Cold dessert
Where to get ice cream on the East End. Old soda fountains, roadside soft-serve, seasonal scoop shops. Honest about which have the line and which are quiet enough to walk up to.
Breakfast: coffee + early morning countersBeaches: the canonical post-beach moveSunset: pair a late scoop with golden hour
3 spots
A rotating flavor of the week, plus a coffee counter pouring an exclusive blend roasted at Hampton Coffee Company
A Front Street scoop shop in Greenport village, a short walk from the ferry dock, with a full coffee counter…
Hours · Sun–Thu 1 PM – 10 PM, Fri–Sat 12 PM – 11 PM
Homemade ice cream, gelato, sorbet and Greek frozen yogurt, dairy and not
"Over 48 years making the best homemade ice cream" is the claim, and the range backs it up: ice cream…
Hours · Seasonal; 2026 season opens May 15.
Over 100 flavors of Italian ice and ice cream, a block off the harbor
The Greenport outpost of the canonical Staten Island Italian ice shop, on Front Street rather than Main — worth knowing…
Hours · Mon–Thu 2 – 8 PM, Fri–Sat to 10 PM, Sun 11 AM – 8…