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Little Spoon Ice Cream

Neighbourhood: West Side

Little Spoon Ice Cream | 2967 West Broadway

604-565-0595

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Hours

Tuesday-Sunday, 12-10pm

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The People

Mira Hunter – Founder/Ice Cream Maker
Cecilia Jiron – Store Manager
Ashley Watson – Partner
Fadi Eid – Business Development

About Little Spoon Ice Cream

Ashley and Mira are old friends who share a passion for food. As roommates in Halifax, where they both studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, they collaborated on countless meals, including their very special tradition of “second dinner,” which often ended with a scoop of ice cream. Now, they bring years of individual experience as artists, cooks, and business-owners to a new collaboration: Little Spoon, a small-batch ice cream company on BC’s Sunshine Coast.

Ashley owned and operated the popular Brown Paper Packages Ice Cream in Vancouver for six years, using local ingredients for inventive flavours and her signature ice cream sandwiches. In tandem with her ice cream business, Ashley was the chef at Pazzo Chow, a local-favourite cafe and market in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Ashley grew up on Bowen Island, and after many years of living in downtown Vancouver, decided to move to the beautiful Sunshine Coast in 2019, where she lives with her husband and daughter.

Mira loves feeding people. She grew up in a grocery shop, studied contemporary art at Columbia University in New York and culinary arts at the Pacific Institute in Vancouver. She has worked at a number of farm to table restaurants, including the Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island. The food she loves is sustainable, local, beautiful and delicious. She has foraged and catered on the coast for the last five years.

Little Spoon came to fruition after Mira convinced Ashley to store her ice cream machine in her basement after Brown Paper Packages ended. They had been doing some general catering together, but realized they needed to narrow the scope.

Their vision is to make really good ice cream from scratch, focused on using organic ingredients when possible, and be environmentally conscious in the way Little Spoon operates. From humble starts in their home kitchen, they started selling ice cream out of a stand at Sunday Cider on the Sunshine Coast in 2020.

“I highly recommend this ice cream! The flavours are unique and creative, and the use of some local ingredients really sets them apart. The taste is powerful and delicious, making it the perfect treat for any ice cream lover. I can’t wait to try more of their flavours.” – Google Reviews