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Plush Horse

Super GemPalos Park (suburb) · Ice Cream Community-sourced, unverified
📍 12301 S 86th Ave, Palos Park, IL 60464

The building itself predates the ice cream by more than four decades — built in 1893 as a house, with a general store the original owner's wife ran while her husband was off fighting in the Spanish-American War, later a butcher shop, and eventually, sometime in the 1930s, the ice cream parlor that's been there ever since 1937. (Local ghost-tour lore attaches a grim, unverified murder story to that same building — worth knowing as color, not as something to take as documented history.) There are two Plush Horse locations in the south suburbs, this one in Palos Park and a separate one in Tinley Park, both owned by different members of the same family but not affiliated day to day — this is the original.

★★★★★ 4.8 (2,591 reviews) via Google
Super GemChicago Exclusive GemDish Gem$$
The flavor list rotates constantly, which means there's always a real reason to come back — that, and the gluten-free options that don't taste like an afterthought.
📈 Scores in the top 4% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

Everything is made in-house: 65-plus flavors, hand-rolled waffle cones, custom cakes, gluten-free and dairy-free options alongside the classics.

The courtyard outside is the better bet on a busy summer night, since indoor seating is limited and the line moves but stays long.

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Mon-Thu,Sun11AM-9PM
Fri-Sat 11AM-10PM
📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (708) 448-0550 📋 View Menu / Website

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only
🥡Takeout available
❔Wheelchair access: unverified
☀️Outdoor seating available

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