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The 2023-2024 Flagpole Guide To Athens, GA

Restaurants Frozen Treats

  • Alumni Cookie Dough

    alumnicookiedough.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Andy's Frozen Custard

    eatandys.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 2180 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 762-356-4330

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    File Under: Frozen Treats. Features: Take-out, drive-thru, counter service. Hours: Seven days.

  • Baskin-Robbins/Dunkin' Donuts

    dunkindonuts.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 771 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606. 706-548-3444 View Map

    • 2081 Hog Mountain Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. 706-769-8363 View Map

    • 1045 Gaines School Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-353-7166 View Map

    • 1880 Epps Bridge Pkwy. Athens, GA 30606. 706-546-1635

    • 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.

  • Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop

    benjerry.com/athens

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Blenderz

    blenderz.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Bruster's Real Ice Cream

    brusters.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 1029 Parkway Pl. Athens, Georgia 30606. 706-850-1249

    File Under: Ice Cream and Smoothies. Features: Catering, drive-thru. 

  • Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers

    freddysusa.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Hodgson's Pharmacy

    hodgsonsrx.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

    jenis.com

    Price: $$

    Locations

    • 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. 

  • La Michoacana Antojitos Mexicanos

    instagram.com/michoacana_aths

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • La Michoacana Es Natural

    instagram.com/lamichoacana_esnatural

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Lil' Ice Cream Dude's Cool World

    lilicecreamdude.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Pelican’s Snoballs

    pelicanssnoballs.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 510 Baxter St. Athens, GA 30605. No # specified.

    File UnderFrozen Treats. Features: Outside seating. Hours: Seven days (closes in cold weather).

  • Planet Smoothie

    planetsmoothie.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 196 Alps Road Athens, GA 30606. 706-316-3090 View Map

    • 1993 Barnett Shoals Road Athens, GA 30605. 706-353-8181 View Map

    • 1791 Oconee Connector Athens, GA 30606. 706-521-5833

    • 2361 W. Broad St. Athens, GA 30606. 706-369-3111

    File Under: Smoothies. Features: Catering. Hours: Seven days.

  • Scoops

    facebook.com/scoopswirepark

    Price: $$

    Locations

    • 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.

  • Smoothie King

    smoothieking.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 1591 S. Lumpkin St. Athens, GA 30605. 706-613-2600 View Map

    File Under: Smoothies. Features: Catering, delivery, Wi-Fi. Hours: Seven days.

  • Treathouse Candy and Ice Cream

    treehousekidandcraft.com

    Price: $

    Locations

    • 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.