5 places for ice cream, sno-balls, pan dulce and cheesecake inside Birmingham's city limits: Avondale, the Pizitz Food Hall and The Summit.

Last checked 2026-10-17. Refreshed every three months.

Three of Birmingham’s dessert counters share one roof in the Pizitz Food Hall downtown: ice cream, sno-balls and a Mexican bakery. Big Spoon Creamery scoops in Avondale on Third Avenue South, and The Cheesecake Factory is at The Summit off U.S. 280.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Birmingham’s city limits, the same data behind our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 17, 2026. We added Big Spoon Creamery from its own site and three stalls from the Pizitz Food Hall directory. We left out a doughnut shop whose location page would not load for us, and a Dunkin’ whose “Birmingham” address is outside the city limits. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. Run one of these places? Write to us to correct your entry.

The list

Name Address Hours as published Phone
Big Spoon Creamery 4000 Third Ave. S. Noon to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday 205-703-4712
Broad Street + Nola Ice Pizitz Food Hall, 120 19th St. N. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Not posted
The Cheesecake Factory 236 Summit Blvd. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday See its location page
La Moreliana Bakery Pizitz Food Hall, 120 19th St. N. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Not posted
The Spun Cow Pizitz Food Hall, 120 19th St. N. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Not posted

The places

Big Spoon Creamery makes handmade ice cream with local and seasonal ingredients, according to its site. It began in 2014 as a driveway pop-up, then a cart and a truck, before opening shops. The Avondale shop is one of three, with others in Homewood and Huntsville, and it caters events.

Broad Street + Nola Ice pairs a Cajun sandwich counter with a sno-ball stand in the Pizitz. The food hall lists more than 50 NOLA ice flavors alongside “peaux boy” sandwiches and crawfish dishes.

The Cheesecake Factory at The Summit is a location of the restaurant chain. Its page describes more than 250 dishes plus desserts and cheesecakes, and lists weekend brunch until 2 p.m. and a weekday happy hour in the bar.

La Moreliana Bakery is a Mexican bakery stall in the Pizitz. The food hall describes pan dulce, conchas, cakes, cookies and pastries, plus tres leches cakes, flan and cheesecakes, with brewed coffee.

The Spun Cow is the Pizitz’s dessert stall, with artisan ice cream, hand-blended milkshakes, floats and cotton candy spun fresh in seasonal flavors.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get ice cream in Birmingham?

Big Spoon Creamery, 4000 Third Ave. S. in Avondale, makes its own ice cream, and The Spun Cow in the Pizitz Food Hall serves ice cream, milkshakes and floats.

Which Birmingham dessert places are open late?

Big Spoon Creamery in Avondale is open to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 9 p.m. other nights. The Cheesecake Factory at The Summit is open to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Where can I get a sno-ball in Birmingham?

Broad Street + Nola Ice in the Pizitz Food Hall, 120 19th St. N., lists more than 50 NOLA ice sno-ball flavors.

Where can I buy pan dulce in Birmingham?

La Moreliana Bakery in the Pizitz Food Hall sells pan dulce, conchas, tres leches cakes and flan, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.