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Chicago's Best Ice Cream: Mid-Season Power Rankings
Chicago's Best Ice Cream: The Mid-Season Power Rankings. Our official stance on the best ice cream shops in Chicago.
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Eli's Ark
Eli’s Ark is a dessert shop in Wicker Park with gelato that’s formed into cute animal shapes.
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Sideshow Gelato
Sideshow Gelato is a hybrid gelato shop and magic show venue in Lincoln Square.
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Legend Tasty House
Legend Tasty House is an ice cream and boba shop in Chinatown specializing in rolled ice cream.
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Ciao Ciao Gelato & Cafe
Ciao Ciao is a gelateria and coffee shop in Portage Park with a large selection of excellent gelato.
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Vaca's Creamery
Vaca’s Creamery is a vegan ice cream shop in Bucktown with excellent oat milk-based soft serve.
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Annette’s Homemade Italian Ice
Annette’s sells ice cream and Italian ice from a takeout window in Lincoln Park.
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Pretty Cool Ice Cream
Pretty Cool is an ice cream shop in Logan Square serving creative ice cream bars.
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Milky Milky Ice Cream
Milky Milky is a great ice cream shop with creative flavors like ube with Oreo and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
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Spinning J
Spinning J is an excellent bakery and soda fountain in Humboldt Park that has housemade sodas, fresh baked pies, and sandwiches.
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Bartleby’s Ice Cream Cakes
Located in The Hatchery, Bartleby’s makes - you guessed it - ice cream cakes, including vegan options.
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Black Dog Gelato
Black Dog in Wicker Park makes fresh gelato with interesting flavor combinations.
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Sugar Shack
Sugar Shack is an ice cream shop in Bridgeport that specializes in funnel cake sundaes.
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Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Jeni’s is an ice cream chain with several locations across the city. It serves our favorite ice cream in Chicago.