Here's Where To Get The Best Ice Cream In Virginia
By Jason Hall
August 5, 2021
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A family owned creamery on Chincoteague Island has been named as the best ice cream in Virginia.
Island Creamery was included among Food & Wine's list of the best ice cream in every state, which was published earlier this summer.
"On a steamy summer afternoon in sleepy Chincoteague, the only thing more popular than hanging out in line at Island Creamery is a trip down to the beach," Food & Wine's David Landsel wrote. "Since 1975, the family-owned institution has been a peak-season staple on the Delmarva Peninsula. It's always worth a trip (and an inevitable wait) for rich and creamy ice creams from local cows in an array of creative, pronounced flavors that work wonders with the area fruit crop in season -- cantaloupes, peaches, apples, you name it.
"These days, there are two additional scoop shops on the peninsula, a development worth celebrating. Perhaps with an ice cream cone."
Island Creamery, which also has two locations in Maryland, has 28 year-round flavors and nearly 40 seasonal flavors, according to its website.
The original Chincoteague Island location was started by Bob and Nancy Conklin, the parents of Kelly Conklin, who now runs the store with his wife, Robin.
Here's Food & Wine's full list of the best ice cream in every state:
- Alabama- Big Spoon Creamery
- Alaska- Wild Scoops
- Arizona- Sweet Republic
- Arkansas- Loblolly Creamery
- California- Gunther's
- Colorado- Little Man Ice Cream
- Connecticut- Arethusa Farm
- Delaware- Woodside Farm Creamery
- Florida- Dasher & Crank
- Georgia- Cremalosa
- Hawaii- Black Sheep Cream Co.
- Idaho- The STIL
- Illinois- Lagomarcino's
- Indiana- Lick Ice Creams
- Iowa- Wilton Candy Kitchen
- Kansas- Sylas and Maddy's Homemade Ice Cream
- Kentucky- Louisville Cream
- Louisiana- Creole Creamery
- Maine- Gelato Fiasco
- Maryland- Dumser's Dairyland
- Massachusetts- Toscanini's; Christina's Homemade Ice Cream
- Michigan- Moomers Ice Cream
- Minnesota- Bebe Zito
- Mississippi- Oxford Creamery
- Missouri- Crown Candy Kitchen
- Montana- Big Dipper Ice Cream
- Nebraska- Coneflower Creamery
- Nevada- Luv-It Frozen Custard
- New Hampshire- Annabelle's Natural Ice Cream
- New Jersey- The Bent Spoon
- New Mexico- Caliche's Frozen Custard
- New York- Fortunes Ice Cream
- North Carolina- Two Roosters Ice Cream
- North Dakota- Pride Dairies
- Ohio- Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
- Oklahoma- Roxy's Ice Cream Social
- Oregon- Salt & Straw
- Pennsylvania- Bassett's
- Rhode Island- Wright's Dairy Farm
- South Carolina- Off Track Ice Cream
- South Dakota- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Tennessee- Cruze Farm
- Texas- Lick Honest Ice Creams
- Utah- Rockwell Old Fashioned
- Vermont- Little Gordo Creemee Stand
- Virginia- Island Creamery
- Washington- Molly Moon's
- West Virginia- Austin's Ice Cream
- Wisconsin- Leon's
- Wyoming- Shumway Farms