Mom, son take their frozen creations collectively
Sage Stoker scoops ice cream right into a chocolate-rimmed cone at Violets and Cream ice cream store in Medford. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune]
Sage Stoker scoops ice cream right into a chocolate-rimmed cone at Violets and Cream ice cream store in Medford. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune]
To win over much more clients than may very well be argued in a small Jacksonville location, Violets and Cream just lately opened a brand new Medford retailer with every thing from retro soda fountains to classic candies and artisanal ice cream for four-legged clients. selection.
Mom-son duo Laura Smith and Sage Stoker function out of McAndrews Market, subsequent to See’s Candies and Wayback Burgers.
Violets and Cream’s Jacksonville location at 150 S. Oregon St. opened in March 2019, only a yr earlier than the pandemic compelled so many native companies to shut. Seems the locals nonetheless actually wished—and perhaps even wanted—their favourite ice cream parlor to maintain pulling out.
Husband and father of two devoted ice cream scoopers, Andy Smith stated the store has maintained an incredible following in the course of the COVID-induced closures, whereas different companies have been struggling in a really possible way.
“It happened in a yr proper earlier than the pandemic hit, and someway it labored out effectively throughout all of the COVID shutdowns. They’ve lots of very loyal clients who really drove from Jacksonville to help them right here,” he stated.
After working in training, retail and different fields for native companies, Laura Smith at all times dreamed of proudly owning her personal retailer.
She began with plenty of high quality retail gadgets like baggage and blankets along with classic sweet. Just a few months after opening, a consultant from BJ’s Ice Cream in Florence visited the shop to debate their pure, small-batch ice cream.
“We supplied it over Mom’s Day weekend and it was an immediate hit,” she stated. “It was so busy, everybody was coming.”
The decor on the Medford location is a nod to the Holly Theater, with a retro sofa and classic wallpaper, inexperienced paint, and vintage-style lights.
Diggity Canine Ice Cream, a Violets and Cream creation, is obtainable at each areas and in retail containers at Pink Canine Pet Provide shops in Jacksonville, Rogue River and Eagle Level. They’re additionally engaged on a ‘Violets and Cream’ taste for his or her non-canine clients.
Even with all of the enjoyable flavors and creations, Sage Stoker stated, easy ice cream folds and shake and float combos created from classic ice cream and juice are constant favorites. Old style phosphates and egg custards will debut on the Medford menu within the coming months, Laura Smith stated, and he or she hopes to create a co-op of kinds to characteristic different native merchandise.
Andy Smith stated the most important draw is sweet, old style customer support.
“Laura and I are sufficiently old to have skilled the complete vary of actually good and actually dangerous customer support. The workforce is totally different than it was, so an awesome customer support expertise actually stands out.”
“One in all our foremost objectives is to be totally different from different shops and have a extremely nice product,” Laura stated. “What we now have is pure, and the elements are principally from Oregon, like cherries from Hood River and blackberries from Florence.”
Violets and Cream is open in Medford from midday to 9pm Tuesday by way of Sunday.
The Jacksonville location is open 1:00 PM to eight:00 PM Monday by way of Thursday and 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM Friday by way of Sunday.
Try violetsandcream.com/collections/ice-cream
Attain reporter Buffy Pollock at 541-776-8784 or bpollock@rosebudmedia.com. Observe her on Twitter @orwritergal.
