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Sweet Charlie's Hand-Rolled Ice Cream To Debut In Buckhead In June
Philadelphia-based treats shop is coming to Atlanta in June. Are you ready to get rolled on?
BUCKHEAD, GA -- Atlanta, are you ready to get rolled on? That's the question as Sweet Charlie's Ice Cream Shop readies for its Atlanta debut. Patch previously told you that the hand-rolled ice cream venture was coming to Atlanta. We just didn't know when -- but we do now.
Sweet Charlie's is set to open its doors on Thursday, June 8 at 3872 Roswell Road in Buckhead (next to Superica), Patch has learned. SIGN UP: To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Buckhead Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.
The venture will be not only the company's first venture in Georgia but the first-ever franchise location for the year-old Sweet Charlie’s. The ice cream shop debuted last year to much success in Philadelphia.
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Atlanta entrepreneur and 2012 University of Georgia graduate John Martin is the one who put Georgia on the mind of Sweet Charlie's founders. The Virginia-Highland resident stumbled upon rolled ice cream during a summer vacation last year with his wife. He's been smitten ever since.
“Sweet Charlie’s combines the art of making rolled ice cream with modern American showmanship to create a one-of-a-kind experience for all ages,” Martin said in a statement. “The best part is, it tastes delicious.”
The shop was founded by 19-year-old Kyle Billig and his 21-year-old brother Jacob, who hail from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, just outside Philadelphia. The story goes that when Kyle discovered a Youtube video of a Thai street vendor making ice cream on a cold plate in less than 2 minutes, he was hooked.
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“We’re incredibly excited to debut our first Sweet Charlie’s franchise in Atlanta,” Kyle Billig said in a news release. “For us, it’s not just about serving ice cream; it’s about creating a revolution through new ways of making ice cream and flavors that customers love.”
Image via Sweet Charlie's
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