With school being out for summer, the warm weather has influenced me to leave my house and not play video games all day. I’ve finally had the time to explore around the city and find more food places that every Calgarian should try! Now that it’s summer, an excellent way to beat the heat is to get yourself a bowl or cone of ice cream. Listed below are a few of my favourite ice cream shops in Calgary!
Village Ice Cream
A local, Calgary ice cream staple, Village Ice Cream has made it onto my list of ice cream places you need to try. With 10 ice cream flavours, seasonal ice cream flavours (which change monthly, yum!) and 4 locations in Calgary, Village’s menu is tremendous, even though it’s very small. They have vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free options on their menu. Whenever I visit Village, I usually get their seasonal flavours; they recently had their ten-year anniversary (congrats Village!) and I tried their seasonal special flavor, Dunkaroos (the best decision I made). It brought me back so much nostalgia to when I used to snack on Dunkaroos constantly, I loved it so much.
Village Ice Cream has four locations in Calgary
- Brittania Plaza, located on 820 49TH AVE SW
- Victoria Park, located at 431 10 AVENUE SE
- University District, located at 4019 UNIVERSITY AVE NW
- Bridgeland, located at 69 7A ST NE
- Garrison Corner, located at 2406 34TH AVE SW
Made By Marcus
Made By Marcus, another Calgary ice cream chain staple. Similar to Village, they have their seasonal flavours and their staple menu flavours. They have 3 locations in Calgary and 2 locations in Edmonton, and they also carry vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free options. My favourite ice cream flavour is Malted Chocolate Honey!
Made By Marcus has three locations in Calgary
- Bridgeland, located on #121 1013 17th Ave SW
- 17th Avenue, located on 1105 1st Ave NE Calgary
- Hillhurst, located on 221 19th St NW
Abbey’s Creations
I found out about Abbey’s Creations through some of my family friends and I’ve enjoyed going here ever since it was mentioned to me. As a Filipina, Abbey’s Creations carries Filipino ice cream flavours, like Queso, Sans Rival, Ube Pandan, Macapuno, and many others. I’ve never had ice cream in Calgary that had Filipino-inspired flavours, and this brought me a lot of comfort. My favourite ice cream flavour is Sans Rival; originally Sans Rival is a meringue cake with layers of buttercream frosting and cashews, but in this case, it’s in ice cream form. I am a very big fan of Abbey’s Creations.
My Favourite Ice Cream Shoppe
A quaint spot, I’ve been going to My Favourite Ice Cream Shoppe ever since I was five. The portion sizes are massive and they have a large array of ice cream flavours. I kid you not there are so many flavours every time I walk into their Marda Loop location I feel so overwhelmed with how many flavours there are. My favourite flavour to order is hedgehog.
My Favourite Ice Cream Shoppe has two locations in Calgary
- Marda Loop, located on 2048 – 42 Ave. S.W
- West 85th Street, located on 1114 – 8561 8A Ave. S.W.
