Why this site exists
San Francisco has a great frozen-treat scene that's hard to navigate one Yelp page at a time. SF Scoops is a single place to browse it: who's nearby, who's open right now, who serves ube or sells dairy-free, and which historic shops have been doing it for decades. It's a side project, not a venture-backed startup. Just a useful directory built by someone who eats too much ice cream.
How shops get added
Every shop on SF Scoops is added by hand. There's no scraper pulling random businesses off Google Maps. Each entry is visited, photographed, or independently verified, with real neighborhood, hours, dietary options, and the kinds of treats they actually serve.
Know a place that should be on the list?
Who runs it
SF Scoops is built and maintained by Bruce Johnson, a software engineer in the Bay Area. One person, one inbox. If you write in, you're talking to me directly, not a support queue.
Get in touch
The fastest way to reach me is email: notifications@sfscoops.com. Use it for shop submissions, corrections, broken hours, partnership ideas, or just to say hi.
If something on the site looks wrong (a shop closed, an address is off, a photo is broken), please tell me. I'd rather hear it from you than from someone showing up to a closed door.
A note on reviews
Ratings and review counts shown on shop pages aggregate Google reviews and reviews submitted on this site. Community reviews are moderated — spam, fake ratings, and personal attacks on staff are removed. If you see something that shouldn't be there, email me and I'll handle it.