Luscious ice cream concoctions are delivered right to your door,, thanks to the clever and innovative service provided by Scoop N Scootery.

By Oliver Bok

Driving home exhausted from a summer job on a hot and humid day in 2012, Austin Crittenden, then a student at Tufts, asked himself a simple question: “Why doesn’t ice cream delivery exist?”

Crittenden knew little about ice cream, food delivery or running a business. But that didn’t stop him from ordering tubs of ice cream and running deliveries with a few of his friends in his free time at college.

That “glorified lemonade stand,” as Crittenden described it, was the beginning of The Scoop N Scootery, an ice cream business that now operates out of a licensed food truck, employs six people and delivers ice cream to anyone in a two mile radius around Somerville.

The Scoop N Scootery offers a range of unique sundaes, such as “The Grasshopper” (mint chocolate chip ice cream, Oreos, chocolate sprinkles and homemade whipped cream) and “The CarMallow Anthony” (vanilla ice cream, cashews, caramel fudge, caramel chips, marshmallow fluff and mini marshmallows). The sundaes cost $6 or $7.50, depending on the size.

~ Photos courtesy of Scoop N Scootery

The Scoop N Scootery also caters events ranging from birthday parties to Tufts orientation to the Somerville Firemen vs. Police softball game. “We go anywhere we’re wanted,” Crittenden said.

The next goal for the business is to gain a storefront, preferably somewhere close to Harvard and Tufts. But according to Crittenden, they are taking it slow.

“We’re not in such a hurry to get a storefront just yet. We’re still nascent business, trying to get our legs still.”

To Crittenden, the best part has been seeing customers come back and the business grow.

“It’s been fun to see customers we’ve had since last year, when we still only had one driver delivering five orders a day, making absolutely no money, continue to support us into this time where we’re gaining a little more popularity,” Crittenden said. “It’s really cool they continue to think about us whenever they have that sweet tooth.”

On Monday through Thursday, the Scoop N Scootery truck can be found next to Trum Field. On the weekends, the truck parks at the corner of College and Talbot at Tufts. The business is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. on the weekends.

You can contact them by phone at (617) 394-8634​ or email at info@thescoopnscootery.com. Find them on the Web at http://www.thescoopnscootery.com/info.html.