We would like to direct you to our new website, http://thehopicecreamcafe.com, for events, party packages, Ice Cream Cake options and menu. Thanks and Much Love! -Greg and Ashley
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Robin Plemmons Art Opening/Our Voice Fundraiser
Tonight, Tuesday, 2/21, 5-8pm on Merrimon:
Local Asheville celebrity craftwoman, Robin Plemmons, will be unveiling a new and wonderful line of (rated G) artwork for this exciting event! Plus 50% of sales during will be donated to Our Voice. Double plus, the art will be up through the beginning of April!
Here's a quote from Robin herself: "I'm really excited about it & so grateful for the potential to support all the awesome going on at Our Voice. It feels like some of my most favorite work is coming out of me recently."
Needless to say, Ashley and I are PUMPED for this event!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Friday, December 9, 2011
NEW Ice Cream "Personal Cake" from The Hop!!!
We would like to introduce you to The Hop(s) NEW Ice Cream "Personal Cake"! A 4" circular Cake with your choice of homemade Ice Cream, cake or crushed cookie crust and decorated to your specifications. Perfect for 1 or 2 (if you'd like to share with a partner of friend) :)
The phrase, "Personal Cake", is an in-store reference to mini cakes given to friends having a bad day, with a reason to celebrate or simply as a gesture of kindness :)
Ice Cream "Personal Cakes" are $6.50 + tax. Also available with Vegan Ice Cream and crust for $7.50 + tax. If interested in ordering, call The Hop Ice Cream on Merrimon Ave at 828 254 2224 or The Hop West Asheville on Haywood Rd at 828 252 5155.
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Hop's Ice Cream Yule Logs!!!
Homemade chocolate cake rolled with your choice of Vanilla Bean, Salted Caramel, Butter Pecan or Peppermint Stick Ice Cream then covered with Dark Chocolate Ice Cream and custom decorated.
$22.95 + tax. Give us a call at 254 2224 or 252 5155 by December 22nd if you'd like to order :D
I'm not sure how long The Hop Ice Cream has been making Yule Logs for the holidays, but from what we've gathered during our time as owners is that it's been a good many years...
We are happy to continue The Hop's biggest annual tradition!!!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Food, Toy and Blanket/Clothes Drive!
This is a time of year, considering a combination of Winter weather and the Holidays, when our thoughts turn to those in need. As an effort to hopefully increase and spread warmth, comfort and joy, we now have MANNA Food Bank, Toys For Tots and Blanket/Clothes drop boxes at The Hop on Merrimon as well as The Hop West on Haywood Rd. Thank you for joining us and many others in this worthwhile and inspiring effort!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Kids Bboy and Bgirl Performance Tonight!!!
Asheville BBoy legend, Joe Adams (shown above), and his students will be throwing down the cardboard and showing off their exceptional breakdancing skills! Plus there will be a tutorial and additional chances for audience participation. This is going to be an all out Bboy and Bgirl dance party!!!
Here's a hilarious and wonderful video from a previous Kids Bboy Performance :)
Monday, November 14, 2011
Curtain Call Collective Presents, Kids Open Mic Night at The Hop!
Asheville Children's Director, Chris Martin, will take the role of Emcee for another installment of Kids Open Mic Night! This is an opportunity for your child to get up in front of an audience of friends and family to display their skills and talents!
In addition, all participants will receive a Free Scoop of Homemade Ice Cream and Kids eat Free at Urban Burrito on Tuesdays :)
Here's a video from a previous Kids Open Mic (video by UNC Asheville Mass Comm Major, Stephanie Schon)!
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
UNC Asheville Ceramics Sale at The Hop!
Every year the students and staff of UNC Asheville's Art Department put together a Soup and Salad Bowl Sale on campus. Buy a bowl and fill it with soup or salad for Free. Simple enough :).
This time they've asked us if The Hop would be interested in doing the same thing. Absolutely!!!
Purchase any handmade bowl from the vast selection and we will fill it with 1 Free Scoop of your choice of our homemade Ice Cream!
This is an excellent way for you to support UNC Asheville, it's students and the arts all in one event :D
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Free Uncle Mountain Show at The Hop!
http://unclemountain.com/, Great Asheville trio bringing an excellent energy and style in the form of a Free all ages show that will be fun for kids, families and music fans alike. We are very privileged to announce this show for sure! Hope you can swing by :)
An extra incentive... Kid's eat Free at Urban Burrito on Tuesday nights!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Recent Chalk Art at The Hop West
A SAD WEREWOLF or NO SHAVE NOVEMBER
SONIC DIGS THE HOP or WE LOVE HEDGEHOGS AND THEY LOVE US
Feel free to make your own chalk art contributions :)
Friday, November 4, 2011
Brooke Clover Band tonight at The Hop West!
Asheville's Brooke Clover Band plays kid-friendly Americana roots rock and folk tales laced with dark comedy and poetic depth. Lyrically playful with a sense of humor in the likes of Tom Waits, Frank Zappa and John Prine, the Brooke Clover Band invents its own style of music drawing from Jazz, folk, rock and world traditions. The band’s latest CD tells tales of desperados, weirdoes and underdogs who emerge from the manholes of society with a half grin and a twinkle in their eye.
Free family fun :)
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sustainable Living Roadshow at The Hop!
Sustainable Living Roadshow (SLR) is a caravan of educators and entertainers who tour the country in a fleet of renewable fuel vehicles setting up off-the-grid eco-carnivals with interactive learning villages at K-12 schools, universities, festivals and community events. These villages are designed to empower communities to utilize sustainable living strategies for a healthier planet.
Check out their website for more information -
Musical performances, for kids and adults alike, focused on sustainability from the Hip-Hop Ballywho Carni Crew and the San Francisco- based Big Tadoo Puppet Crew.
The Roadshow will be at The Hop with environmental info, performances, and a report-back from a 3 month cross-country education and activism tour.
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Saturday, October 29, 2011
WNCAP Day at The Hop(s)!
The Hop(s) are hosting a fundraiser for Western North Carolina AIDS Project, http://wncap.org/, and we'll be donating 20% of sales from both The Hop on Merrimon Ave and The Hop West on Haywood Rd! We hope to raise awareness and moneys for the upcoming HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk, which will be held in downtown Asheville on Saturday November 5th from 11am-12pm.
Eating Ice Cream to Fight AIDS!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Friday, October 21, 2011
King Arthur Sunshine + ZOMBIES!!!
Friday October 21st 6:30-7:30pm at The Hop West:
Local Kid-Friendly guitar/ukulele duo, Dylan (one of our employees!) and Luke, AKA King Arthur Sunshine, will be debuting their new Iliad, The Robotic Wings of Icarus! Story time and music combined!!!
THEN
Ashley and I will be there scooping all kinds of Ice Cream intended to nourish the Living Dead! However, you may not recognize us ;)
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo will be performing too!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Friday, October 14, 2011
Secret Agent 23 Skidoo at The Hop Sunday 10/16 1:30pm!!!
YOU cast your vote, honoring Secret Agent 23 Skidoo with the titles of #1 Children's Entertainer and Hip Hop Artist in Asheville. Likewise you voted The Hop #1 Ice Cream Shop and #2 Family Restaurant in Asheville! This is our Thank You for taking the time to think of us! Seriously, Thank You!!! :D
Below is a promo video (yes, that's me beatboxing) of what we have planned for you, plus a list of door prizes that we'll be giving away!
Click The Above Image For The Promo Video :)
$5 gets you in and enters you into a drawing for the awesome door prizes below! All proceeds go toward Secret Agent 23 Skidoo's Kickstarter Campaign for his new album, "Make Believers" (he's nearly 50% there)!!!
Door Prize List:
*23 Skidoo CD 3 pack
*23 Skidoo DVD and Hoodie Combo
*Out of print 23 Skidoo Kids Book, "What it's Like in the Stars"
*23 Skidoo 3 CD, 1 DVD, 1 Hoodie, 1 T Shirt Super Prize Pack!
*$25 Gift Certificate
*$50 Gift Certificate
*1 8" Ice Cream Cake
*Free Birthday Party (includes Facepainting and Sundae Bar)!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
The Hop West Turns 1 Saturday AKA Free Kiddie Scoops For All!!!
It's no secret that Ashley and I have a million of things for which to be thankful. Of those things, YOU are the most awesome and inspiring and important! Let's face it, without YOU our lives wouldn't know the same level of happiness and this business wouldn't even exist...
This is why we would like to invite you to help us celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of The Hop West. In return, we'll gladly scoop you some well-deserved, and free, Ice Cream!!!
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Monday, October 10, 2011
Two All-Ages Rock Shows This Week at The Hop!
Awesome Asheville band, Grammer School, will be bringing their super fun energetic Fragglerock Indie Pop to The Hop! As always the show is appropriate for all ages AND kids eat Free at Urban Burrito! Hope to see you there... :)
If you and the family cannot make the Tuesday Grammer School Show...
One of Asheville's premier Youth Rock Bands, Double Take, will be making another appearance for your listening pleasure. These middleschoolers absolutely rock out!!!
To prove it, here's a video from one of their previous shows at The Hop...
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Free Professor WhizzPop! Magic Show at The Hop West!
2 Events this Friday!!!
The amazing, delightful, brilliant, mad, hysterical, mesmerizing, British, talented, energetic and magical Professor WhizzPop! will be pulling out his trunk of tricks for the enjoyment of Ice Cream eaters in Asheville and beyond!
If interested in a preview of what this is going to be like, check out this video...
Can't make it to West Asheville, but still looking for a Free family-friendly show?
Appalachian State University Flute Ensemble will be making a trip to Asheville on a tour and have always stopped at The Hop for Ice Cream. This time we've invited them back not only to enjoy a scoop or two, but to play a show for you!!!
A few words from the Ensemble's director :)
"The ASU Flute Ensemble, directed by ASU flute professor Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham, features music majors and minors in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University. Ensemble members play all of the standard members of the flute family, including the high pitched tiny piccolo, standard concert flute and the "color flutes" -- the mellow alto and bass flutes. The performance at the Hop will be a fun, eclectic mix of pieces. *The Hop is the official Ice Cream Shop of the ASU Flute Ensemble!!!*"
Much Love,
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
Monday, October 3, 2011
Open Hearts Art Center Opening at The Hop!
The very first Art Show The Hop Ice Cream hosted was over a year ago. We had all this blank wall space and we were looking for something great to fill it. When Open Hearts Art Center approached us about a show, it created a whole new dynamic for us. Instead of just hosting a fundraiser, this was a chance to invite Asheville non-profits in to display their craft as well as generate some extra buzz/moneys for the organization. A total win-win for everyone!
To see the recap of that first Open Hearts Art Center show, click here.
Tuesday, October 4th, from 5-8pm, we again have the opportunity to hang OHAC paintings on our walls. The original paintings will be for sale not only during the event but also for the following month or two. Each painting sold benefits both the artist and Open Hearts Art Center equally!
In addition, we will be donating 50% of sales to OHAC during the event. In addition to that addition, the Open Hearts students will be performing a special choreographed dance to Thriller!!!
Hope you can make it out to support these amazing artists and people!
Much Love, Asheville!
Owners
hopicecreamcafe@yahoo.com
640 Merrimon Ave
828 254 2224
AND
721 Haywood Rd
828 252 5155
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