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Vegan Ice Cream Parlors in the USA and Canada

Posted on July 26, 2019 by The VRG Blog Editor
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Nothing beats vegan ice cream during the summer! Here’s some vegan ice cream parlors you can visit:

Cashew Cow

16 S. Eastbourne Ave.

Tucson, AZ 85716

They specialize in non-dairy “ice cream” derived from a cashew base. Choose from many flavors including Vanilla, Strawberry, Lemon Poppyseed, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Cookies & Cream, and many more.

Crepe & Spoon

339 22nd Ave. NE

Minneapolis, MN 55418

Located in North East Minneapolis, Crepe & Spoon provides sweet & savory crepes alongside hand crafted ice cream, with a focus on vegan high quality ingredients.

Fomu

655 Tremont St.

Boston, MA 02118

And

481 Cambridge St.

Allston, MA 02134

And

617 Centre St.

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

FoMu offers a wide variety of vegan ice creams, toppings, sorbets, baked goods, coffees, and teas. The menu includes traditional flavors such as Cookies and Cream to more experimental flavors like Avocado and Thai Peanut. FoMu offers an ever-changing menu of dairy-free, natural, and locally-made items. They do not use refined sugar and their frozen treats are coconut-based.

Frankie & Jo’s

1010 E Union St.

Seattle, WA 98122

This small vegan ice cream shop is located in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. The décor of the shop is a beautiful mix between urban and rustic. The space is very modern but cozy and offers a small area for indoor seating. Their ice cream is mostly made from sprouted cashews, but also sometimes includes coconut milk. They offer a variety of unique, vegan and gluten-free flavors for their ‘everyday ice creams’, such as Chocolate Date, Frankie’s Brown Sugar, Salty Caramel Ash, Tahini Chocolate, Gingered Golden Milk, Chocolate Mint Brownie, and California Cabin. In addition to these flavors offered year-round, Frankie & Jo’s also offers a seasonal menu of ice cream flavors and an ‘every day’ Beet Strawberry Rose sorbet. Their maple-vanilla waffle cones are also vegan and gluten-free.

Ice Dream Parlor

2895 McFarlane Rd. Bay D

Miami, FL 33133

From cones to sundaes to floats, they have everything you’d expect and more, but vegan!

Like No Udder

170 Ives St.

Providence, RI Providence, RI

Like No Udder is a vegan ice cream shop! In addition to non-dairy soft serve and hard ice cream, they offer vegan treats including shakes, floats, and candy bars. They also have a food truck.

Mr. Dewie’s

1116 Solano Ave.

Albany, CA 94706

On the corner of Solano and Kains Street, Mr. Dewie’s sells a cashew-based ice cream that is non-dairy, gluten-free, and soy-free. With favorable reviews, Mr. Dewie’s offers a wide range of flavors from the classic vanilla and chocolate to caramel almond crunch and chocolate orange.

Nanashake

4750 Yonge St. Unit 134

Toronto, ON M2N 0J6 Canada

Nanashake treats are gluten and dairy free and are offered as soft serve or popsicles. Their proprietary ingredients include Fair-trade bananas and nuts. The most popular shake is the Abbogoto, which includes a shot of espresso.  Chocolate and strawberry flavors are also popular.

Not Your Mother

1346 Queen St., Unit 2

Toronto, ON M6K 1L4 Canada

With a variety of 100% vegan soft serve flavors and toppings, Not Your Mother can appeal to nearly everyone. Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and pineapple soft serve are topped with things like cookies, candy, and potato chips to create unique and exciting options. All flavors are available as a cup, cone, waffle cone, or milkshake. Not Your Mother is located in Vegandale, along with other vegan establishments.

Over The Moon

238 W. 19

Houston, TX 77008

Something wonderfully unique about Over the Moon is their cookie bowl. Who needs an actual bowl when you could eat your ice cream out of a cookie?

Rock Salt Creamery

16 Parker Hill Rd.

Sanbornton, NH 03269

Despite the name that implies “cream,” Tom Morrison offers these vegan dessert options, which are made from a cashew base. There are nearly 30 flavors, made from natural, almost all-organic ingredients like the more traditional strawberry, raspberry or chocolate, or something a little more out there, like carrot or lemon basil. They are located on a farm.

Sweet Ritual

4500 Duval St.

Austin, TX 78751

Located inside the Daily Juice Café, Sweet Ritual boasts a funky vintage atmosphere and an abundance of vegan soft serve ice creams, shakes, sundaes, espresso drinks, toppings, and sauces. Try the Dirt & Worms Sundae (with Oreo cookies and vegan gummy worms) or the Glitterbeast (with salted caramel sauce, strawberry sauce, and edible glitter). The soft serve is an original recipe with a creamy coconut and non-GMO soy base. Outdoor seating is available at this Hyde Park vegan ice cream parlor.

The Cookie Counter

7415 Greenwood Ave. North

Seattle, WA 98103

Vanilla, Mint Chip, Chocolate, and Strawberry ice cream is always available. Additionally there are flavors that rotate weekly and seasonally, including Blackberry Lemon, Roasted Peach, and Strawberry Rhubarb. You can place special /bulk orders online at https://www.seattlecookiecounter.com/vw-ice-cream-truck The Cookie Counter has a weekly ice cream truck! See https://www.seattlecookiecounter.com/vw-ice-cream-truck for the schedule. The truck is also available for catering. The Cookie Counter has gluten free cone options.

Yoga-Urt

1407½ W. Kenneth Rd.

Glendale, CA 91021

Yoga-urt’s delicious handcrafted, fresh from scratch fare is made with organic, natural, non-dairy ingredients, and contains no artificial flavors, sweeteners or preservatives. All of the Yoga-urt soft serve is unbelievably rich and creamy and contains four strains of live probiotics added for digestive and immune health. And for those who like their Yoga-urt in a cone they are handcrafted from scratch, with vegan and gluten-free options.

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