Blueberry soft serve at Page’s on the South Side. (Photo: Natalie Rodriguez)

By Natalie Rodriguez and Naomi Girson, Pittsburgh Magazine

On this hottest week of the year so far, where can we go for some cold relief?

We dispatched two of our interns to try out places for tasty ice cream and other chilled desserts — some of our old favorites and some almost brand new. Here they are:

1. Page’s
2. Crispy Cones
3. The Black Canary
4. Gus & Yiayia’s
5. Leona’s Ice Cream
6. Millie’s Firetruck

Page’s

Lines form early at Page’s on the South Side. (Photo by Natalie Rodriguez)

On a Monday afternoon, many ice cream shops are preparing for the busy evening to come. But Pages manages lines that stretch around the building just hours after opening.

Page’s has been a Pittsburgh staple since 1951, and long lines are nothing new for the shop. Located under an overpass along East Carson Street, the shop serves both new and familiar favorites.

With more than a dozen soft-serve flavors, sundaes and milkshakes, the shop’s owner, Margie Prusin, is always looking for new inspiration.

Prusin began testing a Buckeye soft serve, a combination of peanut butter and chocolate. As well as a “big back” arctic swirl with Nancy B’s cookies, Reese’s cups and pretzels with a fudge-filled center.

In addition to new creations, Page’s offers customers limited-edition, soft-serve flavors that are only available for a few weeks each summer. The limited edition fresh blueberry soft serve uses real blueberries to balance the ice cream’s sweet flavor.

While the shop has been around for decades, Page’s recently announced it will be adding an ice cream truck to spread its sweet confections beyond the South Side. Prussin purchased a truck from Facebook Marketplace and hopes to have it ready by the end of summer.

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Natalie Rodriguez is a student at Duquesne University and one of 10 Pittsburgh Media Partnership summer interns.