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Each listed place's page gives the hours, the phone number and the details its sources state.","How a place gets on this list":"A place is listed when it is locally owned today and would make less sense anywhere else, under the [inclusion rule](/about/inclusion-rule); each page cites at least two sources, and the editor and the [Neighborhood Mayors](/mayors) check new places and corrections [editorial-policy]."},"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/ice-cream#category","name":"Ice cream shops","description":"Locally owned ice cream shops in Milwaukee County that scoop ice cream, gelato, soft serve and frozen yogurt.","url":"https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/ice-cream","itemListElement":[]},"url":"https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/ice-cream","related_answers":[{"slug":"most-ice-cream-shops","topic":"Business","question":"Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most ice cream shops?","answer":"The Lower East Side has the most ice cream shops of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 3 ice cream shops.","metric":"Records in the ice cream shops category","period":"As of November 3, 2026","url":"https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-ice-cream-shops"}],"category_page":{"listed_places":[],"on_record":{"note":"Little Milwaukee builds each record here from public data, such as City of Milwaukee licenses, and files it under this category. 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