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UPDATE:

Our 53rd Street store in Davenport is back open starting Monday, July 13! We are still waiting on a few employees’ tests results, but all employees working have tested negative and the store has been extremely deep cleaned. We are continuing to take every precaution to ensure our employees’ and customers’ safety and we are thrilled to be back open!

We were just informed that an employee at our 53^rd Street location has tested positive for COVID-19. Throughout this whole process we have made every effort to ensure the health and safety of not only our employees, but our customers as well. Given this news, we are going to close down our 53^rd Street location for a few days in order to deep clean the store again and give our employees time to get tested. Although, the Scott County Health Department is not requiring us to close this location due to this positive test, we feel it is the right thing to do in order to best serve the Quad Cities.

All other locations will remain open at this time and please continue to check here for more information on our 53^rd Street store. Please understand that we are doing our very best to navigate these strange times and we greatly appreciate your understanding and support.

Shipping is finally back up and running!

We will start sending out ice cream shipments this Tuesday, June 16. For right now, we are only offering overnight delivery service. Overnight deliveries may arrive one day later due to heavy FedEx delivery volume, but all shipments will contain sufficient dry ice to last 48 hours.

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out – our offices are open Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm and you can call 309-762-2175 with any issues/questions.

Click here to place your orders!

We are thrilled to announce a new flavor – Dairy-Free Chocolate Mint!  It is a dairy-free and vegan frozen dessert made with coconut cream, that everyone will love.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Mint is rich and creamy, using a mixture of coconut cream and cocoa with the perfect blend of mint! This flavor has the traditional creamy texture of regular ice cream and will be available at all of Whitey’s Ice Cream locations starting Friday, June 12, 2020.

“We know that this has been a growing trend in the ice cream industry, but we just wanted to make sure when we came out with a dairy-free flavor, we did it perfectly!” Whitey’s Ice Cream co-owner Jeff Tunberg says. “It’s delicious – I think we hit the mark!”

“We’ve heard from many customers over the years that they loved Whitey’s Ice Cream but unfortunately could no longer have dairy, so we are anxious to see what our fans think,” says Jon Tunberg, Whitey’s Ice Cream co-owner. “If you are vegan or avoiding diary, there is no need to miss out on Whitey’s now. But we truly believe this flavor is as good as the regular options on our menu, so delicious that even dairy-eaters will enjoy it!”

It will be available in dips, sundaes and hand-packed quarts and pints. Each dip (in a dish or as a Sundae) will be an additional $0.30 per dip. Hand-packed pints  will cost $6.95 and hand-packed quarts will be $11.95.

This flavor will have all the traditional ice cream lovers believing in the deliciousness of dairy-free flavors. The other dairy-free options available at Whitey’s Ice Cream include Smoothies, Popsicles and Slush.

Dairy-Free Chocolate Mint Ingredient Listing: COCONUT CREAM, CANE SUGAR, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, TAPIOCA SYRUP, CAROB BEAN GUM, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, BLUE #1, TUMERIC.

We are sorry to disappoint, but due to curfew in the Quad Cities we are going to shut down the drive thru line at 7:30pm at all stores. We are doing this to ensure that our employees can get home before 9:00pm.

Although curfew has been lifted, we are going to be closing our drive-thru lines at 9:00pm on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6. We have a lot of younger employees and just want to ensure everyone makes it home safely!

Thank you for your understanding!

For the next few weeks all of our stores will be closed on Mondays only. Due to the amazing demand all locations have seen since reopening, we have made the decision to close once a week to give our employees a much-deserved break. We will also be using Monday to ensure all of our stores are deep-cleaned and ready for the week ahead! This will be going into effect starting this Monday, June 1.

Details on our hours at each store can be found here.

Welcome back! We’re excited to serve you!

All stores (except North Park) are open for drive-thru business only and our hours of operation will be Sunday – Thursday, 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Friday/Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. We have taken extreme caution in reopening to ensure the safety of our employees and customers.

Our drive-thru stores (41^st Street in Moline, East Moline, Bettendorf and Eldridge) will operate as per usual. The remaining stores are outlined below:

Locust Street store in Davenport

Enter on Marquette Street only. The lines will wrap around the building and orders/payment will be take at the tent. If the line is full we will have up to three lines.

53^rd Street store in Davenport

Enter into the back alley (from the side near Jersey Ridge) behind the building and we will take orders/payment at the tent.

16^th Street store in Moline

Pull up along the side of the building and order/pay at the tent. We will have double lines if the first line is full.

Rock Island Store

Pull in front of the building to wrap around to the side where orders/payment will be taken at the tent.

Additionally, we have taken the below new precautions when it comes to cleaning and employee protection:

• Employees will be wearing masks at all times and will wash hands between each order.
• We will not be selling cones at this time. It is next to impossible to hand over a customer’s cone without contact with the employee so no cones will be sold. It will be cups only or Waffle Bowls (for $1.00 extra).
• There will be one or two employees assigned to handle the register at all times. No one else will handle payment.
• During busy times, there will be an employee outside handling traffic. If you have any questions prior to ordering, ask the employee in the vest or check our website for the menu.
• All surfaces, doors, high traffic areas will be cleaned regularly, with an employee designated for that purpose alone during busy times.

We are so excited to be back and doing what we love, serving the Quad Cities the best in the Midwest!

We are thrilled to announce that our stores will be opening again on Monday, May 11!

All stores (except North Park) will be open for drive-thru business only and our hours of operation will be Sunday – Thursday, 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Friday/Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. We have taken extreme caution in reopening to ensure the safety of our employees and customers.

Our drive-thru stores (41^st Street in Moline, East Moline, Bettendorf and Eldridge) will operate as per usual. The remaining stores are outlined below:

Locust Street store in Davenport

Enter on Marquette Street only. The lines will wrap around the building and orders/payment will be take at the tent. If the line is full we will have up to three lines.

53^rd Street store in Davenport

Enter into the back alley (from the side near Jersey Ridge) behind the building and we will take orders/payment at the tent.

16^th Street store in Moline

Pull up along the side of the building and order/pay at the tent. We will have double lines if the first line is full.

Rock Island Store

Pull in front of the building to wrap around to the side where orders/payment will be taken at the tent.

Additionally, we have taken the below new precautions when it comes to cleaning and employee protection:

• Employees will be wearing masks at all times and will wash hands between each order.
• We will not be selling cones at this time. It is next to impossible to hand over a customer’s cone without contact with the employee so no cones will be sold. It will be cups only or Waffle Bowls (for $1.00 extra).
• There will be one or two employees assigned to handle the register at all times. No one else will handle payment.
• During busy times, there will be an employee outside handling traffic. If you have any questions prior to ordering, ask the employee in the vest or check our website for the menu.
• All surfaces, doors, high traffic areas will be cleaned regularly, with an employee designated for that purpose alone during busy times.

We are so excited to be back and doing what we love, serving the Quad Cities the best in the Midwest!

If you’re looking for a fun activity, we made Whitey’s Ice Cream coloring pages!

Whether you’re looking for new project for the kids or simply want to doodle at home to relieve some stress, head to the link in our bio to download the printable pages or color digitally on your tablet, laptop or phone.

We’d love to see your creations – tag us on social with #whiteysicecream so we can see how they turned out!

Download the Whitey’s Truck coloring page here. 

Download the Whitey’s Shake coloring page here. 

Download the Whitey’s Ice Cream Cones coloring page here. 

Download the Whitey’s Shake and Store coloring page here. 

Exciting news… the flavor contest winner was MONSTER COOKIE submitted by Abby Barkema!

We know there is a lot going on in the world right now and that our stores are temporarily closed, but we wanted to share some good news with all of you! This flavor will be available in our stores sometime this summer and will be a peanut butter ice cream with chunks of peanut butter oatmeal cookies, chocolate chips and M&M’s!

As a reminder, the final four flavors were Monster Cookie (submitted by Abby Barkema), Pineapple Upside Down Cake (submitted by Amanda Reed), Cinnamon Roll (submitted by Debra McKenzie) and Peanut Butter & Jelly (submitted by Steven Crew).  As a reminder, there were multiple suggestions for each of the final four flavors and the first entry submitted, how it will be made, was chosen as per the official rules.

Voting ran from Monday, March 9 through Sunday, March 15 and Monster Cookie won 46% of the 4,127 votes.

Stay tuned to our social channels for more details on when the flavor will be available and thank you all for participating!