Sally Mengel, co-owner of Loblolly Creamery of Little Rock, is moving/has moved her Ice Cream Bar from The Green Corner Store right next door — same building, different suite.
She’s planning a grand opening of the Loblolly Ice Cream Shop at 1423 S. Main, Suite C, in July, but as of Wednesday was working on a “soft opening” in the new quarters on Sunday with a real opening — yes, three openings — June 3.
The Ice Cream Shop will feature expanded ice cream flavors — 32, Mengel says — handcrafted sodas and coffee drinks. She also plans longer hours than she had in the Corner Store, from 11 a.m. to around 8 p.m., and will have a room in the back for private events.
Business is going well, she said. Loblolly Creamery saw the volume of its ice cream sales rise 25 percent in 2016 over 2015.