---
type: Category
slug: custard
name: Custard
plural: Custard stands
group: eat-and-drink
kind: place
schema_type: IceCreamShop
description: >-
  Choose this for a shop or stand that sells frozen custard as its main product,
  including walk-up stands with a flavor of the day.
id: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/custard#category'
status: stable
sources:
  - id: editorial-policy
    resource: 'https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy'
    title: 'Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee'
  - id: wiki-frozen-custard
    resource: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_custard'
    title: 'Frozen custard, Wikipedia'
generated:
  by: 'agent:claude-opus-5-5'
  at: '2026-11-01T17:00:00.000Z'
verified:
  - by: 'human:tyler'
    at: '2026-11-01T00:00:00.000Z'
photos:
  - file: /categories/custard/leons-frozen-custard.jpg
    credit: Michael Barera
    license: CC BY-SA 4.0
    source: >-
      https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_April_2025_18_(Leon%27s_Frozen_Custard).jpg
    caption: Leon's Frozen Custard on S. 27th St.
---

# Why this category

Frozen custard is an ice cream made with egg yolk, and Milwaukee has a long local tradition of stands that churn it fresh each day. Pick this category when custard is what the place sells. A restaurant that offers custard as a dessert belongs under its main category.

## Sources

1. [Editorial policy, Little Milwaukee](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy)
2. [Frozen custard, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_custard)