Jul 3, 2026 | 12:00 pm
Maybe San Antonio doesn’t have the two suns of Tatooine, but R2-D2 never had to deal with humidity. For that, we need ice cream, by the scoop, bowl, or bucket. Consider these seven sweet San Antonio spots your summertime Force, keeping everyone far away from the dark side.
In 2024, Mike Chue noticed a lack of Asian-inspired ice cream in San Antonio and decided to do something about it, borrowing the name of his childhood Staten Island neighborhood. Two years later, the project has infiltrated the city’s ice cream scene through a food truck, pints at Pullman Market, and scoops at restaurants like Best Quality Daughter. All of Dorp’s flavors are handcrafted — from ube to a coconut yuzu matcha cake selection that miraculously contains no dairy.
The Northwest Side’s favorite parlor has been crafting frozen treats — ice cream, gelati, dairy-free sorbets — on Huebner Road for nearly two decades. The family-owned shop prides itself on hospitality and an encyclopedia of flavors. We like the Hokey Pokey with crunchy honey brittle swirled into a sweet cream base. That’s what it’s all about, right foot in or otherwise…