Residents of Chicago’s Near North Side will soon be within arm’s reach of ice cream creations from Cold Stone Creamery, as the company announced a new downtown location set to open this summer.
In an effort to bring the brand back as a city mainstay, franchise group Chicago Scoops will open the doors to its second storefront at 20 W. Ohio St. in early August, the Chicago Tribune reports.
The group opened its first Cold Stone in 2014 at 1316 S. Halsted St. in University Village.
Chicago Scoops President Kyle Welch told the Tribune the University Village shop was the first of 24 stores that opened in the group's first year of operation.
Welch told the publication previous Cold Stone stores run by other franchisees had been closed for years and "the people want it back."
