Here’s the latest scoop: Clare’s Creamery, a local ice cream shop, is set to open its second location in July 2023.
The shop will be open just in time for National Ice Cream Month, said Caitlin Hayes, founder of Clare’s Creamery.
Located at 1901 Laurens Road in the Olde Town Shopping Center, the new shop will have a similar aesthetic to the original location with pastels, pink, purple and mint colors incorporated into the decor.
“We’re basically trying to be a neighborhood ice cream shop for that neighborhood, but we’ve been looking over there for months, almost a year,” Hayes said. “We love the Gower and Parkins Mill neighborhoods in general. There are a lot of kids, a lot of families, but no local ice cream shops.”
The lease for the new location was signed in March and renovations began recently.
Hayes explained the new Clare’s Creamery shop will have more indoor and outdoor seating for customers. The second location will also feature a special birthday booth for families and friends to reserve for different celebrations.
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The 20 staple flavors and six seasonal flavors of ice cream on Clare’s Creamery’s menu will be hand-crafted at the Overbrook shop and then transported to the second location. Hayes said this transportation process will allow the new shop to have a smaller kitchen and more space for seating.
“We do make everything. We use a lot of the best national suppliers and then also we try to incorporate local businesses as much as we can,” Hayes said. “We do flavor collaborations. We’ve done stuff with Fork and Plough, Bridge City Coffee and a couple of other small businesses here in Greenville. I’ll be interested to see in that neighborhood, who our community partners (will be).”
Clare’s Creamery’s announcement of its second shop comes only two years after opening its first location in May of 2021. Hayes said they were slightly shocked to already be able to expand their business.
“I think that it was kind of serendipitous timing of the right place opened up and we’ve got (a) great staff to back it,” Hayes said. “We’re working on just optimizing everything. I think we’re ready for it.”
