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Asheville's longest-running independent ice cream shop, opened 1978 in a converted gas station on Merrimon Avenue; reborn 2008 when UNC Asheville alumni Greg and Ashley Garrison bought it and expanded handmade-daily flavors with local ingredients (lavender vanilla, blueberry kale, pawpaw, cardamom). Four locations including West Asheville, downtown S&W Market, and Black Mountain.
Quick facts
- ·Original at 640 Merrimon Avenue.
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