Relying on milk and cream from Sonoma County dairy farms, Petaluma Creamery creates and serves natural, organic cheeses and made-from-scratch ice creams. If it's your first visit to this cheese shop-meets-cafe, locals will likely point to toward the cheese curds, available in 8-ounce or 5-pound packages, or the ice cream, always a favorite here.

The freezer case plays hosts to ice cream flavors that span perennial favorites (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry) to specialty and seasonal varieties such as lavender, apricot, and peppermint stick. For those whose palates skew toward the savory, Petaluma Creamery offers deli sandwiches, pizza, and barbecue fare, with the tri-tip sandwich receiving high marks from regulars.

Petaluma Creamery is open seven days a week.

Petaluma Creamery
711 Western Ave.
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 762-9038
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