#THE SCOOP ICE CREAM FREE#
One day, a woman named Nicole Harkin, who was part of a mothers group circle that would meet every Friday at the shop, noticed Foreman give a free cone to a kid who couldn’t pay. I just wanted to be right dead center in my community and do something that was positive.” Foreman with a couple who just got engaged and came to his shop to celebrate. “Anybody that knows this area knows Kennedy Street is not the most cordial area, it can get dicey out there, let’s put it that way. “You know, they say that an ice cream shop in your neighborhood is an indication that the neighborhood is turning around, and that things are getting better,” Foreman says. Get a little swanky with a sundae, soda float, or a festive ice. area, particularly in the Petworth neighborhood, Foreman says he’d decided that he wanted to brighten up the neighborhood, serving freshly made sundaes on Warm Waffle Wednesdays. Enjoy a scoop in a freshly baked waffle cone, or one of our delicious gluten-free waffle cones.
Courtesy Charles ForemanĪmid the persistence of crime in the D.C. One of Foreman's Warm Waffle Wednesday confections. Offering dairy-free & vegan scoops and novelties, so no one feels left out. “So I was thinking to myself, what can I do that I really want to do next? And a friend of mine said, ‘What would you do if you weren’t afraid?’”įoreman says he thought really hard and decided to open his ice cream shop in July 2021. Small batch, artisan ice cream hand-crafted in Elora using exceptional. “Long story short, during COVID, I lost my career,” he says. Foreman poses with a happy visitor to his shop. “I just wanted to be a part of that change and show the kids that look like me and look like my son that it’s still a neighborhood for everybody.”Ī graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Foreman had been working as a corporate chef until the pandemic threw a wrench into his career plans. The Latest Scoop makes irresistible, delicious and sweet handmade ice cream from the freshest and finest ingredients. You will find The Scoop Vending Carts out and about around town for local events. “I’ve been living in this neighborhood for 20 years,” he says, adding that he’s also been a chef for two decades. PNG grasshopper picture the scoop.PNG Grace scooping ice cream scoop. Craig Hudson / The Washington Post via Getty Images Foreman inside his ice cream shop Everyday Sundae. So I’m gonna sponsor them.”įoreman says, with the encroaching gentrification in his neighborhood, he wants to show residents - both new and old - that they’re welcome.
“It was naturally in me to (notice) some of the kids have it and some of the kids don’t have it. “You know when they come in, you can see it,” Foreman tells.
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