Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams Ice creams built from the ground up with superlative ingredients. Our second shop in Chicago is just off the Blue Line at the Damen stop.
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Have a seat and enjoy a scoop and some hometown Intelligentsia Coffee. Or, get a cone or pint to go and stroll the historic neighborhood, which includes great indie book and record shops, the Double Door rock club (see High Fidelity), and restaurants/bars doing it right (Xoco, Bangers & Lace, Milk & Honey Cafe, Big Star, et al.).

10/13/2026

MENU HACK! Sweet Potato Marshmallow Brûlée + House Coffee + caramel sauce in a Buttercrisp Waffle Bowl. Caramel sauce turns up the buttery burnt sugar notes from the brûlée candy. And earthy coffee cuts through the richness.

Postcards from La Cantera these past few months!! We love you, San Antonio. This is the start of a beautiful friendship.
10/12/2026

Postcards from La Cantera these past few months!! We love you, San Antonio. This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

10/09/2026

Test kitchen notes on Appalachian Acorn Pie!

10/08/2026

SWEET POTATOOOOO

📹: TEEVØID

Straight from the hollers: Appalachian Acorn Pie. Warm and nutty. A subtle diva. The longest-running sourcing project in...
10/07/2026

Straight from the hollers: Appalachian Acorn Pie. Warm and nutty. A subtle diva. The longest-running sourcing project in Jeni’s history. Like nothing you’ve ever had before, but somehow familiar. Appalachian acorns, foraged just for us, wrapped into sweet cream with a graham cracker crust.

(Sold out online. Enjoy in scoop shops while supplies last!)

10/06/2026

The rumors are true!

THE SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM IS BACK, and it’s FANCY.Real sweet potatoes blended into cream, spiced with nutmeg and Vietna...
10/04/2026

THE SWEET POTATO ICE CREAM IS BACK, and it’s FANCY.

Real sweet potatoes blended into cream, spiced with nutmeg and Vietnamese cinnamon for a deep, straight-from-the-oven flavor. Swirled with candy-like marshmallow ice cream for a light and sweet contrast. And a scattering of burnt sugar candies that add cracked, caramelized crunch to every bite.

10/03/2026

So fetch.

WE SPENT FIVE YEARS MAKING THIS FLAVOR. Swipe for the journey (in captions)Five years ago, we asked ourselves: could we ...
10/02/2026

WE SPENT FIVE YEARS MAKING THIS FLAVOR. Swipe for the journey (in captions)

Five years ago, we asked ourselves: could we make an acorn ice cream? We loved the idea. And our home state of Ohio is covered in acorns. How hard could it be? (Cue cry-laughing)

Turns out that while acorns are abundant in the U.S. (and have historically been a food source for indigenous Americans), they aren’t commercially distributed. After a lot of trial and error, we accepted that if we wanted to make an acorn ice cream, we would need to do it ourselves. With our own supply chain. That we built from the ground up.

The breakthrough came when we partnered with Route 9 Action Network, an agricultural cooperative based here in Ohio. Their focus is chestnuts, but they wanted to expand. So, we signed multiple grant letters to help grow their business so that they could forage, process, and roast the acorns we needed for this ice cream.

From there, the acorns went to a nearby Amish farm to be milled into flour. (This involved a lot of snail mail, calls on the community phone, and in-person trips to rural Ohio from our sourcing and QA teams.) All to achieve beautiful, fragrant, Appalachian-grown-and-milled acorn flour that we could fold into cream to make Appalachian Acorn Pie.

SO: what does acorn ice cream taste like? It’s nutty and sweet — in the realm of hazelnut, coconut, and chestnut. It’s beautiful on its own, but we wanted to add some extra grounding. So we swirled in a textured graham cracker sauce that scatters throughout the cream, emulating a nutty cream pie with a salty-sweet crust.

If nothing else, Appalachian Acorn Pie is a testament to the lengths we’ll go to when we get curious about something. It’s been more than worth the ride to be able to share it with you now.

P.S. We have a very limited amount of this flavor available. If you want to try it, we suggest not waiting!!

JUST DROPPEDOne round of fall flavors wasn’t enough. Here’s part two. Shops and online!
10/01/2026

JUST DROPPED

One round of fall flavors wasn’t enough. Here’s part two.

Shops and online!

The ultimate mint-chocolate comboOpaque + Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate FlecksLike a chocolate sandwich cookie dip...
09/30/2026

The ultimate mint-chocolate combo

Opaque + Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks

Like a chocolate sandwich cookie dipped in peanut butter

Opaque + Goat Cheese with Red Cherries

A cherry jam double-down

Pro tip: if a pint of Opaque isn’t enough you’re allowed to buy a bucket. For real, though: Opaque is going FAST. We’re ...
09/29/2026

Pro tip: if a pint of Opaque isn’t enough you’re allowed to buy a bucket.

For real, though: Opaque is going FAST. We’re nearly sold out online, and availability in shops is getting low. If you want to enjoy this flavor, now is the time! (Inventory varies by shop; we suggest calling before making a special trip.)

04/30/2019

Delayed opening today due to maintenance. We'll keep you posted on when doors are open!

03/28/2019

UPDATE: We're open! Come say hi and get some ice cream! 🍦

03/28/2019

We will open today at 5 PM!

03/25/2019

We are closed for the rest of today through Wednesday due to renovations. We will reopen Thursday 3/28!

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1505 N Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL
60622

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 11:30pm
Tuesday 12pm - 11:30pm
Wednesday 12pm - 11:30pm
Thursday 12pm - 11:30pm
Friday 12pm - 12am
Saturday 12pm - 12am
Sunday 11am - 11:30pm

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