5 must-try local Phoenix ice cream shops

Papa Ed's Ice Cream︱Downtown Glendale

• "Delicious flavors and the sweetest setting." —Teresa B.

Lix Uptown Ice Cream︱Midtown Phoenix

• "[A] must try." — Harry L.

Gelato Cimmino︱Old Town Scottsdale

• "If we include gelato (which is better than ice cream), then [this] is hands down the best place in the Valley." — Jason C.

Novel Ice Cream︱Grand Avenue and downtown Mesa

• "They have the best honey lavender ice cream (my personal favorite), and they are known for their donut ice cream sandwiches!" — Skyler S.

Churn︱North central Phoenix

• Several of you seconded my favorite and recommended the Fat Elvis and side-by-side scoops of Double Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee.

Between the lines: A couple national chains also got high marks from our readers, including Bruster's, Handel's and Freddy's.