Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Washington, DC

Desserts and ice cream in Washington at a glance

• Desserts and ice cream is the 10th largest food category in Washington, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 2.7% share compares with 3.8% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 60 listed below, 28 are independent and 32 belong to chains; 60 list a website.

Dessert and Ice Cream Shops in Washington

Showing 60 of 132, listings with a website first.

• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 526 8th St SE
• Häagen-Dazs
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3120 M St NW
• Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1415 14th St NW
• Jubilee - Ice Cream & Hot Donuts - Georgetown
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3333 M St NW
• Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3245 Prospect St NW
• Ice Cream Jubilee
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1407 T St NW
• Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 904 Palmer Alley NW
• Dolcezza Gelato & Coffee
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1704 Connecticut Ave NW
• Ben & Jerry’s
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 705 Wharf St SW
• Rita's Italian Ice & Frozen Custard
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1014 H St NE
• Dolcezza
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1560 Wisconsin Ave NW
• Kilwins D.C.
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 663 Water St SW
• Baskin-Robbins
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 406 8th St SE
• Chocolate Chocolate
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1130 Connecticut Ave NW
• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3501 Connecticut Avenue NW, Unit 12A
• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1201 Half St SE, Ste #133
• Cold Stone Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 2430 Market St NE, Spc 1002
• Dolcezza at the Hirshhorn
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 7th and, Independence Ave SW
• Dolcezza Gelato and Coffee
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1418 14th St NW
• Dolci Gelati
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1420 8th St NW
• FroZenYo
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3000 Connecticut Ave NW
• Here's The Scoop
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2824 Georgia Ave NW LL
• Hershey's Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3151 K St NW
• Ice Cream Jubilee
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 301 Water St SE #105
• Insomnia Cookies
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1201 Half St SE Ste 130
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · Site, 1925 14th St NW B
• Lulabelle's Sweet Shop
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 847 Upshur St NW
• Mount Desert Island Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3110 Mt Pleasant St NW
• Pie Shop
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1339 H St NE
• Pitango Gelato & Coffee, Penn Quarter
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 413 7th St NW
• Pitango Gelato & Coffee, The Wharf
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 605 Wharf St
• Presidential Scoops
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1450 G St NW
• Shake Shack Dupont Circle
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1216 18th St
• Southwest Soda Pop Shop
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1142 Maine Ave SW
• The Capital Candy Jar
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 201 15th St NE
• Thomas Sweet
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 3214 P St NW
• Tipsy Scoop D.C.
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 675 I St NW
• Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 660 Pennsylvania Ave SE
• Yala Greek Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3143 N St NW
• Malai
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1407 T St NW
• Olivia Macaron
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 405 Morse St NE
• Captain Cookie and the Milk Man
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 2040 I (Eye) St NW
• The Peach Cobbler Factory
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1010 Massachusetts Ave NW Unit 100
• Peking Garden Chinese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2008 18th St NW
• Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 2421 18th St NW
• Larry's Homemade Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1633 Connecticut Ave NW
• The Creamery at Union Market
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1309 5th St NE
• Pasha Castle
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3279 M St NW
• Pitango Gelato, Adams Morgan
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 1841 Columbia Rd NW
• Baskin-Robbins
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 50 Independence Ave SE, House Of Representatives
• Baskin-Robbins
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 616 23rd St George Washington University
• Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · Chain · 418 Morse St NE
• Dolci Gelati
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 5766 2nd St NE
• Star Vending Wholesalers
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1107 Marion Barry Ave SE
• June B Sweet
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3807 McKinley St NW
• 5-12 Dessert
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 703 Edgewood St NE
• Moorenko's
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 720 C St SE
• Flavor of Love Ice Cream Trucks
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 1815 S St
• Capital City Creamery
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 3023 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
• DC CAFE N GRILL
  Restaurant · Desserts and ice cream · 2035 P St NW

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