Justine's Celebrating 30th Year of Scooping

JUSTINE’S ICE CREAM PARLOR
106 Talbot Street, St Michaels, MD 21663
410 745 0404

Celebrating 30th Year of Scooping

Justine’s Ice Cream Parlor will reopen on Saturday, March 25th at 12 noon to celebrate our 30th year of scooping ice cream in St. Michaels, Maryland.

For 30 years, Justine’s has been serving ice cream to Eastern Shore residents as well as visitors to St. Michaels. Justine’s has become a stable in our town, attracting generations of loyal customers.

“There are folks in town who have been enjoying Justine’s ice cream, sundaes and shakes for decades,” said Kathy Lash owner of Justine’s. “We have seen families coming here for years and now we serve their children who have families of their own. It is pretty amazing.”

Justine’s opened in St. Michaels in 1987. Kathy Lash bought the business in 2012 and with Tyler Heim, the head churner, they have expanded the menu and added house made ice cream to the menu. This year’s homemade flavors include “Saturday Morning” a cereal infused ice cream served with a foot loop topping and “Life By Chocolate” a chocolate and coconut ice cream topped with a graham crackers, coconut flakes and chocolate sauce.

“Every year, we let our creativity expand,” said Tyler Heim. “I hope this year our customers will be delighted with our newest creations that truly represent what we love most about ice cream”.

In celebration of Justine’s 30th anniversary, there will be in store and online promotions including a birthday celebration the 30th of each month all season, Baltimore Orioles tickets give-a-way, and a special 30th anniversary shake.

Justine’s is open on the weekends from 12 noon to 8:00 p.m. until April 1st when we reopen 7 days a week. We are located in downtown St, Michaels, Maryland – 106 North Talbot Street. For more information call us at 410 745 0404 or visit our website www.justinesicecream.com.

Justine’s new addition -- Saturday Morning

Meet Your Merchant - Justine's Ice Cream Parlour

Name Of Business: Justine’s Ice Cream Parlour

Location:  106 N. Talbot St. St. Michaels, MD

Website:  www.justinesicecreams.com

Facebook:
Justines Ice Cream Parlour

Phone number: 410-745-0404

Hours of operation:

Monday – Thursday 12:00 p.m. – 8 p.m. 

Friday – Sunday 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Who are the owners?  

Kathy Lash & Joe Trippi 

Tyler Heim, Manager 

How and why you started your business? 

Justine's Ice Cream Parlour has been scooping ice cream and selling shakes for over 25 years in St. Michaels.  In 2012, we purchased the ice cream parlour because my family always loved visiting Justine's in the summer.  We all enjoyed the selections on Tom Quimby’s Famous Wall of Shakes and we wanted to bring that original energy, style, and those recipes back to the parlor.  Quite frankly, we thought it would be fun – and it has been! 

  

What do you sell/make/do? 

We work hard to give our guests a total ice cream experience.  We have been serving premium Jack and Jill Ice Cream since the store opened.  Last year we added to our selection of flavors making our own "homemade" ice creams.  We serve our guests the highest quality products and a variety of frozen dessert treats.  We still make our root beer floats, banana splits, ice cream sodas and New York egg creams the old fashioned way but have added new innovative sundaes to the menu to appeal to every taste.  We love ice cream! 

  

Where is your business located and why did you choose your location? 

Justine’s is located at 106 North Talbot Street in St Michaels. 

  

What strategy do you use to draw people to your establishment?

Justine's has been a mainstay business in St Michaels for over 25 years and is known by locals and returning visitors as a fun spot for a delicious frozen treat.  We believe that ice cream should be as much about memories as it is about new discoveries.  We have created unique flavors for our homemade ice cream --flavors that are inspired by ingredients that are available to us locally and reflect the season.  We want every visit to Justine’s to be an experience – something that our guests will remember and join us again. 

What is your strategy for growth in the next year? 

In previous years, our business plan was based on a business to customer strategy.  This year, we want to expand to a business to business strategy and sell our homemade ice cream flavors outside of Justine’s.  We hope that you will soon find our Cocoa Dream, Raspberry Oreo, Rum Raisin and Café Mocha flavors at your favorite local restaurants. 

  

What is the best thing about running a business here? 

It has to be the people – our guests and friends who have been so loyal to us year after year.  Without them, we would not have the opportunity to grow our business.  We feel very blessed to have such loyal friends and promise to keep working hard to serve the highest quality ice cream desserts with friendly prompt service.