Ice cream map: Check out opening dates for Cincinnati-area shops here🍦

Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer
·3 min read

How does Reese eat her ice cream? Witherspoon. Bad puns aside, let's get straight to the pint.

It's almost spring in Cincinnati (and meteorological spring is already here), so the time-honored tradition of local ice cream shops reopening their doors (or windows) for the season is around the corner.

Are you anxiously waiting for your favorite local ice cream shop to open? Lucky for you, we made a list of local shops and their opening dates.

Take a look at that and our map below.

We will continue updating this list as more shops announce their opening dates.

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Greater Cincinnati ice cream shops in Ohio

Birds Sweets and Treats, 7197 Paddison Road, Anderson Township.

Bold Face Dairy Bar Co., 801 Mount Hope Ave. Suite B, Price Hill.

Chubby's Pizza and Whippy Dip, 120 N. Main St., South Lebanon.

Cone Zone, 4101 Harrison Ave., Cheviot.

The Cone, 68 Tylersville Road, West Chester.

The Dipper, 6918 Plainfield Road, Silverton.

Dojo Gelato, 1735 Blue Rock St., Northside.

  • Opens in April, specific date TBA.

Don's Creamy Whip, 1522 Market St., Reading.

Flub's Ice Cream, 981 Easton Ave., Hamilton; 4065 Hamilton Cleves Road, Ross; 537 Wessel Drive, Fairfield.

General Custer's Golf & Gulp, 3325 Westbourne Drive, Green Township.

Green Man Twist, 770 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills.

Gold Top Dairy Bar, 2810 Blue Rock Road, Green Township.

The Goody Shop, 2009 Springdale Road, Springfield Township.

Legen-Dairy Whip, 3376 Ohio 125, Bethel.

The Li'l Goodie Shoppe, 7120 Eagle Creek Road, Colerain Township.

Loveland Dairy Whip, 611 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland.

Norwood Delite Creamy Whip, 4490 Forest Ave., Norwood.

Mt. Healthy Dairy Bar, 7840 Hamilton Ave., Mount Healthy.

Mt. Washington Creamy Whip & Bakery, 2069 Beechmont Ave., Mount Washington.

Putz's Creamy Whip, 2673 Putz Place, Mount Airy.

The Root Beer Stand, 11566 Reading Road, Sharonville.

Sprinkles Creamy Whip, 500 N. Miami Ave., Cleves.

Sprinkles Soft Serve & Tasty Treats, 1861 Main St., Goshen.

Sweet's N Eat's, 4719 Delhi Ave., Delhi.

Tucker's Whippy Dip, 127 E. Main St., Mason.

Walker Bros., 9425 Montgomery Road, Montgomery.

  • Hopes to open sometime in May, specific date TBA.

Whipty-Do!, 2529 US Route 22, Maineville.

  • Drive-thru window open daily from 1-9 p.m. Walk-up window will reopen sometime in March, specific date TBA.

Zip Dip, 4050 Drew Ave., Bridgetown North.

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Greater Cincinnati ice cream shops in Northern Kentucky

Dairy Crest, 3024 Madison Ave., Latonia.

  • Open Friday through Sunday since Feb. 14 from 4-8 p.m.

Fort Thomas Parlor, 1013 S. Ft. Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas.

  • Open from 4-9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4-10 p.m. Fridays, 1:30-10 p.m. Saturdays and 1:30-8:30 p.m. Sundays.

Silver Grove Dari Bar in Silver Grove, Kentucky, opens for the season on March 11.
Silver Grove Dari Bar in Silver Grove, Kentucky, opens for the season on March 11.

Silver Grove Dari Bar, 5178 Mary Ingles Highway, Silver Grove.

Snow Palace, 204 W. Southern Ave., Latonia.

Did we miss your favorite seasonal local ice cream shop? Email HOgwude@enquirer.com.

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