Downtown Dipper Ice Cream Shop - Vero Beach, Florida

Anne M.

This little Hidden Gem was a great find! 😍
The kids that were in there tonight ran the place as professionally as I've seen in any food service location in a very long time! Service was fantastic, they were very friendly, and of course, the ice cream is fantastic!
The flavors they offer are from traditional to OMG... SERIOUSLY to I HAVE TO TRY THAT!😂
Pecan Carmel? Key Lime? Raspberry Cheesecake I think I will make it a habit to go there often!
Good bye diet! HELLO HAPPINESS!💝
A touch of old fashioned ice cream shop, with some unique flavors, meets your taste buds and you can't help but smile!😁
Well done!!!!👏👏👏
P.S. Banana Split is AWESOME!

John S.

Tried multiple flavors and all the ice cream tastes amazing!! The reason for 2 stars is that they allowed a dog inside the shop which to me is gross. To make matters worse is the dog was hyper and barking. It was 2/13/25 at 4pm. Also, No it's wasn't a service dog. Service dogs do not act up n bark, they just sit patiently.

Eric V. E.

Great ice cream but even better service. The attendant was super patient with my two young boys who wanted to try flavors and she even recommended one to my youngest that he ended up getting. Only downside is not much in the way of seating.

Ariel W.

If Sundae is your favorite day of the week I have the perfect place to satisfy your ice cream cravings. Downtown Dipper Ice Cream is an ice cream shop located in the Mediterranean Revival Theatre Plaza, a historic building in Vero Beach. The building opened in 1924 as the city's first motion picture studio and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Today the building is the heart of the Vero Beach historic district.

Family owned and operated Downtown Dipper opened in the historic theater in November of 2022. They also own Downtown Dapper across the street. One day after visiting Pocahontas Park they realized there was no place nearby to stop and get ice cream and this was the inspiration for opening Downtown Dipper.

The shop serves Ice Cream Club Ice Cream founded in 1982 by Rich Draper and Tom Jackson who began making ice cream in the back of their 500 foot ice cream shop in Plaza Del Mar on A1A in Manalapan. They began winning awards for their ice cream the next year and in 1984 they opened their second location in North Palm Beach. By 1985 they entered the wholesale ice cream production business and today they have 150 flavors. The Ice Cream Club manufactures in Boynton Beach and they have a frozen storage and distribution center in Riviera Beach that holds 1,000 pallets of ice cream. They are producing 2,000,000 gallons of ice cream per year to supply over 500 ice cream shops, retirement communities, restaurants, and food service and wholesale accounts in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states and the Caribbean Islands.

Here's the scoop! Downtown Dipper serves the ice cream in cups, cones, sundaes, shakes, floats, banana splits, and in ice cream sandwiches made with cookies baked locally. They have all of your favorite toppings including sauces, sprinkles, candy, and cookies. Popular flavors of ice cream include cookie dough, raspberry truffle, and coconut almond fudge along with Salted caramel brownie, red velvet cake, superman, spumoni, cappuccino chip, vanilla, caramel caribou, and black raspberry. I ordered my favorite flavor chocolate chip mint served in a fresh and crispy waffle cone. It was the perfect treat to end the evening. They even have an adorable photo op set up so everyone can take pictures. The story of this sweet local family owned and operated ice cream shop makes my heart melt. Come out and support this great local business when you are in downtown Vero.

Chris P.

This is such a great ice cream shop! Highly recommend if you’re in Vero Beach and want ice cream that’s far superior than a lot of other ice cream shops in Vero Beach.

Dewey W. J.

This small downtown ice cream shop in the heart of the old section of Vero Beach is a true little gem. The server, Reina, was very attentive and did an excellent job preparing my sundae. The flavors were rich and quite sweet, but very nice. I rarely go to the same restaurants within a close period of time but I am tempted to return soon. The only downside is the parking as there is very limited parallel parking and the angle parking is usually full. There is no way to wash your hands as there are no restrooms in the store and the nearest one is down the sidewalk in a hallway and no seating inside so on hot days you go to outside tables. That said, this is a very good ice cream shop and worth the trip!

M R.

Was excited to bring my 6 and 10 year old nieces here for the first time. We came on a busy Friday night and they were pretty unorganized. Seemed to only be kids running the place. They weren’t taking orders of people in line just anyone who walked in and was ready to order. None of us really liked our ice cream. I got moose tracks and it was totally boring. Hardly any chocolate or peanut butter cups. Just bland ice cream. Both kids got some chocolate flavors and both were just meh. It’s a cute place but don’t think we’ll be back.

Cynthia P.

I had the most delicious banana split on my Birthday Thursday at Downtown Dipper Ice Cream store. Everyone there was very professional and helpful since I needed to take my time to pick out my choices. Very clean and nice place.
Thank you, Downtown Dipper Ice Cream making my Birthday so GOOD.