Date nights and days out with the family just landed one more thing to do in Downtown Loveland, with a new "Scoop Shop" opening up. They found a great location to open up their 5th spot, all within the Centennial State.

A spot in Loveland that was home to a saloon for many years, is now the latest place to find a Colorado-based ice cream shop. It's not big, but you don't have to be when you have big flavors and big fun.

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Those who live in Fort Collins may have heard of Josh & John's Ice Cream, as they have a location at Jessup Farm. Their fifth, and latest, "Scoop Shop" is in Downtown Loveland at the corner of Cleveland and 5th Street.

It was announced in early 2023, that Josh & John's would be coming to this great corner in Loveland, where Studio 501 was for a long time. At one point, there was talk of a barbecue and Blues joint coming to this corner, but that never came to be. Ice cream is a great business for not only this corner but for Downtown Loveland.

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Based out of Colorado Springs, Josh & John's is the first ice cream purveyor to bring New England-style ice cream to Colorado and the first in the entire U.S.A. to use their custom churns derived from White Mountain churns from long ago. These churns create hand-made ice creams just like those hand cranks used, only using today's technologies.

I stopped in at the new Loveland Scoop shop on their opening weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, 2023.  I was definitely not the only one who wanted to check the place out.

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One of the many fun and cool things about Josh & John's is that they make their waffle cones there at the shop, in front of everyone. It's a neat little gizmo.

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Inside the scoop shop, you'll find a great little "ice cream parlor" sitting area that looks out onto 5th Street and Cleveland. If you look closely, you can see the benches outside along the windows.

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Outside is where you'll find a lot of seating; great for "people watching" while you enjoy your treats.

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WHAT'S WITH THAT BIG BLUE EMPTY SIGN?

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That sign has been there, forever; though, it has not always been blue. It wasn't blue until Josh & John's came in. The sign used to say "Sennett Realty." which was at that corner way back in the 1970s and 1980s. It's uncertain why the sign hasn't been removed; hopefully, Josh & John's will use it.

ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT JOSH & JOHN'S IN LOVELAND

You have to watch your step walking in, as you need to step up into the shop. I nearly tripped the two times I entered the shop.

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