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Cool Down This Summer with a Sweet Treat from an Ice Cream Parlor on L.I.

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By Published: July 15 2017

LongIsland.com

Satisfy your sweet tooth during the summer with a frozen treat from a local ice cream shoppe!

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Keep cool this summer by treating yourself to a frosty treat from a local ice cream shop

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When it comes to finding an edible way to cool down in the summertime, nothing does the job quite like a couple scoops of ice cream. Whether your favorite flavor is rich chocolate, creamy vanilla, or nutty pistachio, there are plenty of ice cream shoppes all around Long Island offering those flavors and much more! Best of all, visitors who are undecided can simply ask for a small sample of a flavor until they come to their final decision.
 
Now while you can always run into a Baskin-Robbins or a Carvel to satisfy your ice cream craving, why not patronize a local Long Island ice cream parlor! Check out these L.I. sweet shops serving up cool treats perfect for cooling off with in the summer!
 
Coyle's Homemade Ice Cream
75 Howells Rd, Bay Shore, NY 11706
631-666-2229
 
Five Pennies Creamery
11 N Park Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570
516-608-4344
 
Granny's Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt
1153 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, NY 11725
631-543-7501
 
Herrell's Ice Cream
46 Gerard St, Huntington, NY 11743
631-673-1100
 
Hildebrandt's
84 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596
516-741-0608
 
Hollywood Sweets
1848 Middle Country Rd # A, Ridge, NY 11961
631-924-9253
 
Ice Cream Cottage
1590 Montauk Highway, Mastic, NY 11950
631-395-3580
 
Magic Fountain Homemade Ice Cream
9825 Main Road, Mattituck, NY 11952
631-298-4908
 
McNulty's Ice Cream Parlor
153 N Country Rd, Miller Place, NY 11764
631-474-3543
 
Snowflake Ice Cream Shoppe
1148 West Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11901
631-727-4394
 
Sweet Treats on the Wharf
405 Main Street, Port Washington, NY 11050
516-708-1706