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The 21 Best Soft Serve Shops in Los Angeles, Ranked

Our guide has it all: one dollar cones, hidden gems worth the drive, spots doing something you've never seen before, and the classics that have been here longer than most of us.

2:11 PM PDT on July 23, 2026

a tacoman next to a soft serve

Art by Ivan Ehlers for L.A. TACO.

On a hot summer day, ice cream isn’t necessarily always what you’re looking for. 

Sometimes you want that vanilla flavor, that may or may not be real vanilla, and that fluffy texture that takes you back to your good old days. 

The one you got from a truck window while Turkey in the Straw’s enchanting melody blasts, or outside a swap meet under 100-degree heat, or after a long car ride, when all you had was a couple quarters and no worries.