Pop-up Ice Cream

I really miss this place! It was such a treat visiting this shop during the summer of 2013 with our newborn daughter. I’m now pregnant with our second daughter and this place would be a dream to revisit. The flavors were delicious and the staff were extremely friendly.

A pop-​up ice cream shop – in an otherwise beautiful retail space that would have been abandoned! What isn’t to love?
So, pop-​up and ice-​cream might be two of my favorite compound words. I have very little to say other than that the downtown location is awesome (I know they’ve had several, but they’ve all been centrally located to other bars/​restaurants) and that the ice cream is high quality. There are a variety of flavors and its locally made. What more is there to add? Oh, and they have TWO types of mint – a green mint chocolate chip and a white peppermint.
I really hope that this place does well – it would be nice to be able to grab ice cream after dinner in downtown Raleigh on a 100% regular basis.

Pop in to pop-​up ice cream, a cute yet simple little place for all your frozen cream needs.
I’m psyched that there is an ice cream place in downtown Raleigh near all my favorite restaurants. I popped in here on a Sunday after brunch at the Busy Bee Café and grabbed a scoop and a half of strawberry and chocolate. Very yummy and think it’s genius to offer half scoops. It’s good for gluttons of ice cream like myself.
They had other more interesting flavors than the ones I got, plus they offer floats and other creations.
I think perhaps they will need to offer more things in the future, especially when the weather gets colder (like coffee drinks perhaps? I’ve visited a similar establishment in Nashville called Hot & Cold).
But if you want to live, eat, and breathe local (and I mean it, breathe in the delicious wafting scents of handmade waffle cones as you enjoy your dessert).
But overall it’s good ice cream, a clean and simple place, a few seats outside. I hope they get to stay, and I hope I get to go back soon!

Yes, local & farm-​fresh + downtown = AMAZING
I like the concept and quality, but I didn’t really care for the big hype fellow peeps had.
When I went, they did not have a lot of interesting flavors. I’m not too into the really rich or overly-​sweet flavors, but I will go for something creative and flavorful. They didn’t have Carolina Crunch as Rod O. mentioned, so I opted for the Pecan Crunch. It’s a Butter Pecan base with toffee. It was good but ordinary. I liked that they have 1.5 scoop-​portions.
I don’t know if the lady who helped us out was the owner or not, but she didn’t really smile and wasn’t too friendly. When I ask questions at a local business and try to make some sort of conversation, I kinda would appreciate some more info about the farm-​fresh ice cream or the business itself. (And was it just me or did she smile a lot more with the 2 ladies who came in behind us?)
I think the service I received and the lack of variety in interesting flavors resulted in my 3 stars. Maybe – HOPEFULLY the next time I try this place out, I’ll have a better experience.

It makes me sooo sad that at some point this place will not be here it is a Ice Cream Parlour specializing in locally made ice creams. The cute nestled little shop is on wilmington street next to Gravy the casual atmosphere is a nice and change to the fast pace streets and people that whirl around just outside the doors. As so many places change to local produce this is a refreshing reminder of the wholesome bounty and beauty the small business can have. The rich creamy flavors and warm welcoming staff help to make the overall experience at The Pop so pleasent one cant help but want to go back again and again. I enjoyed the Cookies and Cream (my all time favorite) whild me friend had the Strawberry. The silky sweetness was just amazing a place thats great to take the kids, friends, dates, everyone I cant really stress it enough you never know how good you have it until it gone…
xoxo

Cool Pop-​Up Ice Cream Shop! Very Friendly Enthusiastic Staff!
Carolina Crunch (Heath Bar, Caramel, Butterfinger) and Green Mint Chocolate Chip! In the first Waffle Cone for my Bride.
Double Chocolate and Mango Sorbet in my Waffle Cone!

Busy Sunday night at this pop-​up ice cream joint… so glad to see it! They’re friendly, the ice cream selection is really good, and it’s local local local. There was a bit of a wait tonight, due to a line, but we weren’t in any hurry and were glad to see they’re doing a good business!
Mint Chocolate Chip lovers… now’s the time to check this place out and place your vote for either the white mint chocolate chip from Maple View Farm or the green one from NC State. They let me taste them both, and I liked them both but did have a favorite. Go see what you think!
I did end up though with the raspberry chocolate chip from NC State. I’m not even a big raspberry gal, but this was awesome. Kid cups (one scoop) were perfect for each of us after having had a big dinner.
Service is with a smile, and the smell in there is wonderful, thanks largely to the waffle cones they are making in there.
Hope they find a permanent place to land in downtown Raleigh!

Let’s Scream For Ice Cream in DTR
There’s a local, made from scratch ice cream shop in downtown Raleigh temporarily located on Wilmington St. next to Gravy. It’s so new that it doesn’t really have a name… look for Pop-​Up Ice Cream Parlour. Let’s make it a permanent resident of DTR! Let me tell you why. The ice cream is delicious. On the early evening that Andy and I stopped in, there were 16 different flavors including 2 sorbets waiting to be enjoyed in the clear glass cased coolers. I love the broad selection, something for every taste and preference. I prefer chocolate. As I was eyeing the chocolate varieties, the very friendly server enthusiastically encouraged me to try as many as I like. She was obviously a big fan of all the flavors and gave me descriptions about each I tried. Well, I couldn’t decide between Double Chocolate and Chocolate Peanut Butter so the smiling employee suggested I get both. Perfect solution. The ice cream was rich, silky smooth, and wonderfully creamy. From the name, I expected the Double Chocolate to have more of a dark chocolate flavor, ya know a little more bitter and bold. However, it was a very good basic chocolate. The Chocolate Peanut Butter was my favorite of the 2… it had an empyrean quality to it… heavenly scrumptious. It was a beautiful combination of milk chocolate and peanut flavors. Andy greatly enjoyed his Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. He told me there was plenty of cookie dough. My cool dessert was incredibly satisfying and I would be very happy to have this ice cream parlour a permanent business in DTR.

Love this place. DT Raleigh needs an ice cream shop and this place is primo. They have great locally made ice cream that doesn’t taste too frozen or the box its been.
Go out and support them so they can stay longer.
Note to owners — I always get hot fudge on my ice cream and wish I could get a little more than just a drizzle that the scooper artfully drizzles so as to not pour a decent amount on the ice cream… a nice little ladle full would be nice.