Johnson's Real Ice Cream

Family-owned and serving Central Ohio since 1950, Johnson’s Real Ice Cream has been bringing generations together over ice cream made with premium ingredients. With 10 neighborhood locations, we’re proud to be a longtime Columbus tradition built on quality, community, and the simple joy of sharing a scoop.

Real ice cream. Real memories.

Johnson's Real Ice Cream is an ice cream shop in Columbus, Ohio. It is listed at 2728 E Main St, Columbus, OH 43209, which places it among the local businesses of Columbus that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by.

In Columbus, the best-known bakeries and bagel shops have lines on weekend mornings, so arrive early or order ahead where the shop offers it. Across Ohio, immigrant bakeries add Mexican pan dulce, Vietnamese banh mi bread, Chinese buns, Middle Eastern sweets and European rye to the mix, and many gluten-free and vegan bakeries have opened in larger cities. Check the listing for hours, whether the shop accepts custom cake orders and its Google rating before you go, and call about allergens, since small kitchens often share equipment. Day-old bread and end-of-day discounts are common if you ask.

Hours are published for 7 days a week. On most of those days it is open 11 am–10 pm. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Johnson's Real Ice Cream at (614) 231-0014; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, johnsonsrealicecream.com.

On Google it holds a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 882 reviews, which is a strong result for an ice cream shop in Columbus and suggests consistent service.

Columbus is in Ohio, in the Midwest, where summers are warm, winters are cold and snowy, and most errands are done by car; businesses keep steady year-round hours with the usual holiday changes. Traffic in Columbus peaks on weekday mornings and afternoons, so allow extra time then. Addresses read from the street number up to the city, state abbreviation and five-digit ZIP code; the map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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