McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams

Top choice in Santa Barbara


Just try walking past this place on State St if you have a sweet tooth. A Santa Barbara institution since 1949, McConnell's uses local milk and other ingredients to produce an array of flavors, from the classics such as chocolate and vanilla to the adventurous like Turkish coffee and cardamom and gingersnaps.


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