New ice cream shop known for super-premium flavors coming to Lexington
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- Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams will open its first Lexington shop later this year.
- The new shop will be at 111 Summit At Fritz Farm Suite 110, in the former Buzzed Bull.
- Hendricks bought Fritz Farm in May 2025 and expects three new buildings by December.
Get your spoons ready, Lexington: A new ice cream shop is coming.
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, known for its premium flavors, is opening its first Lexington shop later this year at Fritz Farm.
It appears to be going into former location of Buzzed Bull Creamery, 111 Summit At Fritz Farm Suite 110, which closed in December 2023, and before that was Steel City Pops, which closed in 2021.
This will be the first Jeni’s scoop shop location in Kentucky, according to the brand’s website.
Founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 2002 by James Beard Award-winning ice cream maker Jeni Britton, Jeni’s Spendid Ice Creams is known for one-of-a-kind flavors, premium fresh ingredients and ultra-smooth buttercream-like texture.
Best-sellers include Honey Vanilla Bean, Brambleberry Crisp, Brown Butter Almond Brittle, Darkest Chocolate and Salted Peanut Butter with Chocolate Flecks.
Jeni’s also recently added a flavor tied to the popular “Bridgerton” series on Netflix: Queen Charlotte Sponge Cake.
Dairy-free and gluten-free ice cream flavors are available.
If you can’t wait to try Jeni’s, pints are available in some local groceries, or you can pick out flavors and have them shipped directly online.
Other changes at Fritz Farm
Jeni’s joins another new restaurant at the Fritz Farm shopping center: Cafe Patachou opened there in November.
A 52-acre mixed-used development, The Summit at Fritz Farm opened in 2017 on a former Fayette County tobacco farm. Now just called Fritz Farm, it was purchased by Hendricks Commercial Properties in May 2025 for $137 million.
In March, Hendricks announced a major expansion, with three new buildings for retail and dining space are under construction and expect to be ready for more new tenants in December.
