Brennan's Big Chill

 Savory Goodness one scoop at a Time

    If you're ever strolling through the town of Bloomsburg and want a sweet ice cream treat or Italian ice head to Brennan's Big Chill. At Brennan's Big Chill at 232 Iron st has just what you're looking for. Looking in from the outside the small family-owned Ice cream shop resembles a white barn. Walking into the doors you are greeted on the outside by Brennan's famous mascot Rosie a cow. Rosie isn't a real cow but is always ready to see and meet new people at the door. Walking into the shop you get blasted with a very strong sweet scent of ice cream. In the seating area a big mural sits on the wall of a penguin and a polar bear sitting on an ice burg with waves. The mural really sets the tone for the experience your about to get and the great ice cream you're going to be served. 

    Stepping into the small shop one out of the four tables have two young men sitting at it. Both men are speaking of their days while both enjoying scoops of ice cream. A young man with brown hair dressed in a black Bloomsburg t-shirt and shorts was enjoying a bowl of cookies and cream hard ice cream. His companion a young man with blonde hair dressed also in a black Bloomsburg t-shirt and shorts enjoying his Bing cherry hard ice cream, a very great choice of a flavor. In the background the sound of a milkshake blender whirs away. Glancing across the seating area a father and a young son sit enjoying their ice cream. The father a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard wearing faded jeans and a white Penn state hoodie. He was enjoying a waffle cone with vanilla ice cream and was talking to his son. The young son also was adorned in a white Penn state hoodie enjoyed a regular cone with twist soft serve. 

    Strolling past the seating area a big board sits on the wall with people's pictures. A young woman from behind the counter claims, " Those are all big chill challenge winners, the challenge consists of eight scoops of ice cream with 4 toppings, whipped cream and a cherry. Do you think you could take on this challenge? 

    About 10 feet away from the board with all the winners faces sits a counter with glass that you can see into the freezer at the flavors of ice cream and Italian ice. 42 different flavors of hard ice cream sit inside with some Italian ice. Two young women stand behind the counter in their purple Brannan's shirts and their black shorts with a small black apron. Greeted by a nice young woman named Camryn asking, " Are you ready to order or would you like a minute" She explained how cotton candy is one of the more popular flavors along with Chocolate chip cookie dough. Scooping the ice cream gently Camryn added cotton candy is her favorite flavor Aswell. Being rung up at the cash register for less than 5$ is a very sweet deal. 

    Sitting down and chatting with Camryn there is some new things that were learned about Brennan's. " Brennans was opened in 2004 and is a family-owned business. There are 42 flavors to choose from right now but there is a choice of around 200 flavors that can and have been for sale. Brennan's is a great place to work all of my coworkers and the people who come in are all friendly. My favorite time to work is when the Bloomsburg fair is in town, it brings a lot of people and business to the shop."

All of the choices are overwhelming, but a very great staff is always there to help. There is multiple specialty sundaes and up to three scoops of ice cream. You can order pints and quarts of your favorite flavors of hard ice cream and Italian ice. The store usually keeps cool to keep the ice cream from melting. Leaving the shop a groundhog is on the wall with the date of February 2nd for the time the shop reopens. There is also a turkey with the date of Thanksgiving for when they close.  So if your ever in bloom looking for a sweet treat stop at Brennan's Big Chill.