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Posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 11:59 a.m.

Where are the state's ten best ice cream parlors?

By Jenn McKee

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MLive.com reporter John Gonzalez recently traveled more than 1,500 miles over six days and visited 29 ice cream parlors - the ones that MLive.com readers determined to be the state's best ones.

Included among them was Ann Arbor's Washtenaw Dairy, which, although it made the original cut of 29, did not earn a place in Gonzalez's final ranking of the state's top ten ice cream parlors. (AnnArbor.com's Melanie Maxwell offered video coverage of Gonzalez's visit.)

Topping Gonzalez's list is MOO-ville Creamery in Nashville; Moomers in Traverse City; and Apple Knockers Ice Cream Parlor in Vicksburg.

You can see the full list here.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.

Comments

Billy Bob Schwartz

Sat, Aug 25, 2012 : 8:41 p.m.

Well, I used to like Miller's on Main St. and on South University. But that was in the (very) olden tymes.

hmsp

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 : 12:49 p.m.

@ brian, re: "People, it is not the best ice cream but the best ice cream parlor. READ." We got that. The point is, if the Washtenaw Dairy sold better ice cream, it almost surely would have made the list. I love the place, been going there since I was a kid, and riding our bikes down to the Dairy with my kids has always been a favorite summer evening treat. But I miss their old ice cream. Take Lovin' Spoonful's product, and sell it at the Dairy, and you're on the top 10 list in a heartbeat!

brian

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 : 3:27 a.m.

People, it is not the best ice cream but the best ice cream parlor. READ.

a2citizen

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 : 4:41 a.m.

Are you new here? This is Ann Arbor and we don't need to "read" the articles before we tell you what to think.

Terry Star21

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 : 1:38 a.m.

I think you mean '10 most popular' ice cream parlors. Places like Washtenaw may be popular, but very likely not the best 10 ice cream in Ann Arbor.

treetowncartel

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 8:37 p.m.

It was Farrel's I believe. i have fond memories of that place too, in addition to Shelly's that was on Packard across from Rosewood. Ice cream sundaes and a very nice game room in the back.

dading dont delete me bro

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.

now i'm an ice cream connoisseur. something i can intelligently comment on. guernsey's in northville... http://guernseyfarmsdairy.com/ or when in jackson, the parlour, formerly known as 'the jackson dairy' http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/175/992376/restaurant/Parlour-Jackson

grye

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 5:14 p.m.

Washtenaw Dairy doesn't even make their own ice cream anymore. They only sell other's. Thus - nothing special.

tdw

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 4:51 p.m.

I wonder if Maggie Moos in Jackson used to be Jackson Dairy.I remember when I was a kid Farrel's ( ? no idea on the spelling ) was the place to go.They had the Pigs Trougth ( and again spelling ) You got some cheesey thing that said " I made a pig of myself at Farrel's

dading dont delete me bro

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.

simply called 'the parlour' now. google it or check out my link

Hmm

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 4:25 p.m.

Baskin Robbins sells better ice cream than Washtenaw Dairy in my opinion.