Their Story

More than 43 years ago, Mary and Lou started making Spokane’s Most Awarded ice cream. We are Mary Lou's Milk Bottle Desserts! Originating in the Spokane Valley in 1976, we have served our ice cream at the Spokane interstate fairgrounds every year since!

The Ritchie Family bought the Valley ice cream parlor in 1991 and continued to churn super premium ice cream for Spokane, serving at many events in Washington and Idaho.  We expanded our store location when the Milk Bottle was purchased over 20 years ago!  It has grown and become Spokane’s favorite place for a burger, fries, and award winning milk shakes or dessert!

Four generations have grown up making and serving our homemade ice cream and our Papa was Washington state’s first dairy inspector! We moved our ice cream production to the Garland Business District in 2019.

Our first couple of awards were for being in the top 10 in America and came from the book, “Americas Best Ice Cream and Where to Find It”.  We were voted by a readers poll in Sunset Magazine as one of the best ice cream shops in the Northwestern United States!  We have also had the reader’s poll of the Inlander, voting us best for the last 5 years!

We still serve at the Spokane interstate fairgrounds & North Idaho fair and we have received awards for our ice cream, milk shakes, and elephant ears. Last year our new dessert invention, Apple Pie Fries, got the “best of” award at the fairgrounds!  Remember, all are made from scratch recipes and all (but the elephant ears) are gluten free!

Why settle for less when you can order the best!  We cater to any size group and have the creamiest ice cream, made daily one small batch at a time! We have two new trailers and three tent set ups to choose from.

We are proud to Wholesale our ice cream with Washington State Department of Agriculture permits and Federal, State and County Inspections. 

Schedule

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