The Ice Creamsmith

Ice cream shop · Mattapan

The Ice Creamsmith

Ice cream shop · Mattapan

2295 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124, USA

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Nestled in Lower Mills, The Ice Creamsmith is a beloved parlor whipping up fresh, inventive ice cream flavors and indulgent treats for nearly 50 years.

2295 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124, USA Get directions

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"This list is stacked with ice cream legends, but the elder statesman of the group is the nearly 50-year-old Ice Creamsmith in Dorchester’s Lower Mills. It’s easy to go all out here with a dizzying array of candies to mix into flavors like mocha and coconut almond swirl, and squiggles of hot fudge and caramel over top, but for first-timers, start with the ultimate classic: A simple sweet cream scoop that the shop has been perfecting for decades." - Nathan Tavares, Erika Adams

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@eater

"This Lower Mills ice cream parlor features house-made ice creams, frappes, cakes, and classic banana splits. The 10 regular flavors — from vanilla to frozen pudding with a rum base, raisins, and fruit — join seasonal offerings like the current peppermint stick, pumpkin, and egg nog. Or order up an ice cream pizza, which boasts a brownie “crust” topped with vanilla ice cream, candies, cookie bits, and chocolate syrup. The Ice Creamsmith is open for takeout and online orders from its website." - Nathan Tavares

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@infatuation

"We’re big fans of the old-school signage at this Lower Mills ice cream spot, as well as the absurdly large scoops they serve. The texture and consistency of the ice cream is some of the best in the city, which may or may not be related to the rapid speed of “production to scoop” that the shop advertises. There’s also ice cream pizza available, in case you’ve grown tired of margherita." - Joel Ang

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@eater

"The Ice Creamsmith (2295 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester) opens at noon for its 42nd season. The dessert shop features around 10 core ice cream flavors as well as monthly specials, frozen yogurts, and sorbets." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal

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Elizabeth S

Google

Best homemade ice cream ever. They are located near the chocolate factory on Dorchester Avenue. Absolutely love their vegan ice cream. They make a new flavor about every week and a half. Lots of dairy flavors with all the candy sides! It’s a very small establishment best for parties of two or three people. sometimes I take my ice cream and sit outside on the bench that they have there.

Brianna Mary

Google

Great ice cream shop. Good service, very fresh batches! They mix ins toppings for you so they don’t just sit on top. Their regular flavors, monthly flavors, and one batch Wednesday flavors are always so good!! Had to stock up on this one batch horchata flavor, it was amazing!

Harte Dental

Google

Always a fun selection of flavors and family owned and operated! They give back to the local community throughout the year. We love teaming up with them for our summertime Cavity Free Club! 🦷 🍦 They’re like the Mike’s Pastry of Lower Mills! Open late in the summer perfect for a dessert after dinner!

Angela Truong

Google

When I first went to this place, the air and feeling of this place was nice. Its small but is still a great place to hangout with a friend or two for ice cream. Surprisingly, it was a bit crowded when I got there at around 8 pm. The staff working there was very fast and efficient at their job. They were also nice too. I got sweet cream with Reese's mix ins and it was SO good. You could chose any mix ins you want in the list as well which is pretty cool.The texture and taste of the ice cream was delicious and the Reese's added a great touch of flavor. It just left me wanting more even though I already had a good amount of ice cream. I really recommend coming here for some excellent ice cream with a fair price!

Robert Nichols

Google

Best ice cream in Boston! They have amazing seasonal flavors. I love the coconut pineapple. My kids love the pumpkin flavor that comes out in the fall. All locally made and great service. Check it out if you’re ever in Lower Mills during the Spring, Summer or Fall (They’re closed in Winter). Also, they take cash or cards now!

Michaela Collins

Google

Delicious treat to cap off a Sunday afternoon! The young person was made aware of one of my nieces nut allergy- went above and beyond with safety measures so she could enjoy her ice cream and gummy bears on the side. Service impeccable and on par with the amazing ice cream! Thank you for serving our community!

Nicholas Kieler

Google

I love places like this. The Ice Creamsmith has clearly been an institution for longer than I have been alive, with pictures and news clippings decorating the walls from long before I was born. Their ice cream is all made in house, which we sampled pure to check its quality before ordering. I am a big fan any time the staff gets to share their favorites, so I had to get one of those reccomendations. It just so happened that after picking Eric's reccomended vanilla malt milkshake that we found out Eric himself would be the one to make it for us. I can confidently say the milkshake was delicious, and that I only wished that I had had more to drink of it despite its large size (this is more of a testament to how good it was). I think this is the kind of locally owned place with high quality product and enthusiastic staff that is worth going out of your way to visit.

Michael B. Mackan

Google

The ice cream is always made fresh since June 1976. Get there early because they are known to sell out of some flavors. This just makes you try another flavor, and next thing you know, you have a new favorite.