A beloved ice cream stand located just before Cape Cod has been “forced to close” after 15 years due to its landlord terminating the business’ lease, according to its owner.

Perry’s Last Stand announced the “completely unexpected and extremely surprising” closure of its Wareham shop in a Facebook post on Sunday, Oct. 19.

“After we had closed for the 2025 season, we received notification from our landlord (Bob Perry) that after 15 years our lease was not being renewed. This was completely unexpected and extremely surprising,” owner Jim Winterbottom wrote in the post.

“We are truly saddened that we are being forced to close the ice cream shop that my mother started in 1992 and ran until she passed away in 2004,” Winterbottom wrote. “We feel that we have built on her legacy and we wis

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