Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream

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Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
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Exterior of the Capitol Hill location, 2022
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Molly Moon Neitzel
Food typeIce cream
CitySeattle
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Websitemollymoon.com

Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream is an ice cream parlor with multiple locations in the Seattle metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Washington. The business was founded by chief executive officer Molly Moon Neitzel.[1][2] Ice cream is made on-site in each of its shops, rather than in central commissaries, to avoid the possibility that ice cream will partially melt and refreeze during delivery.[3]

History[]

Exterior sign of the Capitol Hill location, 2014

A location opened in the Madrona neighborhood in May 2011.[4] A fifth location opened in downtown Seattle in June.[5] The Queen Anne location opened in September 2011.[6][7][8] On opening day, the shop offered free ice cream scoops to children.[9]

Molly Moon's built small parks outside shops in Wallingford and Madrona in 2014, as part of Seattle's pilot parklet program.[10] In 2014, the company was sued for an "intolerable odor that purportedly made employees sick".[11]

A seventh shop opened in Redmond in 2016,[12] and an eighth location opened in Columbia City in 2017.[13][14] Free scoops for children were offered for the opening of the Columbia City location.[15]

All shops offered free scoops to the first 100 customers for the company's tenth anniversary in 2018.[16]

In 2020, following the removal of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, Molly Moon's Capitol Hill location attracted national news attention for posting a sign asking armed police officers not to enter the shop, including them under its "gun free zone" policy.[17][18][19]

Reception[]

Eater Seattle included Molly Moon's in 2021 list of "Great Places to Get Ice Cream and Gelato in Seattle".[20]

References[]

  1. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-07-22). "40 Under 40". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  2. ^ "Daring Women Q&A: Molly Moon Neitzel, Founder and CEO of Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream". Seattle Business Magazine. 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  3. ^ Mertz Esswein, Patricia (2017-06-09). "Small-Business Success Story: Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream". Kipplinger's. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-05-18). "Molly Moon's Madrona Opens Next Week". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  5. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-06-28). "Molly Moon's New Location". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  6. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-04-14). "More Molly Moon's". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-09-01). "Molly Moon's Queen Anne". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  8. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-09-13). "Molly Moon's Queen Anne Cometh". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  9. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-09-15). "Molly Moon's Queen Anne". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  10. ^ Billups, Sara (2014-03-25). "Molly Moon's Builds Parklets; Brouwer's Turns Nine". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  11. ^ Billups, Sara (2014-07-02). "Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream Sued Over 'Unbearable' Smell". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  12. ^ Hill, Megan (2016-03-21). "Molly Moon's Starts Scooping in Redmond on April 8". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  13. ^ Callaghan, Adam H. (2016-07-14). "Molly Moon's Eighth Ice Cream Shop Coming to Columbia City". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  14. ^ Hill, Megan (2017-05-16). "Columbia City's Very Own Molly Moon's Starts Scooping in June". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2019-10-11. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  15. ^ Hill, Megan (2017-05-30). "Kids Eat Free Friday as Molly Moon's Marks Its Columbia City Arrival". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  16. ^ "Molly Moon's celebrating 10th birthday with free scoops". Madison Park Times. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  17. ^ Quinn, Patrick (2020-07-08). "After CHOP, no armed police officers allowed inside Molly Moon's ice cream shop". Komo 4 News. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  18. ^ Ruiz, Michael (2020-07-09). "Seattle ice cream parlor bars police carrying guns". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  19. ^ Guarente, Gabe (2020-07-09). "Police are welcome at Seattle ice cream shop — but their guns aren't, owner says". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  20. ^ "Great Places to Get Ice Cream and Gelato in Seattle". Eater Seattle. 2015-06-05. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

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