

With a promise for only using the highest available locally sourced ingredients (milk and cream from the Saguenay, chocolate from the Mont é r é gie, fruits from Eastern Townships) everything is made with love.

With multiple locations across the island of Montréal, Le Glacier Bilboquet has been a fixture in the ice cream scene for over 40 years. Try the halavah or blackberry chocolate chunk cheesecake ice cream! With seasonal hours that start from the moment the mercury rises in April until the first sign of autumn (mid-September) it ’s not uncommon to see lineups at The Main ’s favourite ice cream parlour. This classic neighbourhood ice cream shop offers up soft-serve and hard-packed ice cream, homemade sorbets, banana splits, shakes and ice cream sandwiches. Check out Bouza for traditional achta, kaki and rose water cones amongst others. Known for it’s stretchy characteristic and texture, this ice cream is like no other, just like the flavours. Think m ango rasmalai, jalebi, haldi d oodh, gulab jamun but in ice cream form!īouza specializes in Middle-eastern ice cream. Located in the Parc-Ex neighbourhood, this family-run ice cream shop serves up scoops inspired by traditional Indian desserts. With signature soft serve flavours that change weekly like, like rosewater, raspberry/lychee and Orange/coconut, it ’ s easy to see why people are willing to wait! The husband and wife team behind Kem Coba sees lines that stretch the length of a city block where patrons often wait between 20 to 30 minutes to satiate their ice cream cravings. This modest ice cream shop is run by a super duo Vincent Beck and Diem Ngoc Phan, classically trained chocolatier and pastry chef, respectively.

Their soft serve creations change weekly. Asian flavours are on the menu such as pandan, coconut ash and black sesame, Vietnamese coffee and rosewater-pistashio. As a local favourite, it ’s not unusual to see a lineup that stretches out the door. This little ice cream shop offers big flavors.
