The Colonel’s Creamery

Specialties

Super Premium, Hand-​Crafted Ice Cream made in The Friendly Market. Featuring Signature and specialty innovative flavors all year round. The Colonel has won 4 national awards in 2013 and 2014 including 1^st place for The Winners’ Circle Dutch Chocolate and the prestigious «Iron Scoop» ice cream innovation competition. Many say it is the best ice cream in the Cincinnati area.

Served by scoops, sundaes, shakes, malts, floats and banana splits. Pints to go, custom ice cream cakes, Fruit pops, catering and corporate events.

History

Established in 2013.

Opened September 1, 2013 in The Friendly Market, Florence, KY by Colonel Don Lambert. Col. Don has a lifelong passion and experience making ice cream. His first memory of ice cream making was around 6 years old cranking the old home ice and salt ice cream freezer.

As years advanced and techniques improved, he progressed to making award winning ice cream. In November 2013 the Colonel won the prestigious «Iron Scoop» ice cream flavor innovation competition at the National Ice Cream Retailers Assoc. convention in St. Louis. In 2014 the Colonel won the 1^st prize blue ribbon for «The Winners’ Circle Dutch Chocolate» and 2^nd prize ribbons for «Signature Vanilla» and «Dark Chocolate».

Today The Colonel’s Creamery makes super premium robust flavors of American ice cream. New innovative (sometimes exotic) flavors are introduced regularly along with excellent flavors you would expect. Come taste the All Star fun. Many say it is Cincinnati area’s best ice cream.

Meet the Business Owner

Colonel Don L.

Business Owner

Colonel Don is a 2012 Graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a BS degree in Marketing and Management.

He served nearly 25 years in broadcast communications management including being General Manager of several Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky broadcast properties.

He was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel for service to the Common Wealth while serving on the board of directors as an officer of nine local non-​profit charitable organizations in 2001.