Here's Where To Get The Best Ice Cream In Alabama
By Jason Hall
August 6, 2021
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A Birmingham ice cream shops have been named as the best ice cream in Alabama.
Big Spoon Creamery was included among Food & Wine's list of the best ice cream in every state, which was published earlier this summer.
Founded by Geri-Martha and Ryan O'Hara, Big Spoon Creamery prides itself on being "a small batch, artisan ice cream company," with a main goal "to create a menu thagt focuses on seasonal flavors using local ingredients, as well as to bring a new innovative approach to ice cream classics," according to its official website.
"Geri-Martha O'Hara was a pastry chef working at Bottega, one of Birmingham's finest restaurants, when she met her now-husband, Ryan O'Hara," Food & Wine's David Landsel wrote. "In 2014, with just $500 to spend, the couple gambled on their dream business, Big Spoon Creamery, initially selling from a trike in their neighborhood, eventually shifting over to an ice cream truck, and then, finally, a storefront. (And then, another.) Partnerships with local farms and their favorite makers inform the fresh, often seasonal flavors you'll find here. Ice cream sandwiches, as one might imagine with a highly-skilled pastry chef in the house, are very good.
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