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The 10 Best Ice Cream Shops In The US, According To Pinterest Users

Madeline Stone

2014-07-22T00:36:00Z

No summer is complete without a good ice cream splurge.

Last fall, Pinterest launched a feature called "Place Pins," which allows users to map out businesses or locations they want to visit in the future. In the eight months since the feature was launched, more than 1 billion travel locations have been pinned.

And according to Place Pins data, more than 4,000 ice cream shops have been added to Pinterest users' wish lists.

We've rounded up the 10 most popular ones here. From a century-old gelato shop to a creamery using high-tech freezing methods, these aren't your typical ice cream shops.

10. Portland, Oregon's Salt & Straw ice cream chain was founded by cousins Kim and Tyler Malek. Rich, local ingredients go into creating interesting flavors like Strawberry with Cilantro Lime Cheesecake and Chocolate with Gooey Brownies.

3345 SE Division Street

2035 NE Alberta Street

838 NW 23rd Avenue

9. Ben and Jerry's operates thousands of locations across the globe, but you can try all of the brand's flavors and tour the factory at its headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont.

1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road, Route 100, Waterbury, Vermont

8. At San Francisco's Smitten Ice Cream, Brrristas use liquid nitrogen and patented technology to take a new approach to ice cream.

432 Octavia St. #1A, San Francisco

7. In Savannah, Georgia, locals love Leopold's Ice Cream, where they can enjoy old-fashioned family recipes that have been used since the shop was founded by three Greek immigrant brothers in 1919.

212 E. Broughton Street, Savannah

6. With toppings like pumpkin butter, sriracha, and cardamom, New York City's Big Gay Ice Cream Shop has flavors that are as playful as its name. Originally a soft-serve ice cream truck, the company is now a chain with two locations in New York and one each in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

125 East 7th Street

61 Grove Street

5. Angelo Brocato's is a favorite among Pinterest users. This New Orleans destination has been serving authentic and affordable gelato and Cannoli since 1905.

214 N. Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans

4. At San Francisco's Bi-Rite Creamery, local ingredients are used to make somewhat intense flavors like balsamic strawberry and honey lavender.

3692 18th Street

550 Divisadero Street

3. Molly Moon's operates six locations in Seattle, each with rotating flavors that vary from honey lavender to a cappuccino ice cream infused with Stumptown coffee.

1622 1/2 N. 45th St

917 E. Pine Street

1408 34th Avenue

321 W. Galer Street

2615 NE 46th Street

522 19th Avenue E

2. Located at Disney World's Beach Club Resort, the Beaches & Cream Soda Shop is an old-fashioned ice cream joint, complete with banana splits, malted milkshakes, and a classic jukebox.

1800 Epcot Resorts Boulevard, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

1. America's most-pinned ice cream shop is Matsumoto Shave Ice, a tiny shop on the North Shore of Oahu. Though it opened in 1951 as a grocery store, the shop now draws long lines of locals and tourists looking to try their famous rainbow shave ice.

66-087 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, Hawaii

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