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Milwaukee's frozen custard hot spots: Where to find Cream City's signature treat

Don't call it ice cream.

Not if you're in Milwaukee. Not if you don't want to be ridiculed as rude, clueless, a rube.

Folks in Wisconsin's largest city take their signature dish seriously - no offense, cheese curds - and consider it an insult to confuse their rich dairy dessert with ordinary supermarket ice cream.

You'll find frozen custard stands scattered across the Milwaukee metro area. So many that tourism bureau Visit Milwaukee claims it's home to the world's largest concentration, making Milwaukee the unofficial "Frozen Custard Capital of the World."

But ask 10 natives to name the best spots and you can expect to get

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