Cold Stone Creamery


Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery is one of the most recognizable ice cream parlor chains in all of America.  The chain prides itself on only using premium ice cream made with an estimated 12 -14% butterfat. They have also figured out a way to improve the ice cream buying experience. Typically when you order ice cream you are unable to see the beautiful creation and work that goes into crafting your selection, that isn’t the case with this ice cream chain.

When someone orders one of their delicious customized creations they go to work mixing and folding toppings and ice cream together in front of the customers eyes. This interactive experience has helped the chain to break away from other ice cream parlors.

Hours and Locations

Predicting a normal schedule for every Cold Stone Creamery location is quite difficult. Some locations are partnered with other restaurants and operate off of their hours as well. The most typical schedule is that the location opens at 12:00pm and closes at 9:00pm Monday through Sunday. This however, is one of the most important restaurants to lookup and research your location before visiting as hours vary from store to store. It is important to remember regular operating hours may differ on holidays like New Year's day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Good Friday and Black Friday. Hours.com is often used by people who are trying to find out if “there is a Cold Stone Creamery near me, that’s open today”.

Our restaurant locator will help you locate the closest store and the hours of operation. With over 1,100 locations worldwide, a branch is never to far away if you are having a craving for ice cream. This is especially true for California, Florida, Arizona, and Texas, as each state has more than 80 locations with California having more than 350.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery has been a revolutionary ice cream parlor since the very beginning. They invented new techniques for making ice cream, pushed the boundaries of co-branding and took their industry to new heights. With all of their success, there are still a few hidden gems many people don’t know about. Below are 5 little known facts about the ice cream shop:

  1. They did not invent their signature mix-in technique that makes their ice cream so fluffy and delicious.
  2. At one point, the ice cream parlor tried serving chocolate covered crickets as a topping.
  3. There are Jelly Belly Beans flavored like the chains most popular ice creams.
  4. There is a company video game that allows you to open your own ice cream parlor.
  5. There are competitions every year to see which servers are the most entertaining.

Menu Items & Specialties

Cold Stone Creamery is best known for their award winning ice cream which comes in just about every flavor imaginable. You can also try their signature creations route and choose from several premade flavors including Delicious Dirt, Beary Beary Blue, Cheesecake Fantasy, Coffee Lovers Only, or about 20 other options. On top of these the chain offers hot stones, sundaes, cakes, cupcakes, and pies in multitudes of flavors.

A Brief History

Cold Stone Creamery, co-founded in 1988 by Donald and Susan Sutherland, was one of the first ice cream parlors to deviate from traditional ice cream and create a smoother and creamier super-premium ice cream. Armed with their new product the two opened their first store in Tempe, Arizona. The parlor was an instant success as patrons loved the idea of being able to choose their ice cream flavor and the toppings they wanted folded into the dessert. The founders capitalized on the success of the first location and quickly began opening franchises along the west coast. Over the years the company has grown into the sixth best selling brand of ice cream and has hundreds of locations throughout the United States, as well as, several international locations.

More Ice cream in the US

Cold Stone Creamery closed? Then try one of the other Ice cream nearby.