The local gelato shop is co-owned by Manolo’s Latin Bakery owner Manolo Betancur.
The gelato is made with coconut milk, making it dairy-free and vegan. Flavors include coffee mocha chips and s’mores, plus seasonal flavors. They also serve sorbet.
Flavors like guava Maria , a cream cheese soft serve ice cream topped with guava and Maria cookies, are one of the many reasons the Latin café and cevicheria is on our best restaurants list.
Put down your locally-made pitchforks. This monster franchise makes the local ice cream list for its retro-cool walkup location on Wilkinson Boulevard, which has been in Charlotte since 1947. The property was listed for $1.4 million last fall . Charlotte’s other longtime location off Central Avenue, which was built in 1951 and is now Milkbread, moved to Eastway Crossing.
The historic significance of the two sites has been documented by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Committee here and here .
This tiny shop — not much bigger than the ice cream counter itself — is a Charlotte classic located steps from the Gold Line. Your visit didn’t happen if you didn't take a photo with the sign.
Try the bubble waffle – cereal killer at the Metropolitan location. It includes vanilla ice cream, Fruity Pebbles, chocolate Frosted Flakes, cookie crisps, mini marshmallows, condensed milk and a chocolate drizzle.
The shop at Camp North End serves a dozen flavors of dairy-free and egg-free ice cream. Their coffee ice cream is made using HEX coffee, another local shop at Camp North End. Flavors range from classics like cookies and cream to fun flavors like peanut butter and jelly.
There’s just something about ice cream served out of a souped-up Chevy Express van. Catch it at events and food truck rallies throughout greater Charlotte. The truck is available for private events.
Ingredients for their ice cream come from area farms. The root beer for their floats comes from Mooresville. They serve more than a dozen flavors, as well as non-dairy options.
The family-owned gelato shop recently opened in South End, serving more than 20 flavors of gelato, plus vegan options and sorbet. They also serve espresso and will eventually have pastries.
The local shop known for bold flavors, artistic murals and an iconic dual-top cone expanded from its original shop on Central Avenue to South Carolina. Plus they were one of the local vendors tapped for the 2022 Presidents Cup .
Bonus: They recently started serving soft-serve at their Plaza Midwood location and plan to offer it at their South End location soon.
The menu has eight rolled ice cream flavors, including a build-your-own option, plus nine additional flavors you can get in a cone. The lounge also serves milkshakes and boba teas.
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