The original gourmet ice cream experience in Austin. Gone are the days when employees would be drunk on the job, pouring bourbon into the ice cream itself. Amy’s has grown up into a well-oiled ice cream machine with multiple locations all over town (including the airport). But somehow it still remains a quirky, family-friendly mainstay of the Austin experience. Even if you’re not hungry, go watch their servers perform daring, impromptu acrobatic ice cream scooping.

photo credit: Holly Dirks