14 Southern Sources of Frozen Joy 🍨

Savor summer’s sweetest treat at one of these ice cream shops

Jul 20, 2025

In honor of July 20 being National Ice Cream Day, we’re unlocking another weekend bonus drop. This previously paywalled section of our “Vintage Summer” 2024 story includes locations across the Southeast where you can enjoy a cone—or bowl—of summer’s sweetest treat.

Want to churn your own? We’ve provided links to two delicious homemade ice cream recipes below. If you need to buy a churn, check out the top-ranked Whynter ICM-201SB 2.1 Quart Capacity Upright Automatic Compressor Ice Cream Maker (around $306 on Amazon). We’ve heard it’s the best—even though it doesn’t have the same nostalgic look and sound of an old cedar churn.

Keep scrolling and you’ll see some black-and-white photos of Americans churning and enjoying homemade ice cream over the years.

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GEORGIA

Homemade Ice Cream & Gifts
8635 N. Main Street, Helen
homemadeicecreaminhelen.com

Leopold’s Ice Cream
212 East Broughton Street, Savannah
400 Airways Avenue, Savannah
leopoldsicecream.com

Sweet Stack
25 Piedmont Avenue NE, Atlanta
sweet-stack.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

Sweet Cream Company
1627 Main Street, Columbia
sweetcreamcompany.com

Wholly Cow Ice Cream
Based in Charleston
whollycowicecream.com
Check the website to find out where this ice cream is served or sold.

NORTH CAROLINA

Howling Cow Dairy Education Center and Creamery at North Carolina State University
100 Dairy Lane, Raleigh
howlingcow.ncsu.edu

McConnell Farms
177 Old Dana Road, Hendersonville
mcconnellfarms.net

Squigley’s Ice Cream & Treats
208 S. Lake Park Boulevard, Carolina Beach
squigleysicecream.com

Two Roosters Ice Cream
7713 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh
215 E. Franklin Street, Raleigh
4025 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh
800 Taylor Street, Durham
1839 S. Main Street, Wake Forest
tworoosters.com

TENNESSEE

Clumpies Ice Cream Co.
26 Frazier Avenue, Chattanooga
3917 St. Elmo Avenue, Chattanooga
1401 Market Street, Chattanooga
clumpies.com

Cruze Farm Dairy
2721 & 2723 Asbury Road, Knoxville
445 S. Gay Street, Suite 103, Knoxville
143 E Main Street, Morristown
1642 Parkway, Sevierville
cruzefarm.com