Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor — Restaurant in Le Mars

Update: 2/3/2024

My mother was visiting from Mississippi, so my husband and I brought our friend back along with my mama. My mom really enjoyed the museum and ice cream. She was "tickled pink" to get her picture made by the ice cream cone outside and to get a picture of the building.

June, 2023.

My husband and I had come before, but we brought our friend to celebrate her 70th birthday. We didn't realize it was Ice Cream Days. My husband and I think the "frozen dairy dessert" tastes better here than what we buy at Walmart.

The space for the ice cream line and items for sale in the gift shop is tight. The line for ice cream winds through the gift shop around the right wall, moves along between people who are buying and choosing their ice cream and then loops around until the walker becomes the chooser. If I had a suggestion, it would be to let the line go directly from the outside through the line. Stanchions and ribbons or chains could be added here to wind people back and forth leading them to the ordering zone. Or, in the interest of keeping hungry hordes of ice cream eaters cool, warm, and/or out of inclement weather, I would have the buyers move along to the left, walk along the wall of the seating area and go completely past the gift shop as they make the right turn to the wall they walk now and continue the same way. That way they wouldn't tie up space in the gift shop just shuffling along to get in the ice cream line. Or, if the gift shop route truly has to be utilized, funnel visitors from the front door, through the gift shop, take a turn to the left and hug the wall through the sitting area, cross the entrance, and start their order at the freezer case just as they do now.

The museum is good quality. I haven't purchased anything from the gift shop as there's nothing I need. I like the photo spot ice cream cone out front. This is a nice place to visit and...

Great ice cream parlor on the first floor and fun interactive exhibits on the second floor! I had the Cookie Dough Creation Sundae and my wife had a double scoop waffle cone. Lots of different flavors to choose from, along with shakes, malts, and sundaes. You can also get a flight of ice cream, to sample several different flavors. They also have a nice gift shop right in the middle of the store on the main level. Plenty of seating. Street parking...

We live about an hour away but try to make the drive for a special treat whenever we can! The ice cream is SO good!! So much memorabilia to look at and you can watch a video on the history of Blue Bunny in the theater! You can dine upstairs or downstairs or on the ROOF outside when it’s nice. Wheelchair friendly. CLEAN! Super fun place to go! You can drive around town and look for the 55 ice cream sculptures when...