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    Dairy Zone

    4.5 (43 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Maria S.

    we are from Az here for the nationals rodeo. what a historic place this is!!! lots to choose from, and they have a pineapple soft serve that is dairy free; i ate it, and enjoyed!! service is great too!!

    Chocolate crunch cone
    Jennifer M.

    Super fast and friendly services! Prices are very reasonable Not many places have crunch cones so I love Dairy Zone for that reason!

    Brownie and small Vanilla cone
    Nav S.

    Unexpected stop and it did not disappoint! Decided to stop by this cute little ice cream place. Sadly there kitchen was closed around 8:30. Not sure what the kitchen hours are but they offer sandwiches and fries, burgers and many other things. I got a small cone and my husband got the brownie sundae which was okay, it had a cosmic brownie so too sweet for my taste. We spent around 6 dollars on two things. They offer shakes as well. They also have a walk up option to order or you can do a drive thru. Cute place

    Cheese cubes and butterfinger tornado
    Kat B.

    What a great local staple to Des Moines! I've wanted to try this place for years but never had until this week. I was pleasantly surprised by the prices and the serving sizes. I ordered a butterfinger tornado and cheese cubes. Both were excellent and hit the spot. My friend ordered a krunch kone tornado and the shrimp basket. She really enjoyed her food as well. We went around 1230 and the drive up line was long. We chose to walk up and had quick friendly service. Can't wait to go back!

    Peanut Butter Cup Tornado
    Rachel W.

    Went for ice cream. Came home with ice cream. I'd call that quite the success! It's COVID-19; we are in a world pandemic, but we are hankering ice cream. I hop onto trusty Yelp and through a combination of social media searches, find Dairy Zone's drive-through is ready and open for business. We make our way over to the East side of DSM, hop in line, and await our delicious ice cream. It did not disappoint! I enjoyed that my tornado was mixed well (no chunks of just plain ice cream) but still had good-sized chunks of candy in it (without them being pulverized into tiny bits you can't taste.) World pandemic or not, we will be back! Bonus: They serve food! I'll be back to try out that tenderloin. Rest assured.

    Trixie T.

    My first time here! One of their posts was shared on FaceBook and I just had to go see what the big deal was about. Opening day for the season could not have had better weather! It was a nice 52°. 1:45. This place was jammed packed! There's a choice between either the walk-up window and dining on the patio table picnic area or drive-thru. I opted for drive-thru. It's tricky. The lot was full and the line was into the street. I was not surprised. It moved quickly though and everyone seemed to have ample patience. My son ordered a butterfinger tornado and I had the banana split tornado. He said it was the best he's ever had. He's 12, so. My tornado was perfection in a cup! Yep, ate it with my spoon while driving. There's a lot of stop lights down University. It had chunks of strawberries and bananas all through it. Every time I had a strawberry on my spoon it was like an extra treat. Excellent all the way around. I bet this place is constantly busy all summer. As they should be.

    Jillissa M.

    This place is great on a hot summer day to cool down with a sweet cool treat! I've heard their appetizers are great too. I always go with a tornado either misled with rices peanut butter cups or ores! Either way you'll never go wrong with amazing ice cream!

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