Feeling hot? Try this new ice cream shop on Colorado Springs’ north side
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Alex EdwardsJuly 24, 2025 | updated 11 months ago
MB's Something Sweet opened its doors roughly two weeks ago and is serving up rolled ice cream, also known as stir-fried ice cream. (Alex Edwards/The Gazette)
It’s all about family and community at Colorado Springs’ newest ice cream shop. At least that’s what the owners of MB’s Something Sweet, located at 15 Spectrum Loop in the bustling Northgate neighborhood, envision.
The shop, founded by Scott and Katie Brown and Beth and Jeff McKiernan had a soft opening on July 3. Different from a normal ice cream shop, MB’s Something Sweet, named for the owners, specializes in rolled ice cream, which Brown said is made from fresh, locally sourced cream and other ingredients .
It is not Colorado Springs’ first rolled ice cream shop, that would likely be the Ice Cream Lab, but that doesn’t bother Brown. He doesn’t necessarily think of them as competition since there is a Josh and John’s, voted by Gazette readers to be the best ice cream in town, just up the road.
MB’s Something Sweet opened its doors roughly two weeks ago and is serving up rolled ice cream, also known as stir-fried ice cream. (Alex Edwards/The Gazette)
Inspired by Stir Pan in Breckenridge, Brown said he had been thinking of opening a similar ice cream shop since 2019. Different from regular ice cream, rolled ice cream is made in front of customers on a chilled plate and with fresh cream. Customers can build their own concoction, choosing a base of chocolate or vanilla and add up to three ingredients, or chose from the 12 options on the menu.
An added benefit, Brown said, is rolled ice cream has less sugar than scooped. Plus the process is more fun and engaging for customers. Seeing people engage with the preparation and creation of an ice cream treat at Stir Pan, and the excitement it brought kids and adults alike, seemed like a good fit for Colorado Springs, Brown said.
And as luck would have it, the McKiernans were all in on the idea as well.
Brown wants the shop to be a place where community can be built, not just a place to get ice cream. Being owned and operated by a pair of families has been crucial to the process, especially since it gives their kids a place to work and learn, he said.
Beth McKiernan (left) and Scott Brown (right) are two of the owners of MB’s Something Sweet, a new rolled ice cream shop that has opened in Colorado Springs. Not pictured are Jeff McKiernan, a 25+ year member of the U.S. Air Force and Katie Brown. (Alex Edwards/The Gazette)
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“To integrate our kids into the whole starting a business from scratch … It’s kind of neat to allow your child to learn and develop and to come work,” he said. “We made them go through the interview process, and I told them, ‘This is life experience and I want you to experience these things even though you technically are an owner.’”
The Browns are no strangers to starting a business, but this is their first time venturing into the ice cream sector. The pair own an Orangetheory Fitness gym near the Broadmoor and also run two State Farm offices, Brown said.
While some of the bureaucratic processes are the same, day-to-day operations of the business have presented specific challenges that neither would necessarily have had to face at their other jobs.
It’s very different, Brown said, but at the same time, that is what makes it fun.
As of Wednesday, there were no official plans for a grand opening . But the owners are working to get one scheduled, Brown said.
At the core, Brown hopes MB’S Something Sweet can become and remain a strong community hub.
“We get an opportunity to start something from scratch and hope that we do a good job and doing good for the community,” he said “We want to make this a a very well-known community place, a place to bring your family, a place to have an experience and do other things.”
