogurt, scones, biscotti and cookies. Visit the Facebook page for more information on hours of operation and other details.
The Black Canary
Address: 276 Freeport Road, Blawnox Contact: theblackcanary. com, facebook. com / theblackcanarycoffee
The Black Canary coffee and ice cream shop sources its ice cream from Kerber’ s Dairy in North Huntingdon, so you know it’ s fresh. While you’ re there, check out the collection of vinyl records complete with a listening station.
Brr-Kee’ s Homemade Ice Cream
Address: 539 Allegheny Avenue, Oakmont Contact: Facebook @ Brr-Kee’ s Ice Cream, or 412.828.4666
Cool off with a wide variety of homemade ice cream and gelato at this Oakmont favorite! Visit the Facebook page for more information on the store’ s hours and other details.
Bruster’ s Real Ice Cream
Address: Various locations Contact: brusters. com
Bruster’ s ice cream is made the old-fashioned way, with slow kettle processing. A wide variety of premium flavors and artisan desserts are made right in the store, including crunchy handmade waffle cones, customized sundaes and more! Visit the website for information on locations and hours.
Burgh Boba and Creamery
Address: 3845 Old William Penn Highway, Murrysville Contact: Instagram @ burghbobaandcreamery, or 412.912.3268
This is the ultimate dessert shop in Murrysville. Burgh Boba and Creamery scoops a variety of crowd-favorite Perry’ s ice cream flavors, along with boba tea, baked goods and coffee.
Charlie’ s Ice Cream
Address: 4376 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville Contact: instagram. com / charliesicecream1, or 412.376.2735
Charlie’ s is known for great premium soft-serve ice cream, soft sugar-free and fat-free yogurt, and non-dairy soft serve. It also offers homemade baked goods, from pies to cookies and donuts. Call for more information on the store’ s hours of operation.
Christy Park Cones
Address: 2819 Walnut Street, McKeesport Contact: facebook. com / profile. php? id = 100065150164753
Christy Park Cones is the perfect place to stop for a cool, creamy soft-serve cone, homemade ice cream sandwiches, Dole whip, and custom ice cream cakes. Customers go crazy for the special seasonal treats, like hot apple dumplings with ice cream in the fall.
Churn
Address: 3390 Saxonburg Boulevard, Glenshaw Contact: churngetsme. com, facebook. com / homemadeicecreamandcoffee, or 412.406.7521
Churn was created to offer delicious homemade ice cream and a great cup of coffee, while also providing an inviting atmosphere different from other spots around the city. Menu items include diverse coffee offerings, milkshakes, sundaes, arctic swirls and more. Visit the website for more details.
Cold Stone Creamery
Address: 2530 Greengate Centre Circle, Greensburg Contact: coldstonecreamery. com, or 724.219.3629
For more than 25 years, Cold Stone Creamery has served up the finest, freshest ice cream, cakes, smoothies and shakes using only the highest quality ingredients and a signature process of preparing custom ice cream creations on a frozen granite stone.
Del’ s Plum Creamery
Address: 335 Unity Center Road, Plum Contact: delsplumcreamery. com, facebook. com / DelsPlumCreamery, or 412.609.9901
Del’ s proudly serves a wide variety of Perry’ s ice cream flavors daily. Pick your favorite( or more than one!) and have the experts make it into a sundae, shake, milkshake or float. You can also pick any of the flavors for an ice cream pie to celebrate a special occasion.
Dell’ s Sundae Grill
Address: 111 Farragut Street, Munhall Contact: instagram. com / dells _ sundae _ grill, or 412.461.9154
A local landmark, Dell’ s Sundae Grill specializes in ice cream but also offers food. Established in 1955, it’ s been a summer staple in the area. There are sweet treats for dogs too!
Emmerling Ice Cream
Address: 932 PA-910, Cheswick Contact: emmerlingicecream. com, or 412.406.7432
Since 2009, Emmerling Ice Cream has been offering the best desserts, hot dogs and burgers! Choose from 20 different flavors of scooped ice cream to put a skip in your step or beat the summer heat. And don’ t forget the specials! Visit the website for more information and details on store hours.
Glen’ s Frozen Custard
Addresses: 2796 Leechburg Road, Lower Burrell, or 400 Pittsburgh Street, Springdale Contact: glenscustard. com, Facebook @ Glen’ s Custard, 724.335.5516( Lower Burrell) or 724.274.5516( Springdale)
Take a step outside the ice cream world with some yummy custard! Creamier than ice cream because it has less air, this delicious treat comes in lots of flavors: vanilla, chocolate, butterscotch, raspberry, banana, blueberry,
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