OUR STORY

Elevated Ice Cream, A Port Townsend Institution

The Elevated Ice Cream Co. began serving ice cream from a courtyard antique Victorian elevator cage in 1977, hence the name Elevated Ice Cream, and the motto “Lift Your Spirits!”

After one summer, the business advanced from street vendor to ice cream parlor and retained the name “Elevated” for the ice cream’s superior quality. 

The second location, a small shop off of the Franklin Court in spring 1978, and became a real year-round ice cream parlor,  making our own ice cream with the best ingredients we could find.

The founders, Julie and David, were taught to make ice cream by a very dear friend of Julie’s grandparents, Norm Glover, who had an ice cream parlor in Seattle for close to 40 years. Norm taught them how to make his most popular flavors, and showed them his special techniques, methods we still use to this day.

In time, more recipes were created and adapted to create Elevated’s signature flavors. The business moved to the current Water Street store in 1981, with an ice cream parlor and candy store side by side.

We are proud of Elevated’s tradition of quality and service, and we are proud of our reputation of 40+ years. As the years go by, we are witness to memories being made as parents bring even their newborns in for a taste of ice cream, and we have watched generations of children grow up here.

We also hear “Elevated” stories from all over the world. Customers and friends tell us about times when they have met people in other places and find they have shared a common experience — their positive memories of a trip to Elevated Ice Cream Co. in the delightful town of Port Townsend!