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Ice Cream

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

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  • Hard serve · Fudge + ice cream · Montauk

    Fudge 'n' Stuff

    Hard-pack scoop counter and a fudge kitchen off the Montauk Circle

    On Carl Fisher Plaza off the Circle — a scoop counter and fudge kitchen a minute from the Montauk traffic circle, with candy and popcorn alongside. The operator's own site is a locked storefront that says only that online ordering is off for the summer, so nothing about the flavour board is published anywhere: turn up and look. The scoop shop for the kid who has already seen John's Drive-In three times this week.

    Hours · Daily into the evening in season (the operator publishes nothing; call ahead)

    $Summer onlyParking: lot
    Website@fudgenstuffmtk508
  • Hard serve · Soft serve · Montauk

    John's Drive-In

    Homemade hard pack and soft serve next to a burger and fried clam line

    Since 1967, a roadside walk-up on Montauk Highway that presses its own burgers, fries its own fish, and, in its own words, makes its ice cream on premises. The soft serve is the move after a day at Ditch, but the revolving homemade hard-pack flavors are the reason to come earlier. The queue moves fast because there is no seating — eat on the hood. They stay open year-round, closing for major holidays and the odd snow day, and post no hours at all: the contact page just says to call. You can order ahead through Square for fifteen-minute pickup and UberEats delivers, but the full ice cream menu is walk-up only: "You'll have to visit us in-person for that."

    Hours · Open year-round; the operator publishes no daily hours and asks you to call

    $Year-roundParking: lot
    Website@johnsdrivein6,554

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