You know how your mother always told you to eat all your dinner so you could have ice cream? You’ll want to ignore that advice before you head off to this family-owned ice cream parlor. The homemade ice cream here is amazing, and the portions are huuuuge. Skip dinner completely tonight, and feed the family ice cream instead.

Visit Leatherby’s Family Creamery at one of its four locations.

Sandra A./Yelp You’ll find Leatherby’s parlors in Salt Lake City, Taylorsville, Midvale, and Draper.

While many ice cream parlors offer very limited seating, Leatherby’s has tons of tables. Bring all your friends, or stop in to celebrate a special family occasion here - there’s plenty of room!

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You can watch them make the ice cream right there in the shop! Leatherby’s has been making and serving its premium ice cream for over 27 years, so they’ve perfected the art of this smooth, creamy confection.

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The ice cream is all made just one batch at a time, which helps Leatherby’s maintain their high standards of quality.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook Only the best ingredients are used in the ice cream. Once a batch is finished, it’s placed in a freezer at -15 degrees for at least 24 hours, then moved to another freezer at -5 degrees before it’s served.

Leatherby’s also creates its own homemade toppings.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook There’s nothing in the world like Leatherby’s caramel. You could eat it with a spoon straight from the jar!

The ice cream confections here are unlike any other. Each menu item is named for a member of the Leatherby family.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook Amy’s Hot Fudge Brownie is a popular menu item. It’s a fudgy, homemade brownie, piled high with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce.

Gwen’s Black and White is the perfect combination of vanilla and chocolate.

esteph55/Tripadvisor This huge confection has large scoops of vanilla and chocolate ice cream, marshmallow topping, and chocolate sauce.

Gretchen’s Golden Nugget will make your taste buds sing.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook The praline and caramel ice cream is nestled in a waffle bowl, then smothered with homemade caramel sauce.

You’re definitely going to want to share Daddy Doug’s Banana Split.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook The amount of strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream on this monster will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth!

Do you have a small appetite? You can just get a dish of ice cream.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook Of course… it’s still pretty big.

You’ll love the super-friendly staff here.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook Visit Leatherby’s Monday through Thursday from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm; Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am to Midnight. The parlors are closed on Sunday.

What’s your favorite item on Leatherby’s menu?

Sandra A./Yelp

You’ll find Leatherby’s parlors in Salt Lake City, Taylorsville, Midvale, and Draper.

Leatherby’s Family Creamery/Facebook

Only the best ingredients are used in the ice cream. Once a batch is finished, it’s placed in a freezer at -15 degrees for at least 24 hours, then moved to another freezer at -5 degrees before it’s served.

There’s nothing in the world like Leatherby’s caramel. You could eat it with a spoon straight from the jar!

Amy’s Hot Fudge Brownie is a popular menu item. It’s a fudgy, homemade brownie, piled high with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce.

esteph55/Tripadvisor

This huge confection has large scoops of vanilla and chocolate ice cream, marshmallow topping, and chocolate sauce.

The praline and caramel ice cream is nestled in a waffle bowl, then smothered with homemade caramel sauce.

The amount of strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream on this monster will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth!

Of course… it’s still pretty big.

Visit Leatherby’s Monday through Thursday from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm; Friday and Saturday from 11:00 am to Midnight. The parlors are closed on Sunday.

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