We are open for business for the 2024 season!
We love to helping you all celebrate together with loved ones and colleagues and neighbors! Alfonso (man pictured above) really runs the show at the Scoop and Lawson (woman pictured above) helps with some business and finance management. We also now have admin help responding to emails, booking catering events, and posting on our social media - thank you Sarah. We are mostly on the move at events, but also love to post up in front of The Market at 25th to serve our regulars from the neighborhood. Please contact us to get catering prices or place your order today- churchhillscoop@gmail.com or call 804.404.8815!
Check out events below to find us and come get The Scoop!
We are a mobile trailer that serves hard and soft ice cream with a smile!
HARD SCOOP (locally sourced, craft ice cream that will be sure to delight your tastebuds)
Our usual offerings include Gelati Celesti's:
Oreo
Chocolate Decadence
Church Hill Butter Brickle (exclusively offered at The Scoop)
Blanchard's Dark as Dark coffee
Strawberry
Butter Pecan
Salted Caramel
Birthday Cake
We offer more rotating flavors and a dairy-free sorbet
SOFT SERVE (nostalgic and delicious, unique to this area and easy on your wallet)
Vanilla
Chocolate
And sometimes we will swirl in orange creamsicle or black raspberry if we are feeling spontaneous
Location
The Market at 25th 1330 N. 25th St.
Hours
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 5:00 to 8:30pm
For more information about catering, events or to place an order:
email churchhillscoop@gmail.com
phone 804.404.8815
IN THE NEWS:
We made the Top 5 on Best Ice Cream Shops list in Richmond Mom's Best of Richmond 2018
Channel 6 News Feature! We are grateful for Greg McQuade's story on The Scoop.
Check out a story on Lawson in her high school alumni news.
Our Story
The Scoop's founders, Alfonso and Lawson, first met when Lawson's family moved in next door to Alfonso's in 2004. Over the years, while working in very different industries, the two would talk often of ways to invest in the community they loved. Lawson had a dream of creating an ice cream social-enterprise, a vision born on the front porches of her neighbors. From long sits on Alfonso's porch, the two would discuss the good and the bad changes in the neighborhood, the need for good jobs for young men and women too often "working" in the streets, and the need for real inter-dependence among different types of people. While sitting on another neighbor's porch, Lawson listened to Mama Blount's description of High's Ice Cream. They both lamented the lack of a neighborhood ice cream spot and Mama Blount shared all her favorite memories of eating Butter Brickle and enjoying time with neighbors in the thriving 1950's of Church Hill. So when Lawson left her post as Blue Sky Fund's Executive Director, she asked Alfonso to go into business with her, and he excitedly agreed. With a commitment to history, community, and opportunity, The Neighborhood Scoop was born in 2017!
Our Mission is to provide a gathering place for all to experience the joy of ice cream and the connection of community.
Our Staff
Alfonso Clarke, Manager- Al grew up in Fairfield Court and now lives in Church Hill with his amazing wife, Terry. When he is not at the Scoop, he enjoys looking after his grandkids, landscaping, and relaxing.
Lawson Wijesooriya, Manager- Lawson moved to Church Hill in 2004 and now lives here with her wonderful husband, Romesh, two kids, and always a household full of people. When she is not at the Scoop, she enjoys being active outside, traveling, volunteering in the neighborhood, and hanging out with friends.
Follow along to get the scoop on social media. Check us out on Instagram @churchhillscoop and Facebook.
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