Ice cream shoved in a donut-like cone? Sounds like Jefferson Park is in for a treat.
The neighborhood will soon welcome the “Shark Tank”-backed desert franchise Crispy Cones to 3000 W. 23rd Ave., according to permits filed with the city.
The spot serves ice cream in dough cones coated on the outside with flavors like cinnamon sugar or Oreo. Those are warmed in a rotisserie-style contraption, and then a spreads like Nutella or strawberry jam is smeared inside. The flavored ice cream is added and gets a drizzle or extra toppings, such as Oreo or Biscoff cookies.
Itap based on a delicacy that founder Jeremy Carlson had during his time in the Czech Republic years ago, he told the celebrity investors in an episode that aired in December 2023.
He and his wife, Kaitlyn, won’t be running the Denver Crispy Cones, though. That’ll be Abu and Sharmeen Parvez, who bought the building at the corner of Federal Boulevard and 23rd Avenue a year ago for $400,000, according to city filings. They did not respond to requests for comment from BusinessDen.
The spot will be the second Crispy Cones in Colorado after an outpost in Centennial opened earlier this year.
Carlson started Crispy Cones in 2018 out of a tent on the side of the road in his Idaho college town. He sold $21,000 in four months, he told the sharks, and bought a trailer and increased sales to $70,000 the year after.
In pandemic-riddled 2020, he sold $80,000 out of that same trailer and soon after opened his first storefront in Utah. In 2021, Carlson said he had $207,000 in revenue and was projecting $500,000 for the next year after adding a store in Idaho.
Those numbers convinced real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran to invest $200,000 in Crispy Cones for a 20% stake in the company, a little more equity than the 10% Carlson hoped to give.
Since then, Crispy Cones has expanded through franchising, with dozens of locations in 18 states, according to its website.
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