Best Frozen Custard in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI
Leon's Frozen Custard has scooped Milwaukee's favorite frozen custard since 1942, a glowing neon drive-in on South 27th Street said to have inspired the Milwaukee-set 'Happy Days.' The custard — vanilla, chocolate, and a daily special — is made fresh all day and served at a walk-up window year-round.
Still owned by the founding family and little changed in eight decades, Leon's is a genuine Milwaukee landmark and, by Yelp's reckoning, the top frozen-treat stop in Wisconsin.
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A drive-in on 27th Street since 1942 whose neon glow and butter pecan made it Milwaukee's custard icon.
Yes — Leon's Frozen Custard is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Frozen Custard in Milwaukee, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best frozen custard in Milwaukee for 2025 for eight decades of custard under the glow of one of the city's great neon signs.
Leon's Frozen Custard is in Milwaukee, WI.
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