Frankie & Jo's

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Frankie & Jo's
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Frankie & Jo's
Restaurant information
Established2013 (2013)
Owner(s)
  • Autumn Martin
  • Kari Brunson
City Seattle
County King
StateWashington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′47″N122°19′08″W / 47.6130°N 122.3189°W / 47.6130; -122.3189
Website frankieandjos.com

Frankie & Jo's is a small chain of vegan ice cream shops based in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2] The business operates three shops in Seattle, and expanded to Larkspur, California, in 2023.

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The shop at University Village, in Seattle's University District, 2024 Seattle in April 2024 - 03 (cropped).jpg
The shop at University Village, in Seattle's University District, 2024

Frankie & Jo's is a small chain of ice cream shops; as of 2023, the business has three shops in Seattle and another in Larkspur, California. VegOut has described Frankie & Jo's as "Seattle's favorite vegan, gluten-free, gum-free, stabilizer-free, and soy-free ice cream parlor". [3]

According to Seattle's Child magazine, Frankie & Jo's is B-Corp certified and therefore "committed to sustainability, addressing climate change, organic practices, fair supply chain practices, taking care of its employees and supporting the community". [4]

Frankie & Jo's specializes in plant-based ice cream and offers various flavors such as beet strawberry rose, [5] brown sugar vanilla, mint brownie, strawberry milk, [6] cranberry gingersnap oatnog, [7] guava cake, strawberry tomato, pickled blueberry, [8] chocolate tahini supercookie, [4] jamoca chaga fudge, [9] chocolate date, gingered golden milk, and salty caramel ash. [10]

The California Cabin variety is pine and vanilla ice cream with black pepper cardamom shortbread cookies, and Strawberry Celebration Cake is vanilla ice cream with strawberry cake and strawberry jam. [11]

The business also makes waffle cones from scratch, using oat flour. [10] The cookies and shortbread use oats and vegetable oil. [12]

History

Autumn Martin started the business in 2013. She and co-founder Kari Brunson opened the first shop in 2016. Since then, two additional locations have opened in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and University District. [5] The Ballard location opened in 2018. [9] [13] [14] The business expanded to Larkspur, California, in 2023. [15] [16] The Larkspur shop is approximately 200 square feet. [17]

Reception

In 2023, The Infatuation 's Aimee Rizzo said Frankie & Jo's has Seattle's best ice cream. [18] Sean Keeley included the business in Eater Seattle 's 2024 list of fifteen "terrific" eateries in the city for vegan food. [7]

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