West Kendall is officially the coolest neighborhood in Miami with the opening of Sweet Melody's ice cream ventanita.
Sweet Melody's Mike Romeu decided to open this newly minted Miami treasure when trying to figure out a way to see ice cream from his West Kendall ice cream factory and dairy plant. The downside, however, is that because the state of Florida has stringent restrictions on dairy plants — including a strict no customer rule — he couldn't open a scoop shop or retail outlet on site.
He then got an idea: Why not make a window where he could service customers without them actually having to come into the shop? Says Romeu, "The window was borne out of necessity. Life gave us lemons ans we made lemonade."
The ice cream maker says that the window, which took months to arrive, was a hit when it opened this past weekend, selling only take-away pints of ice cream.
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Starting this weekend, the window will sell scoops ($4) as well as take-home pints ($10 each, buy three, get one free). In the next week or so, the window will serve milkshakes, cafecito, ice cream sandwiches, and pastelitos from Pastelito Papi. Flavors at the ventanita rotate frequently, and current flavors are updated on Instagram.
The dairy plant that houses the ventanita also came out of necessity. Romeu says that for him to make ice cream from scratch, his facility would have to be designated a full dairy plant. The plant, which opened about two and a half months ago, allows Romeu to control every aspect of the ice cream making process, from pasteurizing the milk to creating unique flavors on demand for many Miami restaurants. "We make everything 100 percent start to finish from scratch. That allows us to have flexibility in our flavors."
Romeu is also planning on opening a full-service ice cream shop, bakery, and production facility in Palmetto Bay in the future.
For now, however, Miamians can pass by the coolest ventanita in town to get their ice cream fix.
Sweet Melody Ice Cream Ventanita. 15224 Sunset Dr., Miami; facebook.com/sweetmelodyicecream. Noon to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday.
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