Miami Ice

Multi-generational family shaved ice and frozen custard shop at 1624 W 39th St — the family has operated on the same block of West 39th Street for 40+ years, making Miami Ice one of the longest-standing businesses on the corridor. Retro blue-and-pink corner shop; shaved ice with mix-ins and frozen custard.

Description

Miami Ice is a shaved ice and frozen custard walk-up shop at 1624 W 39th Street on Kansas City’s West 39th Street corridor. The family-owned business has occupied the same block for approximately 40 years — by The Pitch’s account around 2024, the family had “been on 39th Street for 39 years” — placing its founding around 1985.¹

The shop is immediately recognizable by its retro blue-and-pink exterior, a design unchanged across decades, and serves shaved ice with mix-in options alongside frozen custard. It operates as a walk-up counter, a warm-weather fixture on a corridor that has seen dozens of restaurants, bars, and cafes come and go around it.¹

Ownership and history

Miami Ice is owned by Max Ross and his father — a father-and-son business that has maintained continuous operation on the 1600 block of West 39th Street since approximately 1985.¹ The shop predates most of the current 39th Street restaurant corridor’s identity as a dining destination and has outlasted multiple waves of concept turnover on the street.

Tier classification

Tier 1. Miami Ice is a textbook multi-generational Tier 1 institution: a father-and-son family business that has operated continuously on the same block of West 39th Street for approximately 40 years, outlasting the rise and fall of dozens of neighbors on the corridor. The 40-year tenure of a walk-up ice cream shop on one of KC’s most competitive restaurant streets is its own statement of “pride + dedication to local roots.” Ross family KC-native status is but the institutional depth is unambiguous.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-30 · Source: The Pitch KC (~2024)¹ · Confidence: Low (Phase-0 stub — product categories confirmed from press; specific flavors, toppings, and pricing not documented; visit or contact directly for current options)

Walk-up shaved ice and frozen custard shop. Seasonal operation.

• Shaved ice — with mix-in options¹
• Frozen custard¹

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Links

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miamiice39/ (primary web presence — no own domain)
• Address: 1624 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111

See also

• west-39th-street
• midtown-kc
• Registry

Sources

**** Map-pin needed: 1624 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO 64111 (West 39th Street). Confirm coordinates for map layer.

Footnotes

1. The Pitch KC — “Eat This Now: Miami Ice” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now-miami-ice/ — accessed 2026-06-30. Asserts: Miami Ice; 1624 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO; owner Max Ross and his father; family “has been on 39th Street for 39 years” (~2024 publication, placing founding c. 1985); shaved ice with mix-ins and frozen custard; retro blue-and-pink corner shop. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶