Restaurants Frozen Treats
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Alumni Cookie Dough
Price: $
Locations
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480 N. Thomas St. Athens, GA 30601. 762-400-2634
File Under: Ice Cream, Something Different. • Cookie dough specially formulated to be safe to eat raw, available in many flavors. Jittery Joe’s coffee, milkshakes (with cookie dough), ice cream sundaes and toppings. Some vegan, gluten-free and keto choices. You can also take its product home and bake it if you want some crunch.
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Andy's Frozen Custard
Price: $
Locations
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2180 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 762-356-4330
File Under: Frozen Treats. Features: Take-out, drive-thru, counter service. Hours: Seven days.
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Baskin-Robbins/Dunkin' Donuts
Price: $
Locations
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771 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-3444 View Map
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2081 Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-8363 View Map
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1045 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-353-7166 View Map
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1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-546-1635
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935 Highway 29 N. Athens, GA 30601. 706-548-6338
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies, Coffee Houses and Bakeries. Features: Drive-thru, Wi-Fi, counter service. • Prince Avenue, Epps Bridge Parkway and Highway 29 locations are Dunkin' Donuts only.
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Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop
Price: $
Locations
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105 College Ave. Athens, GA 30601. 706-208-0031 View Map
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies. Features: Outside seating, counter service. Hours: Seven days.
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Blenderz
Price: $
Locations
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245 Oconee St. Athens GA 30601. 706-514-0060
File Under: Smoothies, Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken. Hours: Seven days. Features: Take-out, counter service, catering, vegetarian friendly. • Want to spend extra to get your acai bowl in a fresh coconut half at this small chain in the Mark? You can do that here and Instagram it to your heart's content. Also: smoothies, panini, wraps and juices.
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Bruster's Real Ice Cream
Price: $
Locations
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1029 Parkway Pl. Athens, Georgia 30606. 706-850-1249
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies. Features: Catering, drive-thru.
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Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers
Price: $
Locations
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2050 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-354-0671
File Under: Sandwiches, Burgers and Chicken, Frozen Treats. Features: Drive-thru, delivery, take-out. Hours: Lunch and dinner, seven days.
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Hodgson's Pharmacy
Price: $
Locations
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1260 S. Milledge Ave. Athens, GA 30605. 706-543-7386 View Map
File Under: Ice Cream. • Old-fashioned drug store with soda fountain counter. Dollar scoops of Edy’s ice cream in a cup or cone. Malts, shakes and floats, too. Sit on the hill outside for the best experience.
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Price: $$
Locations
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1710 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30606. TBA
File Under: Ice Cream. Features: Take-out, counter service. Hours: Likely noon to 11 p.m. • Certified B-corp with locations all over the US is opening one in Athens this year, in a cute lil' house in Five Points that used to be a bank. Innovative flavors like everything bagel, frosé sorbet and wildberry lavender.
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La Michoacana Antojitos Mexicanos
Price: $
Locations
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3750 Old Jefferson Road Athens, GA 30607. 706-206-5260
File Under: Frozen Treats, Mexican. Features: Counter service, take-out, outside seating. Hours: Seven days. • Hundreds of flavors of popsicles and ice cream in this shop attached to La Jalisco grocery store and taqueria. Also: street-food snacks like a grilled ear of corn encrusted with Hot Cheetos, agua fresca with ice cream, sliced mango with chile powder and a fruit cup topped with spicy gummy worms.
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La Michoacana Es Natural
instagram.com/lamichoacana_esnatural
Price: $
Locations
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1635 Glenn Carrie Road Hull, GA 30646. 706-521-8008
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies, Mexican. Features: Outside seating. Hours: Seven days. • Astonishingly good Mexican ice cream shop that makes flavors fresh in-store daily (including queso, tequila, eggnog and more), as well as gorgeous paletas full of fruit, smoothies, aguas frescas and street-food snacks like Dorilocos and loaded potato chips. Its food truck shows up at the J&J on weekends with ice cream and savory stuff.
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Lil' Ice Cream Dude's Cool World
Price: $
Locations
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1040 Gaines School Road Athens GA 30605. 706-850-6864
File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies. Features: Delivery, take-out, catering. Hours: Seasonal. • The lil' dude in question, Beau Shell, is now a college student, but he and his family still own and run this super-fun ice cream shop, which has a wide variety of flavors, milkshakes, fat ice cream sandwiches (made in house), Italian ices and pints. You can hire the truck for parties or pick up a tailgate box of ice cream or popsicles. Dairy-free options.
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Pelican’s Snoballs
Price: $
Locations
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510 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30605. No # specified.
File Under: Frozen Treats. Features: Outside seating. Hours: Seven days (closes in cold weather).
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Planet Smoothie
Price: $
Locations
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196 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-316-3090 View Map
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1993 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-353-8181 View Map
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1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-521-5833
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2361 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-369-3111
File Under: Smoothies. Features: Catering. Hours: Seven days.
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Scoops
Price: $$
Locations
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1725 Electric Ave. Watkinsville, GA 30677. TBA
File Under: Ice Cream. • Small Georgia ice cream chain with other locations in Madison and Monroe is about to be open in Watkinsville's Wire Park development (and has been popping up in a truck before the space is complete). Lots of kid-friendly ice cream flavors, plus an excellent selection of candy, including vintage and obscure items.
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Smoothie King
Price: $
Locations
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1591 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-613-2600 View Map
File Under: Smoothies. Features: Catering, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Seven days.
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Treathouse Candy and Ice Cream
Price: $
Locations
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585 Barber St., Studio G Athens, GA 30601. 706-850-8226 View Map
File Under: Ice Cream. • Athens' most magical toy store Treehouse Kid and Craft has moved and added Treathouse, with vegan soft-serve ice cream served in super-cool cones in unusual flavors, plus popsicles and both old-timey and imported candies.
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