Cold dessert

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 counters Beaches: the canonical post-beach move Sunset: pair a late scoop with golden hour

1 scoop shop

1 scoop shop. That is about as picky as the East End gets — loosen one to see more.

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Hard serve · Shelter Island
Tuck Shop
The Mashomack S'mores Sundae, hand-made ice cream cakes, and pints and quarts to take home
The island's scoop shop, halfway along Menantic Road, and the one place on Shelter Island still handing out cones after the kitchens have shut. Northforker's 2025 round-up calls it an island favourite for coffee, sundaes and ice cream cakes and singles out the Mashomack S'mores Sundae; pints and quarts go home in the cooler bag. It runs on the season rather than the calendar — open through the summer, open late.
Hours · Daily 11 AM – 11 PM in season
$Summer onlyParking: lot

Shelter Island

Tuck Shop