Caroline Gaspich|Daily Commercial
EUSTIS — Did you hear the scoop?
Mystic Ice Cream, which specializes in homemade adult ice cream with alcohol in it,is opening itsdoors at a brand new location in Eustis.
If the name sounds familiar, it's because it is. Mystic Ice Creamalready has two local shops — one in Fruitland Park and another in Leesburg.
For Mystic, business is booming, so the owners havedecided to expand and open another location.
"We decided after looking at a couple of other places that Eustis would be a great place to be," said Daryll Day, who is co-ownerof Mystic Ice Cream with his wife, Lisa."We had received an invitation from the Chief of Police who had visited our shop in Leesburg and said, ‘You need to come to Eustis.' He is a wonderful guy and a great salesman for Eustis so we went and looked at it and we found a wonderful place on Magnolia Avenue right there in the heart of the business district.”
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On the menu
While Mystic is well known for its boozy frozen treats, it's still a family business. The shop offers 16flavors with no alcohol and 16 with a little bit of alcohol.
“We have lots of excellent ice creams. Standard ice creams featuresuch things as chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, we have a wonderful Oreo cookie dough ice cream, mint chocolate chip — my personal favorite is a chocolate peanut butter swirl. It's outstanding,"Day said.
Some of the spikedflavorsincluderaspberry chocolate swirl enhanced with raspberry schnapps, Butterscotch Crunch with butterscotch schnapps anda vanilla base topped with Health bar crumble,Mystic Slide with chocolate Kahlúaand Amaretto, along with many others.
"Lisa’s favorite is the peanut butter whiskey and jam. And that’s exactly what it is," he said. “The quality is the same throughout the entire menu. So we’re happy about that too, that there’s so many wonderful varieties of ice creams.”
Day said Mystic haseven won awards for itsdelectable ice creams.
“We were selected the best ice cream in The Villages this past year and we’re not even in The Villages — we’re a mile and a half outside in Fruitland Park," he said."But we were also selected the best ice cream in Lake and Sumter County.”
More than just a scoop or two
At their Fruitland Park location, the Days host events all week long including Tuesday karaoke, Wednesday TV game show night, Thursday trivia night, Friday karaoke, Saturday comedy night, and Sunday live music.
“Mondays we call them Monday Funday," Day said. "And that’s a time where we like to try a new board game with everybody or do arts and crafts — you never know what you’re going to experience when you come on Mondays."
And Day's talents extend beyond business acumen. Sowhile customersmunch down their sweet treats, heprovides their customers withentertainment.
“I play all the time. So if people are there and they wanna hear something I’ve written, I play a lot," Day said."But we do like to bring others in as well."
Come on down
Last week, the new Mystic hosted a grand opening. On opening day, Mystic did giveaways of ice cream and patented tie-dye shirts. Thegrand prize was free ice cream for a year to one of their guests.
The new Mystic also joined the
“I believe strongly in being a part of the business community and being a part of Chamber and being actively engaged in the things that take place downtown," Day said."Not just for business but for charity purposes as well. We open our stores to schools and churches if they want to use our facilities for things. That’s important for me and for Lisa to make that connection."
Now that the doors are open in Eustis, the Days are excited for new customers or longtime fans to visit the shop.
“We look forward to people coming and trying," Day said."We get a lot of people that go, ‘Oooh I’ve driven by there for years’ and then they try it for the first time, ‘I had no idea.'They saythis is outstanding. So we just hopethey come to try it and we look forward to having everybody come and visit us in Eustis."
Mystic Ice Cream
The ice cream shop, located at 38 E Magnolia Ave. in Eustis, is open Monday through Sunday 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, visitmysticicecream.com/.
