There is no better time to have ice cream than in the middle of the summer! The variety of fantastic ice cream shops in upstate New York will satisfy your craving for something cool and sweet, and also your desire for a great summer experience. All of the ice cream shops listed below offer a unique and lively experience that pairs perfectly with a colorful cone or refreshing milkshake. 

Delaware County 
Mac-A-Doodles Restaurant & Ice Cream
33 Harper Street
Stamford, NY

Mac-A-Doodles offers amazing ice cream specials and American dining classics such as burgers, french fries, and other fun treats like fried oreos. Enjoying dining inside or outside with their great casual dining area. 

Polar Bear Homemade Ice Cream & More
5212 NY 28
Franklin, NY

Polar Bear Ice Cream is a fantastic ice cream stop with a wide variety of dining options and creative ice cream specials. Enjoy a chocolate waffle cone, homemade ice cream sandwiches, and so much more. The ice cream shop is situation right next to a large pond for a great place to enjoy your sweet treats.

Otsego County 
Golden Guernsey Ice Cream 
15 Main Street
Oneonta, NY

Gold Guernsey is  Oneonta's go-to ice cream shop selling homemade ice cream custards, rotating flavors, and over-the-top sundae's. Enjoy eating inside in the a/c or outside with the summer breeze.

Jerry's Place
6635 NY 28
Hartwick, NY 13348

Jerry's Place provides an ice cream experience with an amazingly decorated dining area and a great space for outdoor snacking. Play foosball while drinking a shake or enjoy a burger at the diner-style bar!

Photo courtesy of Nif-T's

Sullivan County
Nif-T's
1914 Old Route 17
Roscoe, NY

Nif-T's offers soft and hard ice cream including a wide variety of tasty flavors that can be enjoyed inside or at an umbrella-shaded picnic table. Try a specialty sundae, a milkshake or one of their other delicious frozen treats. 

Evelyn's Ice Cream Bar
46 Main Street
Livingston Manor, NY

Evelyn's Ice Cream Bar makes their own cookie-ice-cream-sandwiches and creative milkshakes such as the Orange Creamsicle Shake, and other delicious refreshing treats such as an affogato or bread pudding. 

Photo courtesy of Sawyer Ice Cream Co.

Ulster County
The Ice Cream Station
76 Main Street
Phoenicia, NY

The Ice Cream Station boasts an array of sweet delicacies such as candy, ice cream sundaes, soft serve and hard serve ice cream and all sorts of goodies in between. Gather around a colorful picnic table and enjoy your treat in the sunshine!

Sawyer Ice Cream Company
190 Ulster Avenue
Saugerties, NY

Sawyer's Ice Cream not only makes amazing ice cream sundaes, shakes, and cones but they have one of the coolest buildings in the business! The chrome building is as inviting as the ice cream and makes for a delicious and memorable moment.