“We’re Pittsburghers and we want to support other local businesses.” “It’s great that the dairy comes from Twin Brook Farms in Washington,” he said. “We’re going to be at the Goddard School here in the shopping center for the first day of spring.”Ĭompany founder Chad Townsend has created a wide palette of flavors over the years with an eye toward seasonal ingredients, sometimes swapping shelf life for fresh, ripe fruit that Townsend said provides a better flavor and texture in a product like sorbet.īrian said he and Lori like being able to tell customers that their product is sourced largely from local suppliers. “A lot of local businesses have also reached out,” she said. Lori said she’s been spreading the word about new location at catering events she’s taken part in. “There’s no specific dessert places here, and people can walk here after dinner.” The site is 207 Oakland Ave., a building owned by the University of Pittsburgh, though not.

“It’s very visible and accessible,” Brian McBarron said. Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream is opening a new retail store, or scoop shop, in Oakland in early January. The McBarrons have operated one of Millie’s food trucks, and are excited to have a brick-and-mortar location. Millie’s® Homemade Ice Cream was founded in 2014 & has since grown from a small kitchen-counter operation to now include a production facility in Homestead, PA, as well as scoop shops, event.

It marks continued growth for Millie’s, which initially marketed its ice cream to restaurants and grocery stores and opened a storefont in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood in 2016. Visit Millies Market next door for ice cream and merch Apparel, Accessories, Drinkware and more now available to purchase online Rent our Millie’s Taco Cart Cart rentals are an incredibly fun and easy way to entertain the whole group with tacos, quesadillas, kegs, cocktails and more made-to-order Millie’s favorites Sit back, relax, and. “With the traffic that comes through and the other restaurants nearby, it works well.” “It’s close to home,” said Lori McBarron of Harrison City. A Penn Township couple is opening a franchise of a popular Pittsburgh-based ice cream maker.īrian and Lori McBarron will operate the 10th location of Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream at the Blue Spruce Shoppes in Murrysville.

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