Get The Scoop: Ten Must-Visit Ice Creameries InTheBurg
We don’t need a reason to enjoy a delicious ice cream sundae, but if you’re looking for an excuse, here’s a great one: July is National Ice Cream Month, and National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July.
Choosing which flavor to savor is almost as difficult as choosing a shop! Here’s ten of our favorite creameries:
Averie’s Ice Cream Shoppe, (9329 Asheville Hwy, Inman)
Did you know that Averie’s Ice Cream Shoppe was started by Holmes Catering? The business behind Take It Holmes gourmet meals to-go has a westside location (1930 Old Reidville Rd,) and combined their Inman location under one roof with Averie’s. The eatery-sweetery combo is open seven days a week.
Big Ben’s Desserts & Ice Cream, (297 Spartanburg Hwy, Lyman)
Big Ben’s is your one-stop-shop for ice cream sundaes, hand-baked brownies and cupcakes, milkshakes, Ben Hall’s famous banana pudding, and more. Build your own sundae, with a slice of signature cake and over 15 toppings to choose from. Stop by for a sweet treat, Tuesday through Saturday.
Read our full article on Big Ben’s Desserts & Ice Cream here.
Blue Moon Bodega, (220 East Daniel Morgan Ave, Spartanburg)
In addition to a full grocery, lunch counter, and taproom menu, Blue Moon Specialty Food’s bodega location also offers a customizable ice cream counter. Choose from built sundae toppings or craft your own.
Buck ‘N Brew Coffee & Ice Cream, (18981 Asheville Hwy, Campobello)
“Have your [ice cream,] and eat it too” at Buck ‘N Brew. This specialty coffeeshop and ice cream parlor combo, has everything from hot fudge sundaes, handspun milkshakes, and cheerwine floats, to oreo frappes and sandwiches. Check out their 24 flavors of ice cream, open Monday through Saturday. In a rush? They even have a drive-through!
Cowpens Coffee & Creamery, (5370 North Main St, Cowpens)
Cowpens’ newest business is now brewing and scooping downtown; Cowpens Coffee & Creamery offers specialty coffee by Black Mountain, NC’s Dynamite Roasting Co. and 32 flavors of 100+ rotating Hershey’s Ice Cream varieties. The shop is open seven days a week, and hosts frequent events such as themed storytimes and true crime nights.
Hub City Scoops, (158 East Main St, Spartanburg)
Hub City Scoops has all sorts of ways to eat your ice cream: waffle cone, cake cones, ice cream sundaes, ice cream sandwiches, ice cream cakes, AND ICE CREAM FLIGHTS. Choose from nearly 60 rotating flavors— including non-dairy options, sugar-free flavors, and Italian ices and sherberts– from Wisconsin’s famous Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream. Hub City Scoops is open daily, with both indoor and outdoor seating. Or, enjoy your ice cream across the street with a stroll through the Denny’s Plaza gardens.
Scoops on Main- Woodruff, (222 South Main St, Woodruff)
Downtown City of Woodruff has a new sweets-shop, as of spring 2022, serving up single, double, and liter treats. Scoops on Main offers multiple flavors of Ashby’s Ice Cream– such as Moose Tracks, Amaretto Cherry, Oreo Cheesecake, and Rainbow Sherbert– by the scoop in handmade waffle cones, sundaes, and even banana splits. Try their full menu for yourself, seven days a week.
Scoops is expanding soon, with a second location planned in Duncan.
Smallcakes Spartanburg, (198 West Main St)
With over 13 signature cupcakes, 250 rotating flavors, and 75 flavors of small-batch ice cream, Smallcakes Spartanburg has something to satisfy every sweet tooth. The bakery and creamery, owned by Cherella and Thomas Lee, is open Monday through Saturday, for the perfect post-meal or catering treat. Cupcakes are sold solo, by the half-dozen, or dozen.
Spill the Beans, (174 East Main St, Spartanburg)
Looking for coffee or ice cream? Tea or milkshakes? You don’t have to choose! This combo coffeeshop in Downtown Spartanburg’s historic Aug. W. Smith Building offers customizable blended ice cream creations and toppings by the cup or cone, open late seven days a week.
Strawberry Hill U.S.A., (3097 Hwy 11 West, Chesnee)
Most people know Strawberry Hill U.S.A. for their fresh-picked buckets of strawberries, baskets of peaches, and other seasonal produce. BUT, right across the street, stop by the Country Cafe and Ice Cream Parlor. The cafe is open year-round for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Grab a Southern bite to eat and a dessert to-go, then eat your sweet treats in a rocker on the porch.
Strawberry Hill offers 12 homemade flavors and 18 Gifford & Hershey flavors, plus milkshakes, banana splits, root beer floats, fresh berry sundaes, and more. The Ice Cream Parlor is open daily, 10am-8pm.
