Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream

Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
Exterior of the Capitol Hill location, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2008 (2008)
Owner(s)Molly Moon Neitzel
Food typeIce cream
CitySeattle
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Other locations
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 in 2008.[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 and locations

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A corner of a building, white wooden walls; there are pegs on the wall that hold shirts, hats, beanies, tote bags, and water bottles with the Molly Moon's branding: either a strawberry or a dog licking an ice cream cone. Some items have the words "Molly Moon's" on them
A corner inside the Molly Moon's location in Edmonds, Washington, to display and sell the chain's apparel, 2024

Molly Moon Neitzel opened the first ice cream shop in Wallingford in 2008.[4] A location opened in the Madrona neighborhood in May 2011.[5]

A fifth location opened in downtown Seattle in June.[6] The Queen Anne location opened in September 2011.[7][8][9] On opening day, the shop offered free ice cream scoops to children.[10]

Molly Moon's built small parks outside shops in Wallingford and Madrona in 2014, as part of Seattle's pilot parklet program.[11] In 2014, the company was sued for alleged improper disposal of dairy waste; tailors neighboring the Queen Anne location claimed that the waste pooled and rotted in the crawlspace under their shop, causing an overpowering smell that sickened one of the owners and forced them to stop taking some work.[12]

A seventh shop opened in Redmond in 2016,[13] and an eighth opened in Columbia City in 2017.[14][15] Free scoops for children were offered for the opening of the Columbia City location.[16] All shops offered free scoops to the first 100 customers for the company's tenth anniversary in 2018.[17]

In 2020, following the removal of the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, the 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.[18][19][20] In 2023, the business announced plans to operate in the Washington Street Public Boat Landing Facility, near the Colman Dock along the Waterfront.[21] The chain opened its ninth location in downtown Edmonds in summer 2023.[22][23]

Reception

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Eater Seattle included Molly Moon's in 2021 list of "Great Places to Get Ice Cream and Gelato in Seattle".[24]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Get the Scoop on the Pay-Transparency Push at Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-06-28). "Molly Moon's New Location". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-04-14). "More Molly Moon's". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  8. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-09-01). "Molly Moon's Queen Anne". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Vermillion, Allecia (2011-09-15). "Molly Moon's Queen Anne". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Pulkkinen, Levi (2014-07-01). "Angry neighbor: Molly Moon's ice cream smell 'unbearable'". Seattlepi.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Molly Moon's celebrating 10th birthday with free scoops". Madison Park Times. Retrieved 2022-02-16.[permanent dead link‍]
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Ruiz, Michael (2020-07-09). "Seattle ice cream parlor bars police carrying guns". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Molly Moon's to open new location on the Seattle waterfront". KING-TV. October 23, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  22. ^ "Edmonds - Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream". Molly Moon's. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  23. ^ Haun, Riley (2023-09-08). "Molly Moon's wants to be your sweetest neighbor". The Everett Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  24. ^ "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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