I f there is a perfect season to open a new ice cream shop in hot, humid Houston, this is it. The Ohio-born Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream has been scooping up homemade flavors such as raspberry dream cream, caramel latte and chocolate almond since 1945 and it’s now finally opened a shop in Houston. Fittingly, in The Heights , one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

Heights residents and devoted Handel’s fans Tim and Kesha Chatman have opened a red, white and blue 2,300-square-foot Handel’s ice cream shop at 3425 Ella Boulevard, offering 48 rotating monthly flavors churned in-house daily. You can walk up and even drive-thru for ice cream.

Also on the icy menu? Sweet chilly treats such as sorbets (vegan approved) in flavors that include vanilla pineapple, pomegranate and mango, old fashi

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