Little Baby’s Ice Cream is a week or two away from opening its first permanent location at 2311 Frankford Ave., according to owner Pete Angevine.

The space

“We are really a few details away from being finished,” said Angevine, who launched the gourmet ice cream business in May of 2011. Little Baby’s currently serves up creative flavors such as Earl Grey Sriracha and Birch Beer Vanilla Bean from a fleet of four pedal-powered carts around town.

Angevine told us that the company has been building out inside the 19th century storefront since late March. The general contractor wrapped up work on the space just last week and the health department has already signed off on their kitchen.

Closer look, a few days ago

Once the Little Baby’s crew, which includes partners Martin Brown and Jeffrey Ziga, make a few more finishing touches, Angevine said the shop will be ready to open. The menu will include scoops, cones, floats and pints to go.

“We will probably start with limited hours to allow Pizza Brain to finish up next door,” Angevine said. Pizza Brain, which we told you about back in October, is an upcoming pizzeria and museum, which will house the world’s largest pizza-related memorabilia collection at 2313 Frankford Avenue. Both buildings were purchased separately last fall for a combined $405K by two Pizza Brain partners, according to the Office of Property Assessment.

Slightly blurry look inside at designer Jason Hsu's work

Same space, more people, less blurry. Photo credit: Hidden City

Angevine said his space was most recently used as a makeshift art gallery. “Both buildings needed a total gut job, they were not in great condition,” he said. At one point 2311 was home to a bakery. “There was a crazy bread kiln built into the building, it was a huge ordeal to rip that thing out,” Angevine said.

The new businesses will occupy the first floor of the two buildings and the upper two stories of both will be restored sometime soon for residential use.

The imminent opening of Little Baby’s and Pizza Brain kind of makes us want to move to Fishtown posthaste. Our doctor, for whatever reason, seems vehemently opposed to the idea. Oh well.

–Al Harris