New Tri-Cities ice cream shop features homegrown Mid-Columbia berries and more
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- Angel Brook Farm opened a new ice cream and coffee shop in Kennewick in June.
- The shop uses farm-grown produce and local dairy to craft seasonal ice cream.
- Coffee drinks highlight local honey, berries and teas in a drive-thru format.
The newest ice cream parlor in the Tri-Cities features premium ice cream made with local ingredients as well as coffee and tea sourced locally.
Angel Brook Farm of Pasco expanded its ice cream business to include a proper parlor near the Costco store in Kennewick.
The father-daughter duo of Kyle and Baily Beus threw open the doors in late June with a free ice cream giveaway that drew 2,500 hungry fans.
By the time the grand opening wrapped up, they’d gone through about 150 gallons.
The new shop at 8524 W. Gage Blvd. is best known as the former home of Brother’s Cheese Steaks.
The parlor and coffee shop is the latest extension of Angel Brook Farm, the Beus family’s diversified collection of agriculture-related businesses in Pasco.
The Beuses grow sweet corn, watermelon, cantaloupe and 20 varieties of tomato.
They sell directly to customers at three well-known farm stands, one in each of the Tri-Cities — 5200 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, 6708 W. Argent Road in Pasco and 1415 George Washington Way in Richland.
Kyle Beus traces the ice cream venture to his involvement with opening Country Mercantile off Highway 395 in Pasco. He began producing premium ice cream to sell there.
The venture paused, but he returned to ice cream about three years ago, seeing it as an opportunity to diversify his farm, farm stand, honey and Christmas tree businesses.
One batch at a time
Angel Brook, named to honor the Beuses’ late daughter Brook, starts production with an ice cream base produced by Northwest dairies.
The base along with other ingredients are fed into a batch freezer, which yields about five gallons of ice cream per batch — or two buckets.
Angel Brook ice creams are produced with ingredients grown at the Beus farm and supplied by area vendors.
The result is a series of offerings that celebrates the fruits being harvest at the time.
Every month brings a fresh monthly special based on what’s most in season.
Strawberry season is wrapping up. Watermelon sorbet is due to be in the case within weeks, followed by peach ice cream.
“It’s really fun using a lot of our own products,” Beus said.
Angel Brook also plays around with themed ice creams, building products around popular events such as March Madness.
Free corn!
This weekend, Beus is experimenting with an unusual pairing: Ice cream and sweet corn.
To be clear, it is NOT making corn-flavored ice cream.
The farm begins harvesting the first of 10 rounds of sweet corn this week. To woo business to the ice cream parlor and to the farm stands, Beus is offering three free ears of corn for every ice cream sold on July 5 and 6.
The parlor is a second location for the Tri-Cities ice cream business.
The first is a truck at Summer’s Hub, the food truck plaza in Kennewick. It will add a second truck when Summer’s Hub opens its Pasco location later this year, near Gesa Stadium.
Beus said the truck was a great way to introduce the local ice cream to the Tri-Cities market. But he always envisioned a brick-and-mortar location.
Brother’s closed its Kennewick restaurant in October 2024. Beus liked the location and leased it..
Daughter Baily is driving the coffee side of the business, which takes advantage of Brother’s old drive-thru. The coffee business will balance the ice cream business by drawing customers in the morning, when the ice cream business tends to be slow.
She’s a coffee industry veteran who started with the former Roasters Coffee in the Tri-Cities about a decade ago.
She’d wanted to create a coffee business. The store serves specialty drinks made with locally roasted coffee as well as teas from Walla Walla’s Hummingbird, including matcha.
Angel Brook Farm produce isn’t just featured in ice cream. It plays a role in some of the coffee shop’s most popular offerings.
Its salted honey vanilla latte features Angel Farm’s wildflower honey. Its muddled raspberry mocha is made with fresh local raspberries.
Angel Brook Farm Ice Cream is open 7 a.m.-8 p.m., daily.
Go to angelbrookfarm.com or follow Angel Brook on Facebook.
This story was originally published July 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM.