We have a winner! This Fort Worth ice cream shop wins our summer reader poll
Since August is the hottest month of the year in Fort Worth, the Star-Telegram asked readers to vote on which local shop serves the best ice cream.
We took your nominations and, during several rounds of voting, whittled down the list to five finalists. Now, the votes have been tallied and there’s a clear winner: Woolley’s Frozen Custard in far north Fort Worth.
Woolley’s finished second in the opening round of voting, but stormed back in the final round for a commanding victory. Keep reading to see a full list of all of the ice cream shops nominated, plus how we organized voting rounds.
The winner of the best ice cream poll
Woolley’s opened its doors in Fort Worth on April 25, 2003.
After both graduating from UNT in 2000, buddies John Woolley and Brett Allen realized the corporate world was not for them. They quit their jobs, put their heads together and soon opened Woolley’s Frozen Custard at 7630 N. Beach St., just north of Basswood Boulevard.
Woolley’s has operated out of its far north Fort Worth home for over two decades and can also be seen catering everything from weddings and birthdays, to graduation parties and dance competitions.
The frozen custard shop serves a variety of sundaes, splits, malts and concretes, which is a custard mixed with a topping. The concrete “John’s Favorite” is vanilla custard with brownie chunks and caramel, while the “UNT Mean Green” is vanilla custard with mint and Oreos.
Runners-up in the best ice cream poll
The 10 nominees for best ice cream in Fort Worth in alphabetical order:
- Andy’s Frozen Custard
- Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Store
- Dairy Queen
- Duck Duck Scoop
- Handel’s Ice Cream
- Ice Box Creamery
- Marble Slab Creamery
- MELT Ice Creams
- Pop-Pop Feducchi’s Italian Ice & Ice Cream
- Woolley’s Frozen Custard
The top five finalists:
- Andy’s Frozen Custard
- Braum’s Ice Cream & Dairy Store
- Marble Slab Creamery
- MELT Ice Creams
- Woolley’s Frozen Custard
How voting in the poll worked
The Star-Telegram opened nominations for the ice cream poll on Aug. 13. In total, 10 shops were nominated.
Voting across the top 10 picks took place from Aug. 20 to Aug. 27. Voting was across the top five picks from Aug. 27 to Sept. 3.
Finally, we revealed the winner on Sept. 3.
This story was originally published August 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM.
