Restaurant · Omaha · The 402
Coneflower Creamery
Chef-owned ice cream shop in Omaha's Blackstone District making farm-to-cone, small-batch flavors from Nebraska dairy and produce.
What stands out
Farm-to-cone, hyper-local Nebraska ingredients
Good to know
Small portions for the price
- Counter service
- American
- Ice cream
- Good for groups
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- Vegetarian options listed
- Visitor classic
- Local favorite
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Omaha readLocation on this page3921 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68131
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- Mon
- Closed
- Tue
- 12pm–10pm
- Wed
- 12pm–10pm
- Thu
- 12pm–10pm
- Fri
- 12pm–10pm
- Sat
- 12pm–10pm
- Sun
- 11am–8pm
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- Counter service
- American
- Ice cream
- Good for groups
+3 more useful filters
- Vegetarian options listed
- Visitor classic
- Local favorite
1 source-backed detail1 of 7 useful labels have their own dated link · listing checked Aug 27, 2026
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Why people go
- Farm-to-cone, hyper-local Nebraska ingredients
- Inventive, ever-rotating seasonal flavors (Blackstone Butterbrickle, Archetype Coffee)
Good to know
- Small portions for the price
Sources + full snapshot3 sources
Independent coverage is unusually consistent: Yelp's data crowned it the best ice cream shop in the U.S. in 2023 and USA Today's reader poll put it #1 nationally again in 2026, while the Omaha World-Herald's longtime restaurant critic and national outlets echo the same praise for its scratch-made, farm-sourced ice cream. The only recurring gripes are small portions for the price and long waits at peak times.
More reasons mentioned
- Everything made from scratch, down to sprinkles and waffle cones
- Rich, clean-tasting, dense ice cream texture
More notes
- Long lines and waits, especially weekends and warm evenings
- Limited seating and tight parking near the Blackstone shop
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- USA Today / Parade — Named the #1 ice cream shop in America in USA Today's 2026 10Best Readers' Choice Awards
- WOWT (Omaha NBC affiliate) — Local TV coverage of Coneflower topping Yelp's 2023 list of the 100 best ice cream shops in the U.S.
- Omaha World-Herald — Restaurant critic Sarah Baker Hansen reviewed the shop's scratch-made, original ice cream flavors
- Eat This, Not That! — National food outlet profiled Coneflower as an 'under-the-radar' find after its Yelp #1 U.S. ranking
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Listing checked Aug 27, 2026
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- Food8.9
- Value6.8
- Vibe8.0
- Service8.2
- Quiet5.0
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- scenario: omaha_plates · Sample expert tier×1.71 · Sample receipt flag · 4mo
- scenario: blackstone_b · Sample local tier×0.83 · Sample check-in · 9mo
- scenario: midtown_mo · Sample local tier×0.72 · Sample receipt flag · 10mo
- scenario: tuesdaytacos · Sample registered tier×0.46 · Sample self-attestation · 4mo
- scenario: guest-22b9 · Sample anonymous tier×0.11 · Sample self-attestation · 5mo