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Downtown Scoops
101 N 2nd Ave, Alpena, MI 49707, United States
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Da
Review №1

Nice ice cream shop. They have good soft serve ice cream. Thier waffle cones are really good

Ma
Review №2

Cute shop downtown Alpena. Nice clean atmosphere, great variety, friendly staff! Will be back

Er
Review №3

Friendly staff, nice atmosphere, great selection of ice cream 🍦!! What more can you ask for? Also, great location. Love that I can take my kids across the road and eat our ice cream at the fountain.

Ka
Review №4

Good ice cream. service was quick. Had indoor and outdoor seating. Has homemade cones.

Lo
Review №5

My grandkids love coming here. The staff is friendly and attentive. The place is clean and is in a good location on the corner to view passersby while enjoying your ice cream.

Je
Review №6

Great variety of ice cream at reasonable prices. They also have soft serve and all kinds of sundaes.

Ga
Review №7

Great ice cream flavors. Good service.

ni
Review №8

Cute place not alot of seats. If you like Michigan tee shirt its the place for you. Dont buy the popcorn!

Yu
Review №9

Incredible selections of ice cream creations! Very unique and delicious choices.

Br
Review №10

This is a great place to experience the flavor of the local area. Right in the downtown area, this place really enforces the buy local vibe.I was very excited to see that they sold root beer floats made from a local soda called Shipwreck Soda; each flavor provides details about a famous shipwreck.The reason I am only rating this place 3 stars is that the float was flat and near flavorless. I was quite disappointed because the idea was wonderful. It could have just been that particular bottle, but even so, the lack of consistency is disappointing. Im willing to try it again and if the next one is better, I would rate them 4 stars.

Mi
Review №11

Great service and ice cream. A beautiful location in downtown Alpena

Ma
Review №12

We have three small kids and they didn’t allow any samples due to COVID tho not one staff member wore one or any other customers except us. Then our one kid did not like the ice cream he got which was a junior and I asked if we could swap he and he said we had to pay. Then didn’t let me throw out the ice cream we didn’t want. Such a weird and disappointing experience.

Ke
Review №13

What a treat. Great variety and very friendly staff. Lots of cool apparel which was unexpected.

Ra
Review №14

So good. So warm outside we had to eat something so good too fast.

Br
Review №15

Awesome ice cream and cool atmosphere. Cinnamon Churro was everybodys favorite

Ve
Review №16

Our favorite Alpena Ice Cream stop! This here is the face of happiness! Also...They carry Eskimo Kisses, my favorite, and hard to find!

Mo
Review №17

Great service and delicious hand dipped and soft serve ice cream at a reasonable price.

Ir
Review №18

Great ice cream. Cool old building. Super friendly staff.

Tr
Review №19

Ordered for myself and my toddler, staff was very friendly and efficient. They have a lot of nice local gifts to choose from like shirts and mugs. Ice cream was delicious!

Da
Review №20

This is an amazing icecream place to go ..the waffle cone are the bomb.. if in alpena this is a must go ...

Ph
Review №21

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Ke
Review №22

Had my first banana split here and was not disappointed. Loved the atmosphere and the cheerfulnees of the employees! They also see honey there if youre oneof those that likes to collect it.

Mi
Review №23

I only get the sugar free ice cream and its really good, except 1 banana split a year! Its worth the wait!

Ke
Review №24

Good place to get a cone and other goodies. Fun, folksy,.

Ja
Review №25

Great shakes and ice cream. Nice gift shop inside also.

Ni
Review №26

I visited this place last weekend. The place was not busy. A family was done and got up to pay for there items. I was looking forward to some ice cream, only to not be served as others were served . There was 4 young worker that did not look like myself. After several minutes of being looked at without being acknowledged or served I said have a good day and left. When I got out side the previous customer asked where was my ice cream, I told him I was not served he just shook his head as his son as Daddy why was the lady not served . He said she was the wrong color son I will explain it later. In this day of age. We all bleed red blood.

Be
Review №27

Great variety, delicious treats! A must visit!

Jo
Review №28

Pretty good ice cream cone.Great location. Fast service.

Da
Review №29

They were fast and friendly.

Tr
Review №30

Awesome ice cream an you can sit outside

Sh
Review №31

Great hand dipped ice cream.

Ca
Review №32

I only had an icecream cone but wow, it was really good icecream!

Ea
Review №33

Not from Alpena, thankfully, because if I lived within 25 miles of here, Id gain a bunch of weight as I would be frequenting this business often. One of those places you visit once, and talk about for a long time after. You miss this, and youve cheated yourself.

W.
Review №34

Great local ice cream shop

Gl
Review №35

Good ice cream. Nice quaint shop.

Ba
Review №36

I have celiac disease and have to be very careful to not eat gluten (which can be in chocolate ice cream!). They were extremely helpful in determining that theres no gluten in their chocolate ice cream and mixed my shake with different equipment from my son in laws malt (malt=gluten). Not only were they accommodating but the ice cream was good!

Jo
Review №37

My kids love going here

Da
Review №38

Recommend the cherry amaretto moose tracks!

Gu
Review №39

Great ice cream and staff.

Da
Review №40

Always friendly, always delicious!

Je
Review №41

Stopped in on a Friday evening after dinner down the street. Line was long but went fast. They have quick service and great ice cream. Since it was the end of a long day and there were lots of people downtown the flavor choice were limited but still something I enjoyed.Waffle cones are excellent. Good number of toppings to choose from for sundaes. Smiling faces to serve you. I will go again!

Da
Review №42

Great malts and shakes

Mr
Review №43

Meh, pretty good.

er
Review №44

Awesome place

Na
Review №45

Best ice cream in town!

Je
Review №46

WOW!!! Stopped by on a whim and it was delicious! We like small town ice cream shops and this one is amazing! Went multiple times during our vacation.

Em
Review №47

Delicious ice cream and not badly priced!

Am
Review №48

Great friendly place to stop for ice cream. My kids love this place.

Wa
Review №49

Very good ice cream. But no lid for my large 2 scoop sunday.

la
Review №50

Ice cream treats are great on a hot day. Lots of different flavors all better than the last.

do
Review №51

Amazing local ice cream parlor in the heart of beautiful downtown Alpena. The owners went the extra mile to restore the brick facade and the same attention to detail went into the inside. My family loves this place and the staff is always amazing.

Mi
Review №52

Perfect little hand dipped ice cream spot, for a cone and a stroll around town to check out the sights🍦

Ca
Review №53

Some of the best ice cream Ive ever had.

Rh
Review №54

Friendly and clean. The staff was great and ice cream is delicious

Ma
Review №55

Ive had better store boughton ice cream than this. My son had a chocolate/ pineapple shake. He said that the was no pineapple flavor to it at all. The only reason for two stars is because they do sell some really cool locally made things. I wont go back next time in town.

Sh
Review №56

The chocolate peanut butter ice cream was excellent.

am
Review №57

The ice cream is WONDERFUL. Great and safe service amongst these times, too

Be
Review №58

Great place for some great tasting ice cream! Friendly! Many different flavors of ice cream and also ship wreck sodas. Great little gift shop for tourists. Recommend for a quick great tasting dessert.

Ra
Review №59

Super cute downtown ice cream shop with reasonable prices

Br
Review №60

Great Malts! Decadent chocolate dipped waffle cones!

Pa
Review №61

Hit the spot. End of July, cruisin in from NC. Thx

Je
Review №62

No question 5! Great service and attention. Then, the final product? Better than I expected.

Cl
Review №63

The smell of fresh waffle cones when you first walk in made my entire visit. Lots of cool flavors and fun souvenirs to look at while eating! I still love my your bait sucks and your boats ugly cap!

Wy
Review №64

As well as having lots of ice cream choices, they also have cute and funny souvenirs and gifts. The waffle cones are made fresh. There is a small table for kids, but mine love to play around the fountain across the street while they eat their ice cream.

Ro
Review №65

It was a little tight in the place, however ice cream was tasty and the staff was friendly. They had some nice Michigan products from t-shirts, coffee mugs to carry bags.

Je
Review №66

This place is amazing! Love the selection and the items available for purchase will definitely be back!

Ru
Review №67

The two flavors I had were great! Sizes were generous too.

He
Review №68

Delicious ice cream. They have a good selection of flavors, and a few local products. They also have a small outdoor seating area.

Ma
Review №69

Great environment,freindly staff and fair prices. Right by the movie theatre too so a trip there could easily turn into a fun family day. Their ultimate peanut butter brownie ice cream is my fav :)

Br
Review №70

Lots of hard scoop flavors! Huge waffle cones. I wanted soft serve and the mach8was out of service. No bathroom.

Ja
Review №71

Great hometown local place. Very well done and great tasting. Lots of ice cream for the price paid.

Th
Review №72

We enjoyed our icecream and the price was right. Seemed busy at the time but service was fast.

Av
Review №73

Great ice cream and service! I had a great time looking around their shop too!

Mi
Review №74

Cute and the ice cream was fresh!

Vi
Review №75

Their only sugar free selection is delicious. I wish theyd have more than 1 choice of sugar free.

Je
Review №76

Really good ice cream, lots of made in Michigan stuff, t-shirts etc....

As
Review №77

Pirates Booty is the BEST ice cream flavor in town. From the welcoming smiles when you walk in the door to the smell of homemade waffle cones its a favorite in our books!

Ja
Review №78

Very good ice cream the only thing I didnt like is they didnt have really good seating for seniors in the summer they do have a picnic table out front so that helps but I had their root beer float and it was wonderful

St
Review №79

Nice to fine old school ice cream shop

Ji
Review №80

This was a favorite for my family while visiting Alpena. The ice cream flavors are unique and delicious. The staff was very nice and very polite. Its a really neat little place!

St
Review №81

Great ice cream shop. The warm, sweet smells from the waffle cone maker and the cheerful greeting welcome you in. The collection of cold concoctions draw you back for more.

De
Review №82

Great ice cream. So very cute inside. Reminds me of a old ice cream shop

Ch
Review №83

Good assortment of flavors, fast service, but a bit pricey.

Ma
Review №84

Excellent ice cream and speciality shop with very friendly and professional staff.

Ke
Review №85

Best Chocolate malt I ever had

Ka
Review №86

Even though they close at 8pm and we walked in at 7:57pm,, the guy working the counter greeted us kindly. Ice cream and vanilla cone were delicious too!

Ch
Review №87

Loved this place, came into town from downstate, this is the place to get the sweets!!

Sa
Review №88

Good ice cream, friendly service, we had a great visit while on vacation!

Ti
Review №89

No better place in town for hand dipped ice cream!

Al
Review №90

Banana splits served with soft or hard ice cream

Mi
Review №91

Great selections of Ice Creams. The made fresh waffle cones are amazing and the smell of those cooking while I am making my Ice Cream choice is always a great experience. They have soft-serve, hand scooped, floats, and slushes as well as a locally bottled soda. Check it out when you are in Alpena!

Al
Review №92

Google wants me to tell you what you can expect when you goto Scoops...You can expect to have ice cream...thank you Google for all your brilliant technology and advances to state the obvious... people, please think for yourselves and dont rely on the over paid and over hyped idiots at Google to tell you

Ly
Review №93

Delicious ice cream. Sells items to help preserve sunken ships in Thunder Bay.

ja
Review №94

Nice place to get some icecream. Place was nice, well kept, and the staff was friendly.

Ju
Review №95

The smell inside this shop is amazing!! Ice cream flavors will not disappoint!!!!

Ke
Review №96

A great selection of ice cream and cones to choose from. Decently priced gift shop items

Th
Review №97

Great shop. Got a kick out of watching them hand roll the waffle cones! The Eskimo kisses flavor is really tasty.

As
Review №98

The waffle cone was delicious! The staff was very friendly.

Ma
Review №99

Best ice cream with home made waffle cones. A must have when visiting down town Alpena

An
Review №100

This has 4 thumbs up from my family.. Great Icecream and Michigan based!

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4.8 Rating
  • Address:101 N 2nd Ave, Alpena, MI 49707, United States
  • Site:https://facebook.com/downtownscoops/
  • Phone:+1 989-340-0274
Categories
  • Ice cream shop
  • Dessert shop
  • Gift shop
Working hours
  • Monday:12–8PM
  • Tuesday:12–8PM
  • Wednesday:12–8PM
  • Thursday:12–8PM
  • Friday:12–8PM
  • Saturday:12–8PM
  • Sunday:12–8PM
Highlights
  • Great dessert:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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