A beloved Port Moody ice cream shop is coming to Port Coquitlam.
Rocky Point Ice Cream is opening a fourth outlet in the Montrose building at 2180 Kelly Ave., next to the city’s Terry Fox Hometown Square.
In a post on its Instagram page, Rocky Point said it will be taking over the space formerly occupied by Caffé Delish.
The café announced Wednesday, Nov. 27, it’s relocating to its gluten-free bakery on Coast Meridian Road in 2025.
Rocky Point said it will begin operating a pop-up store from Dec. 5 to Jan. 5 with its ice cream available as scoops, pints or cakes, along with milkshakes and specialty coffees, as well as baked goods from Caffé Delish’s bakery.
The space will then be renovated with a grand re-opening planned for late February or early March.
Rocky Point said it “can’t wait to welcome" patrons to its "permanent Port Coquitlam location.”
PoCo Mayor Brad West said in a reply he’s equally enthused.
“It’s fantastic they’ve chosen PoCo for their next location,” he said of Rocky Point’s imminent arrival.
“I know they’ll be a great addition to the amazing businesses in the Terry Fox Hometown Square at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre.”
The new Port Coquitlam location completes Rocky Point’s Tri-Cities’ triple play.
In addition to the flagship store at its namesake park on Port Moody’s waterfront and a nearby production facility on Murray Street, the ice cream shop also runs the concession at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park.
A fourth shop opened in Uptown New Westminster in 2019. The company also operates two food trucks and supplies concessions in parks and tourist destinations across Metro Vancouver.
Jamie and Yvette Cuthbert started Rocky Point Ice Cream in 1997 as an adjunct to their kayak rental business in Rocky Point Park.
In 2013 they began crafting their own ice cream after attending a five-day boot camp at the University of Guelph in Ontario.
“Making ice cream is complicated,” said Yvette Cuthbert.
After several years of production in a shared commissary kitchen, the couple opened their own 7,500 sq. ft. creamery in an old warehouse in Port Moody in 2021.
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