Antney’ s Ice Cream
Address: 1316 Poplar Street, Green Tree / Westwood Contact: facebook. com / antneys, or 412.920.1300
A family-owned business that uses its own recipes to make homemade ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogurts. From whipped cream to Pup Cups, the treats are housemade in small batches and always fresh. Visit the Facebook page for more information on the store’ s hours of operation and other details.
Bruster’ s Real Ice Cream
Address: 5888 Steubenville Pike, McKees Rocks Contact: brusters. com, or 412.200.2337
Bruster’ s ice cream is made the old-fashioned way, with slow kettle processing designed specifically to create the Bruster’ s flavor, starting with a proprietary homestyle mix delivered fresh from its dairy. There is a wide variety of premium flavors and artisan desserts made right in the store, including crunchy handmade waffle cones, customized sundaes, candy-filled blasts and thick milkshakes plus customized cakes and pies. Visit the website for information on other locations and hours.
Cold Stone Creamery
Address: 6509 Robinson Center Drive, Robinson Township Contact: coldstonecreamery. com, or 412.788.8380
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 its signature process of preparing your custom ice cream creation on a frozen granite stone.
Cookie Cookie Ice Cream
Address: 1815 McKees Rocks Road, McKees Rocks Contact: cookiecookieicecream. com, facebook. com / CookieCookieIceCream, or 412.875.5260
Cookie Cookie Ice Cream operates by the philosophy that all people should be able to find fulfilling and meaningful work, despite disabilities or special needs. Seventy percent of the staff is neurodiverse, and many of the employees are from special education programs at local schools. Stop in to enjoy small-batch ice cream made with local ingredients and warm cookies for ice cream sandwiches.
Crafton Ice Cream Delite
Address: 38 West Steuben Street, Crafton Contact: craftonicecream. com, facebook. com / craftonicecreamdelite, or 412.458.4097
Crafton Ice Cream Delite serves all kinds of ice cream and food, from softserve and hard ice cream, hurricanes and shakes, to hamburgers, hoagies and soup. Visit the website for more information on the store’ s hours of operation and other details.
Fitfeine & Ice Cream
Address: 3 Foster Avenue, Crafton Contact: instagram. com / fitfeine
Now here’ s a concept we bet you haven’ t seen before— a shop that sells fitness products and ice cream! It’ s a great reminder that life is all about balance. You can choose from more than a dozen ice cream flavors and milkshakes. And when you’ re craving something a little healthier, Fitfeine has a variety of smoothies, bowls, and fresh juices.
The Ice Creamery
Address: 108 Seminary Avenue, Oakdale Contact: Facebook @ The Ice Creamery, or theicecreamery18 @ gmail. com
Proudly serving Hershey’ s ice cream, The Ice Creamery scoops up myriad flavors for cones, sundaes and shakes. Check the Facebook page for information on hours, local fundraisers and events.
Janie’ s Homemade Hard Ice Cream
Address: 1020 5th Avenue, Coraopolis Contact: facebook. com / janiesicecream, or 412.397.9938
Featuring at least 20 flavors of hard ice cream( including sugar-free chocolate), as well as milkshakes, sundaes, parfaits and more, Janie’ s also offers a variety of cones— from sugar to dipped waffle cone— to add that extra crunch to every bite.
Kip’ s Ice Cream
Address: 1136 Thorn Run Road, Moon Township Contact: facebook. com / kipshomemadeicecream, or 412.269.7475
Kip’ s has been a local sweet spot for families( and their furry friends) since 2001! In addition to 18 flavors of ice cream, it offers 40 specialty flavors— from pistachio to rum raisin. Three low-fat yogurts are always available, with 20 flavors constantly rotating, and two no-sugar-added ice creams are on hand at all times. Fruit smoothies, sundaes, milkshakes, root beer floats, Slush Puppies, blended iced coffee, avalanches, ice cream sandwiches and homemade waffle cones are also offered!
M. A.’ s Ice Cream Shop
Address: 303 West Lincoln Avenue, McDonald Contact: Facebook @ MAs-Ice-Cream- Shop, or 412.716.6806
A charming ice cream parlor that’ s reasonably priced, with a wide variety of high-quality ice cream products! Visit the website for more information on the store’ s hours of operation and other details.
MilkShake Factory
Address: 9898 University Boulevard, Suite 80, Moon Township Contact: themilkshakefactory. com, or 412.474.3711
Family tradition is what sets this delectable treat apart from others. MilkShake Factory ® began in 1914 as a small soda fountain and chocolate shop in Lawrenceville. Menu choices range from milkshakes and sundaes to floats and drinks. Visit the website for information on other locations and hours of operation.
Rita’ s
Address: Various locations Contact: ritasice. com
Rita’ s Italian ice is not your grandmother’ s snow cone! It’ s much smoother and made with real fruit, is served daily within 36 hours of mixing and is trans-fat free. Rita’ s also offers smooth, creamy, old-fashioned frozen custard, gelati, blended drinks, milkshakes and more.
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