Having already received a warm reception from the James Beard Foundation, Conde Nast and Food & Wine, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream is hoping to receive an equal amount of love when it opens its 20th location at 389-391 N. Euclid Ave., in the CWE. As reported in Columbus Business First, the St. Louis location aims to start scooping its frozen treats in spring 2015.
“St. Louis is one of my favorite cities in the world,” said owner Jeni Britton Bauer via email. “For one thing, without St. Louis I wouldn’t have my husband Charly, who grew up there. We’ve gone there a lot over the years, and I loved the city’s distinct neighborhoods. The Central West End, where our scoop shop will be, is such a beautiful and vibrant place.”
The ice cream juggernaut made its mark in the industry with flavors derived from source ingredients, not laboratory creations, and milk from pasture-raised Ohio cows. Britton Bauer said St. Louisans can expect to find Jeni’s signature ice creams and frozen yogurts at the CWE shop, as well as sorbets, ice cream sandwiches, sundaes and sauces.She also hopes to create flavors unique to St. Louis, potentially collaborating with area distillers, brewers and farmers.
She is particularly excited to introduce the Askinosie Dark Milk Chocolate, which features the work Missouri bean-to-bar chocolate guru Shawn Askinose. “A scoop of that paired with a scoop of The Buckeye State (salted peanut butter with dark chocolate flecks)? That is an unbeatable Midwest tandem,” Britton Bauer said.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream made an appearance and hosted an ice cream social at Heritage BBQ by Cochon in September, and her ice creams return to St. Louis Nov. 19 when they square off against One World Ice Cream‘s creations at a friendly taste-off at Local Harvest Café.
This article appears in November 2014.