The only thing I don’t like about this place is the newly updated cups and spoons. The German chocolate cake is by far our favorite. With practically endless topping options, they certainly have one of the best ice creams. Everyone is rooting for each other."This is one of the best ice cream places in the Boston area. Everyone is a really close-knit community.
“They go out of their way to learn about small businesses. “The people here are wonderful and kind and are genuinely interested in other people,” Crittenden said. And he’s found not only the college community but the city as a whole very welcoming to his venture. We’re doing better than I could have imagined.”Ĭrittenden originally hails from Chicago but knew he wanted to stay in Somerville after graduation to start his business. “The response has been great,” said Crittenden, who has enlisted a friend and his girlfriend to help him work the truck and deliveries. The truck can be found parked at various locations in Somerville every day of the week and residents can order scoops and sundaes right to their door. Scoop N Scootery now sources ice cream and frozen yogurt from Richardson’s in nearby Middleton (Crittenden’s favorite flavor: purple cow fro-yo). I never felt like I was meant to do something more.”Īfter nearly two years of securing investors, getting certifications and outfitting a truck, Crittenden’s dream of owning an ice cream delivery business was realized four weeks ago when he unveiled Scoop N Scootery to Somerville.Ī lot has changed since Crittenden first started delivering ice cream on his motorcycle in 2012, but a few things have stayed the same: there is no minimum order and no delivery fee. “I’ve never felt that feeling of being part of something.
“I started to think ‘this is maybe what I want to do,'” Crittenden said. His business partners decided on more traditional career paths, so Crittenden knew he’d be striking out on his own. Unfortunately, Scoop N Scoot still didn’t have all the necessary permits and paperwork filed so the business was shut down.Ĭrittenden was faced with a choice: go to grad school or really see whether his ice cream delivery idea had legs. Toppings were everywhere,” Crittenden said. “We were not prepared, but we were so pumped. This is actually possible.”Īfter getting on GrubHub and Foodler, Scoop N Scoot’s orders jumped from five a day to 25 a day. Crittenden started to think “Oh my god, this is real. They added new flavors of ice cream, varieties of frozen yogurt and lots of toppings. They made a website, started some of the paperwork to legitimize the business and worked on perfecting their delivery method. Scoop N Scoot didn’t have a website, just a sign in the window of Crittenden’s fraternity house alerting passersby that they could order ice cream.Īfter having some fun with Scoop N Scoot (and eating lots of ice cream), Crittenden and his business partners decided to get serious. Things were pretty chaotic at first, with Crittenden delivering Garelick ice cream sourced through the dining hall with a cooler bungee-corded to the back of his motorcycle. He recruited two fraternity brothers to help him with Scoop N Scoot (now called Scoop N Scootery), poured his savings into it and started working on the logistics of actually delivering ice cream. “I came home on a mission,” Crittenden said.
He wondered “Is that possible? Would it melt?”Īfter settling on the name Scoop N Scoot, inspired by Crittenden’s mode of transportation at the time, a motorcycle, he knew he had to give the business a shot. “It was miserably hot outside and I wanted ice cream, but I was so exhausted,” Crittenden said, when the idea of ice cream delivery suddenly dawned on him. That was until Crittenden had a classic light bulb moment. Austin Crittenden was a pretty typical Tufts student majoring in psychology, interning at MetLife and living in a fraternity house in the summer of 2012.
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