Tipsy Scoop

Tipsy Scoop is an American ice cream company and retail parlor chain established by Melissa Tavss in New York City in 2013. The brand is built around alcoholic ice cream, combining conventional scoop-shop formats with cocktail-inspired flavors that contain spirits. Its offering extends beyond individual scoops to include sundaes, ice cream cakes, and drinks incorporating its alcoholic ice cream products. The business also sells non-alcoholic options, including a piña colada flavor, allowing it to serve customers who do not want an alcohol-containing dessert. The brand's identity sits at the intersection of premium ice cream, cocktails, and experiential dessert retail. Rather than positioning itself solely as a conventional ice cream shop, Tipsy Scoop presents its products as frozen interpretations of familiar drinks and adult flavor combinations. The concept is particularly suited to social occasions, gifting, celebrations, and customers seeking a novelty dessert experience. Its parlors provide a branded environment in which customers can purchase prepared scoops and sundaes, while cakes and other formats broaden the occasions on which the products can be consumed. Tipsy Scoop began in New York and has operated locations in Brooklyn and Long Beach. Its Astoria location opened in May 2024, extending the chain's presence within the New York metropolitan area. In 2025, the company opened a location in Portland, Oregon, its first shop on the West Coast. The Portland site features a full bar, representing an expansion of the retail concept beyond a primarily ice-cream-focused format. The company has also indicated plans for future shops in Phoenix and Washington, D.C. The brand's expansion has attracted local food-media attention. In 2025, Eater Portland included Tipsy Scoop in a list of the city's best new restaurants and food carts. This recognition reflects the novelty and crossover appeal of a concept that combines a dessert parlor with cocktail culture. Tipsy Scoop remains a privately held, active consumer food brand, with its known operations concentrated in the United States.

Tipsy Scoop was established by Melissa Tavss in New York City in 2013. From its inception, the company centered its business model on alcoholic ice cream: frozen desserts formulated with spirits and presented through a retail ice-cream-parlor format. This concept differentiated the brand from standard ice cream chains by bringing cocktail flavors and adult-oriented dessert occasions into the scoop-shop environment. The company's core retail proposition includes scoops and sundaes, supported by ice cream cakes and drinks based on its alcoholic ice cream. The range is not exclusively alcoholic. A non-alcoholic piña colada flavor is among the products associated with the brand, giving the business a way to offer a cocktail-inspired taste without alcohol. This mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic products broadens the customer base while preserving the brand's central connection to cocktails. Tipsy Scoop developed its physical presence in the New York area, including operations in Brooklyn and a shop in Long Beach. The company continued expanding its local footprint when its Astoria location opened in May 2024. This move strengthened its presence across New York City neighborhoods and the surrounding metropolitan market. In 2025, Tipsy Scoop expanded outside the New York region by opening a location in Portland, Oregon. The Portland shop marked the chain's first location on the West Coast and introduced a full bar, adding a more extensive beverage component to the established ice-cream-parlor model. The company has also identified Phoenix and Washington, D.C., as planned markets for future shops, although the available reference material does not establish opening dates for those locations. The Portland opening brought additional local visibility. Eater Portland included the new Tipsy Scoop location in a 2025 selection of the city's best new restaurants and food carts. The recognition illustrates how the brand's format can be positioned not only as an ice cream retailer but also as a food-and-drink destination. Tipsy Scoop remains an active private company. Its known business consists of branded parlors offering alcoholic and non-alcoholic ice cream, sundaes, cakes, and drinks, with its established locations concentrated in New York and a newer West Coast presence in Portland. No reliable reference material supplied for this dossier identifies a parent company, public listing, financial results, or a broader international operating network.

• 2025

  Portland location opens

  [1]Tipsy Scoopen.wikipedia.org

  The brand opens its first West Coast shop in Portland, Oregon, with a full bar.

• 2025

  Portland location receives local food-media recognition

  [1]Tipsy Scoopen.wikipedia.org

  Eater Portland includes Tipsy Scoop among the city's best new restaurants and food carts.

• 2024

  Astoria location opens

  [1]Tipsy Scoopen.wikipedia.org

  Tipsy Scoop opens a shop in Astoria in May, expanding its New York-area parlor network.

• 2013

  Tipsy Scoop is established in New York

  [1]Tipsy Scoopen.wikipedia.org

  Melissa Tavss establishes Tipsy Scoop as an ice cream company focused on alcoholic ice cream and cocktail-inspired frozen desserts.

A premium, experience-oriented dessert brand combining craft ice cream with cocktail culture and adult flavor profiles.

• Frozen dessert · 2013

  Alcoholic ice cream

  Tipsy Scoop's defining product category consists of ice cream made with alcoholic ingredients and inspired by cocktails and mixed drinks. It is sold primarily as scoops and is the foundation of the brand's identity and parlor concept.

• Frozen dessert

  Sundaes

  The brand offers sundaes built around its ice cream range. These provide a more elaborate serving format than a single scoop and support the company's positioning as an experiential dessert destination.

• Celebration dessert

  Ice cream cakes

  Ice cream cakes extend Tipsy Scoop's products into celebrations, parties, and gifting occasions. The available reference material identifies cakes as part of the chain's offering but does not specify individual sizes or flavors.

• Beverage

  Ice-cream-based drinks

  Tipsy Scoop serves drinks based on its alcoholic ice cream. At least the Portland location also includes a full bar, giving the beverage side of the business a more substantial role at that site.

• Non-alcoholic frozen dessert

  Non-alcoholic piña colada ice cream

  The brand's range includes a non-alcoholic piña colada flavor. It preserves a cocktail-inspired tropical profile while providing an option for customers seeking a dessert without alcohol.

• 2025

  Expand to the West Coast with a bar-led shop formatStrategy

  Background

  After operating locations in the New York area, Tipsy Scoop pursued geographic expansion into Portland, Oregon.

  Action taken

  The company opened its first West Coast location in Portland and equipped it with a full bar, broadening the traditional ice cream parlor format.

  Aftermath

  The Portland shop received inclusion in Eater Portland's 2025 list of the city's best new restaurants and food carts. Further expansion was planned for Phoenix and Washington, D.C.

  Source

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2020.07.08

  Tipsy Scoop partners with Blue Chair Bay Rum on vegan piña colada ice cream[2]Tipsy Scoop与Blue Chair Bay Rum合作推出纯素椰林飘香冰淇淋vegnews.com

  Tipsy Scoop partnered with Blue Chair Bay Rum to release a limited-edition vegan piña colada ice cream containing five percent alcohol.

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1. 1Tipsy Scoopen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Tipsy Scoop与Blue Chair Bay Rum合作推出纯素椰林飘香冰淇淋vegnews.com