Ice cream in Back Bay at a glance
- Ice cream is the 3rd most listed category in Back Bay, after coffee shops and seafood.
- 6% of Back Bay's listings are ice cream, against 3.1% across all of Greater Boston in this directory, so the area leans toward it.
- They cluster on Newbury Street (6), Boylston Street (2).
- 1 are tagged for takeout, 2 for delivery and 1 for outdoor seating. Tags are volunteered by mappers, so treat these as a floor.
Ice cream spots in Back Bay
- Ice cream · 249 Newbury Street · Takeout · Delivery
- Beard Papa'sCafe · 230 Newbury Street
- Quick service · Burgers · Sandwiches · 399 Boylston Street
- Ice cream · 174 Newbury Street
- Ice cream · 800 Boylston Street
- Cold Stone CreameryIce cream
- Ice cream · 290 Newbury Street
- I-CE-NYIce cream · 217 Newbury Street
- Ice cream · 173 Newbury Street · Delivery · Outdoor seating
- Red MangoIce cream
Where else to find ice cream around Boston
By count of listings, the ice cream scene is deepest in Cambridge (19), Somerville (6), East Boston (5) and Newton (5).
Run a ice cream spot in Back Bay?
6 of these 10 list a website in OpenStreetMap. Guests searching for ice cream in Back Bay land on whichever page answers first; when that page is a delivery marketplace, it takes a cut of every order and shows your competitors alongside you. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu and posts to match.
Listings come from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Places open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-10.