Ice cream seems to be a go-to favorite food after anything happens in life: a bad breakup, snack, sick, or after dinner dessert. Now deciding where to buy the ice cream from is key. Here are the top ice cream places around St. Louis:

• Ted Drewes
• Colleen’s cookies Caife Caife
• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream
• Ice’s Plain and Fancy
• Tower Grove Creamery
• Scoops
• Clementine’s Ice Cream
• Cookies and Cream
• I Scream Cakes
• Fountain on Locust
• Crown Candy
• Bailey’s Range
• Jilly’s Ice Cream Bar
• Serendipity