The First Day of Fall + Ice Cream Cone Day + Our Fall Ice Creams

Is it coincidence that “The First Day of Fall” and “Ice Cream Cone Day” share the same date: Thursday, September 22nd? It is also the day the weather changes from highs in the 90s to highs in the 60s!

Free Waffle Cone Upgrade

This Thursday, September 22nd, come in from the cold and get a free waffle cone upgrade. Just mention ICE CREAM CONE DAY when you order a regular scoop of Serendipity Ice Cream at the shop!

Our Fall Ice Creams
We are getting ready for the “spooky season” with these ice creams:

Apple Pie
Cinnamon apple ice cream with caramel swirl & graham crunchies.

Pumpkin Cheesecake
Love pumpkin? Love cheesecake? Then this ice cream is for you!

Monster Mash*
Our pumpkin ice cream with Oreos & chocolate chips. Kids love it!
(*Vegan version also available!)

More seasonal ice creams coming soon. Also, we now have dairy free vegan ice creams in the dip case. Come visit us in The Grove!

Coffee Ice Cream Day: Coffee Ice Cream + Coffee and Ice Cream

National Coffee Ice Cream Day

Tuesday, September 6th, is National Coffee Ice Cream Day. Here at Serendipty Ice Cream, we are expanding the celebration to include:

• Coffee Ice Cream

• Coffee and Ice Cream

• Affogatos (photo below)

Have yet to try an Affogato? It is made with a kids scoop and a double shot of espresso for $5.55. Reminder: open at 7 am everyday.

Another idea? Instead of skim milk or 1/2 and 1/2, ask us for a scoop to drop in a fresh cup of hot Kaldi’s Coffee... Make a Coffee Float!

Recently Featured in Feast Magazine

Feast Magazine stopped in to talk to our owner, Beckie Jacobs, about all that is new and exciting at our shop in The Grove.

NOW offering 28 ice cream flavors, NEW coffee and pastries, UPCOMING plans for when we get our liquor license, and more!

Includes some great photos too... Read the Feast Magazine article!

E-Gift Cards Now Available + Last Call For Free Coffee

Purchase E-Gift Cards Online

You asked... We listened... E-Gift Cards are now available for purchase online! Buy them for any occassion (Birthday, Thank You, Get Well, Congrats) or fun reason to celebrate by clicking here.

Note: Plastic cards on order. We will announce it when we have them here at the shop. And we are dealing with our *former* gift card processor so those of you with our old gift cards can come in SOON and use them.

Thank you for your patience!

Free Coffee in an ICFBD Mug

If you are like us, you have a bunch of beloved Serendipity “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” mugs sitting around the house. Now they are worth a FREE brewed coffee (from Kaldi’s Coffee) at Serendipity.

Just a few terms and conditions: One mug per person. Includes one free fill up of brewed coffee. No refills. Free cup of brewed coffee is from 7 am to 10 am only. Stop in daily through Labor Day (9/5/22).

Come visit us in the mornings!

National Banana Split Day + Our Coffee & Pastries Menu

National Banana Split Day…

Mark your calendar for Thursday, August 25th! Fresh banana surrounds chocolate, strawberry and vanilla scoops covered with chocolate syrup, warm caramel, fresh strawberry topping and roasted pecans.

HALF PRICE BANANA SPLITS when you “bring your own banana” to the new Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream shop in The Grove. From 7 am until 9 pm this Thursday, August 25th only... A huge savings!

Our Coffee & Pastries Menu…

You asked. We listened. We have now made the Coffee & Pastries Menu live on the website. Check out all of the delicious craft coffee and fresh pastry options at Serendipity Ice Cream by going here!

Free Coffee in Your ICFBD Mug!

If you are like us, you have a bunch of beloved Serendipity “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” mugs sitting around the house. Now they are worth a FREE brewed coffee (from Kaldi’s Coffee) at Serendipity.

Just a few terms and conditions: One mug per person. Includes one free fill up of brewed coffee. No refills. Free cup of brewed coffee is from 7 am to 10 am only. Stop in daily through Labor Day (9/5/22).

Bring in a Serendipity ICFBD Mug for a Free Brewed Coffee

Now through Labor Day…

If you are like us, then you have a bunch of old Serendipity “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” mugs sitting around the house. Now they are worth a FREE brewed coffee (from Kaldi’s Coffee) at Serendipity.

Just a few terms and conditions: One mug per person. Includes one free fill up of brewed coffee. No refills. Free cup of brewed coffee is from 7 am to 10 am only. Stop in daily now through 9/5/22.

Don’t forget to try a pastry…

It was hard to limit ourselves, but Serendipity plans to carry some of the following: Cinnamon Rolls, Morning Buns, Danish, Croissants, Muffins, and other delicious items to start your day off right.

"After tasting La Bonne Bouchee’s pastries, we decided we couldn’t possibly make treats as delicious!"

- Beckie Jacobs, Owner, Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

Still looking to hire people…

Email beckie@serendipity-icecream.com or call the shop 314-833-3800. Then plan to fill out an application during our afternoon hours (Tuesday through Sunday, 2-9 pm) at: 4400 Manchester Avenue, 63110

Who do you know looking for a job? This is a great job for students who need some hours before or after school. Please help us “get the word out” as we continue to expand the hours Serendipity is open!

Now Open for Pastries & Coffee from La Bonne Bouchee & Kaldi's

Starting Tuesday, August 16th…

Serendipity Ice Cream will open up at 7am for pastries and coffee. We have talked about it and now it is happening. New hours are Tuesday-Sunday 7am-9pm and Monday 7am-1pm.

We are excited to be featuring a full assortment of coffees from local coffee maker Kaldi’s Coffee. Our new espresso machine opens up an entire world of craft coffees for customers.

Just as exciting is working with La Bonne Bouchee! Beckie Jacobs and Martha Uhlhorn are longtime friends and look forward to partnering to bring Martha’s delicious pastries to the city.

Pastries we will be offering…

It was hard to limit ourselves, but Serendipity plans to carry some of the following: Cinnamon Rolls, Morning Buns, Danish, Croissants, Muffins, and other delicious items to start your day off right.

"After tasting La Bonne Bouchee’s pastries, we decided we couldn’t possibly make treats as delicious!"

- Beckie Jacobs, Owner, Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

Still looking to hire people…

Email beckie@serendipity-icecream.com or call the shop 314-833-3800. Then plan to fill out an application during our afternoon hours (Tuesday through Sunday, 2-9 pm) at: 4400 Manchester Avenue, 63110

Who do you know looking for a job? This is a great job for students who need some hours before or after school. Please help us “get the word out” as we continue to expand the hours Serendipity is open!

Message from Beckie: Thank You + Grand Opening + Scoopers

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You!

Wow! I announced our “Soft Opening” last Wednesday, and needlees to say, the response is overwhelming. It has been so great to see both new and familiar faces in the shop after being closed so long.

If you have yet to check out the new shop, the hours are 2-9 pm Tuesday through Sunday. I am looking forward to see your smiling face here in The Grove. My new address: 4400 Manchester Avenue, 63110

Grand Opening: Sunday, July 17th

Ice Cream Day is Sunday and I am making it my “Grand Opening” as well. It is also the 19th Anniversary of my opening back in 2003. Mark your calendar for balloons, music, revelry and specials at the shop!

I have a special giveaway on Sunday for our Grand Opening. The first 100 guests to purchase a pint of ice cream receive a collectors ice cream scooper featuring the new Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream logo.

Need Scoopers and Assistant Managers

What’s more fun than ice cream? I currently am in need of Scoopers and Assistant Managers. It’s the perfect job for awesome older teens, college kids, and others who are still "Young at Heart!" Bring me a great attitude and work ethic. I train you to do the rest.

Email: beckie@serendipity-icecream.com or call the store: 314-833-3800 or apply via our Facebook page here. You can also stop in and fill out an application during Serendipity store hours (Tuesday through Sunday, 2-9 pm) at: 4400 Manchester Avenue, 63110

Thank you! - Beckie Jacobs, Owner
Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

A letter from Beckie: Fundraising to Cure Blood Cancer

I’m once again working with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society “Team In Training” program, raising funds to cure blood cancer and training to ride 100 miles in June. Please donate to my TNT fundraiser!

I realize there are crises every day that demand our attention, but cancer is still not cured. Children like Beckett, our team’s Honored Hero this year, or adults, like my friends Darcy and Hal, battle chronic health issues.

Just because cancer, and specifically blood cancer, isn’t the crisis du jour, it doesn’t mean that the fight has ended. That is why I am fundraising for LLS.

Beckett, Darcy, and Hal benefit from the research and success powered by the fundraising of Team In Training. I’m fundraising for Beckett, Darcy, Hal, as well as for countless others, to cure cancer once and for all!

On the left: Team Matriarch, Johnelle Rhines (the team name is “Kalie’s Krewe” for her late daughter). In the middle: Darcy (mentioned in story). On the right: Beckie Jacobs.

Consider donating, and any donation, no matter the size, is important. Your donations fund treatments that save lives, like immunotherapies that use a person’s own immune system to kill cancer.

I am participating in Team in Training to ride 100 miles around Lake Tahoe in June. I ride, because many cannot. You can help too, by donating to my effort.

Again, every single donation helps save a life with breakthrough therapies for blood cancer. Beckett, Darcy, Hal, and I appreciate your support.

Obviously, it takes more than one person to make up a team. That is why I am asking you to donate to: Beckie’s Team in Training Fundraiser

Thank you! - Beckie Jacobs, Owner
Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

Please Vote For Us!

Vote Now! Vote Often! Thrilled and honored to be included amongst the “best of the best” by both Sauce Magazine and St. Louis Magazine.

St. Louis A-List: Voting Round: Under “Food & Drink”, vote for Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream in the “Ice Cream” category. Vote for us here!

Sauce Readers' Choice: Finalist Round: Vote for Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream in the “Favorite Frozen Dessert” category. Vote for us here!

Are you following us on social media? We are making progress at our new Grove location (at 4400 Manchester Road) and we want to make sure you don’t miss out on when we will be back open to the public. Exciting things are in store! Stay tuned at:

• www.facebook.com/serendipityhomemadeicecream

• www.instagram.com/serendipityicecream/

Wholesale Ice Cream for Restaurants, Hotels, and Clubs

Are you a restaurant, hotel, or club? Then owner Beckie Jacobs wants to sell 3 gallon tubs of delicious, super premium ice cream to you! All of our most requested ice cream flavors are available:

Vanilla • Vanilla Bean • Old Fashioned Chocolate • Gold Coast Chocolate • Cinnamon • Butter Pecan • Salty Caramel Swirl • Mint Chip • Cookie Monster • Strawberry • Other flavors too, just ask!

Email Beckie Jacobs at: beckie@serendipity-icecream.com. Do you know anyone in the biz? Please share or forward this information and let them know about Serendipity Ice Cream!

Finally, we have been posting photos of Serendipity Ice Cream from some of our wholesale customers on social media. Make sure you are following us on both Facebook and Instagram!

Message from Beckie: Thank You and Happy Holidays

Wow! I am so truly overwhelemed! But, I just wanted to take a time out from the busy holiday season to let everyone know just how much I have appreciated all of the kindness, support, and acceptance from the overall Webster Community. Especially this past week!

Over the last 18 years… Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream has been a place where my customers have become lifelong friends, where parents have brought their kids in to enjoy ice cream, and where those kids grew up to become my employees (often their first job).

My hope is that when kids grew up or moved away… There remained a place in their hearts to recall the ice cream store they went to meet after school shows, celebrate big wins, or soften the sorrow of defeats. A place to go with mom, dad, friends, and neighbors.

I know I achieved what I set out to do: Be a place that families love and where happiness is served! Thanks again, Webster friends, for welcoming me in. This is not “Goodbye” but “See you soon!” I’ll be just a few minutes down 44. And the new shop will be fantastic!

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas!
Sincerely, Beckie Jacobs, Owner
Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

PS: Only 44 more days until “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” on Saturday, February 5th at The Parkmoor as well as The Sliced Pint.

Closing Webster Groves on Sunday except for pick ups and moving sale items

Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream will be closing the Webster Groves shop on Sunday, Dec. 19th (as opposed to next Thursday, Dec. 23rd).

Due to everyone’s loving support, customers have flocked to the shop, literally eating up our remaining sweet treats. We are extremely humbled and grateful and we really look forward to opening our super cool new flagship, in The Grove, Spring 2022.

But, the Webster Groves store will be open… next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (December 21-23) from 2-5 pm to accommodate those who reserved holiday ice cream, bon bons, cakes & pies, prior to announcing the store’s closure. Customers who can’t pick up their orders at that time, must contact Serendipity at 314-962-2700 to make other arrangements.

We are right now having a “Moving Sale” too… We are trying to deplete inventory before the move, so items on tables and in boxes like t-shirts ($10 each) and “Ice Cream for Breakfast Day” mugs ($5 each) are on sale in the ice cream shop. Please stop in all this weekend, and next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, for gifts and last minute stocking stuffers!

Thank You and Happy Holidays!