I have a good scoop on what’s filling the Zumapoke space
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The Good Scoop, a gourmet ice cream shop founded in Davis in 2016, is returning. Owner Steve Clossick is leasing the former Zumapoke space at 730 Third St.
The brand made its debut in Davis in 2016, at 130 G St., Suite C. Citing rising rent, it moved to Dixon in 2019, and has been there since, at 1600 Pitt School Road.
“We are very excited to come back to Davis,” Clossick said via email. “This has been in the works for a while. We have been waiting for the ideal space.” (Zumapoke closed in January.)
Clossick said they never intended to leave Davis. He and the founders – brother and sister Stephen and Marnie Layton – all lived in town. The siblings have since moved, and Clossick is now the majority owner.
They make all their own ice cream. The Dixon store was meant to be an additional location, with a larger clean room, allowing them to expand into wholesale sales. COVID slowed that process, and halted any Davis plans. Today, they sell their ice cream at Ikeda’s markets, the Davis Food Co-op, Taylor’s Market in Sacramento, the Dixon Fruit Market, Bangkok Cafe in Dixon, Guinda Corner Store, and Journey Coffees in Vacaville and Fairfield.
They just took possession of the Zumapoke space, with work starting this month. It’s too early to guess on an opening date but he’s hoping by the end of the year. When it does open, hours are typically noon to 8 p.m. in the winter, and closing at 10 or 11 p.m. in the summer.
“We will still be primarily an ice cream shop but will have other sweet offerings,” he said. “We are looking into different options with regards to fudge, caramel apples, local sodas, and partnering with other sweet shops.”
The Good Scoop uses all natural and mostly local ingredients to make ice cream in 1.5-gallon batches. It highlights seasonal flavors, and always offers a couple of plant-based, dairy-free alternatives. Though its selection varies by month, its website lists the following flavors: strawberry, vanilla, cinilla (cinnamon-vanilla), rocky road brownie, pistachio, Cookie Monster, coffee, coffee and cookies, mint cookie, peach, sweet cream, ube brownie, horchata, birthday cake, strawberry shortcake, cookies and cream, and two dairy-free sorbets: vanilla bean and chocolate brownie.
He said they hope to be home to events, parties, meetings and other community activities. “Davis is a special community, and we want to serve and partner with as many people and organizations as possible.”
→ Sole survivor: A reminder that our town’s last dedicated shoe store, Sole Desire, remains open at 801 Second St. Its space has been listed as available for lease for months, but its employees insist it’s not going anywhere.
