Ice cream and desserts in Gainesville: Butler Plaza and downtown

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Refreshed every three months.

Gainesville’s dessert shops gather around Butler Plaza and SW 34th Street, where an Italian ice stand, a cookie bakery and three ice cream shops sit close together. Downtown has an ice pop shop on SE 2nd Avenue, a frozen custard eatery is on NW 5th Avenue, and two more shops are north, on NW 16th Boulevard and NE 23rd Avenue.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Gainesville’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 9, 2026. Chain stores whose location pages would not load for us are left off until we can confirm them. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

The list

The places

Brother Cookie on NE 23rd Avenue, next to TB Goods, calls itself Gainesville’s giant gourmet cookie. It bakes in small batches through the day and invites callers to check whether a particular cookie is in stock. Its site notes it is closed Tuesdays until further notice.

Cold Stone Creamery on SW Archer Road is the ice cream chain’s Gainesville store. Its location page lists separate, shorter hours for delivery.

Crumbl on SW 35th Boulevard near Butler Plaza is the cookie chain’s Gainesville bakery, with a rotating cookie menu for pickup and delivery through its app.

D’lites Emporium on NW 16th Boulevard serves low-fat soft serve ice cream. Peter and Karen West bought the Gainesville shop in October 2021.

Frosty Fox in University Town Center on SW 34th Street is a dessert shop with stores elsewhere in Florida. Its Gainesville-UF store keeps the same hours every day.

Jeremiah’s Italian Ice in Butler Plaza serves Italian ice and runs seasonal flavor promotions; its page lists the week’s hours by day.

SweetBerries on NW 5th Avenue, at the corner of NW 6th Street, is an eatery and frozen custard stand. It has a second Gainesville location at 1700 Stadium Road.

The Hyppo on SE 2nd Avenue downtown makes gourmet ice pops, including custom pops for events, and ships pops by UPS.

Zero Degrees on SW 34th Street describes itself as an ice cream shop and takes orders online. Its site lists noon to 10 p.m. without naming days.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get ice cream in Gainesville?

Cold Stone Creamery on SW Archer Road, Frosty Fox and Zero Degrees on SW 34th Street, D’lites Emporium on NW 16th Boulevard and SweetBerries on NW 5th Avenue all serve ice cream, soft serve or frozen custard inside the city limits.

Which Gainesville dessert shops are open late?

Cold Stone Creamery lists 11:45 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Brother Cookie lists 11 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. The Hyppo downtown and Jeremiah’s Italian Ice list 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Where can I get cookies in Gainesville?

Brother Cookie bakes giant gourmet cookies at 401 NE 23rd Ave., and Crumbl is at 3230 SW 35th Blvd. near Butler Plaza.

Where can I get low-fat soft serve in Gainesville?

D’lites Emporium, 4216 NW 16th Blvd., serves low-fat soft serve from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.