Freeze & Frizz opened April 18 at its new location in downtown Lititz, across from Wilbur Chocolate.
Owner Dan Furlow stands inside the new Freeze & Frizz in downtown Lititz.
For nearly 40 years, the ice cream and hamburger restaurant had been at the corner of Lititz Pike and Airport Road. But after the property owner there — Brethren Village Retirement Community — decided to pursue development plans at the spot, the restaurant's owners began looking for other locations. They decided on the former Long & Bomberger Hardware Store at 45 N. Broad St.
Dan Furlow, who owns Freeze & Frizz with his wife Olivia, said he spent some $250,000 to renovate the former hardware store.
The new restaurant has seating for about 60. At 3,000 square feet it is about twice the size of the old restaurant. Its menu still features ice cream, hamburgers and french fries.
Furlow said he plans to do more landscaping and add more outside tables at the restaurant. Freeze & Frizz has about 25 full- and part-time employees.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
New Lititz stores
The Shoppes at Bloomfield Village, a neighborhood shopping center and office complex just off Lititz Pike near Brethren Village, soon will have six new tenants, its project manager said.
Opening in mid-May, will be Sharkey's Cuts for Kids, a hair salon that caters to children, and the clothing store, A New Day.
In June, Mojo, an Asian restaurant, will open in a 3,886-square-foot space. The restaurant is being developed by the owners of Cafe East in Centerville.
Also opening in June are Chiropractic 1st, a chiropractic office, and Tanning Villa, a tanning salon. Anytime Labs, a medical lab, is expected to open in August.
The Shoppes at Bloomfield Village, a $12.5 million shopping center, welcomed its first tenant in the fall. The complex consists of two buildings with roughly 40,000 square feet of first-floor retail and some 20,000-square-feet of office space on a second floor.
Existing tenants include Lancaster Tailoring Co., Salty Dog Saloon, Personal Training Institute, Tropical Smoothie, Nail Fantasy and Little Gym.
Vendors in Columbia
A vendor market, The Menagerie, opened earlier this month at 301 Locust St., Columbia. The roughly 2,600-square-foot space houses eight vendors including ones selling antiques, crafts, art, flowers and food.
Mary Loreto, 82, is overseeing the market. Loreto, whose son operated the former Loreto's Ristorante in Columbia, has her own stand where, among other things, she sells the sauce she made for her son's restaurant.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Spa opens
The Detox Ladies, a spa, opened earlier this month in a 1,250-square-foot space at Cross Keys Village Center, 3613 E. Newport Road, Intercourse.
The two-employee spa offers a detox foot spa, aromatherapy, reflexology and massage. Its grand opening is May 2-3.
Chad Umble is a New Era staff writer. E-mail him at cumble@lnpnews.com or phone 481-6031. What's In Store, a roundup of Lancaster County retail news, runs every other Wednesday in the New Era.
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