Big Dipper Creamery Opens Second Location in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
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Big Dipper Creamery Opens Second Location in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Grand opening celebration to be held on Nov. 18, 2021
Handmade artisanal ice cream shop, Big Dipper Creamery, opens a second retail location and production facility in Sand Springs, Okla.
WHAT: Ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration. Free mini scoops will be provided to kids under 12 all day.
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 18 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 120 N. Main Street, Sand Springs, Okla.
WHO: Big Dipper Creamery, Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce and community members
WHY: Owners and operators Sami and Brian Cooper are graduates of the Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation’s kitchen incubator program, Kitchen 66. Big Dipper Creamery, which offers handmade artisanal ice cream using locally sourced ingredients, opened its first location at Mother Road Market in 2018. The new location will serve as a production facility to enable expanded operations and a retail shop in Cooper’s hometown of Sand Springs.
Background
"We decided to expand our business into Sand Springs because we believe our town is ready to support new and innovative businesses,” said Sami Cooper, owner and operator. “As a third-generation food entrepreneur in Sand Springs, we look forward to carrying on that family tradition. We love what we do and we're so happy to share that with our community."
Cooper comes from a family of restaurateurs including her grandparents who owned local Sand Spring’s favorite Lee’s Drive-in, where her grandpa had the first soft serve twist machine in Oklahoma. Her parents owned Crescent Cafe in Sand Springs. The new location features a mural, by local artist Veronica Foster, inspired by the original stained glass that sits above the front entryway.
About Big Dipper Creamery
After working at a local ice cream shop in Portland, Samantha Cooper fell in love with small-batch ice cream. After several years living abroad, she and her husband Brian settled in Tulsa. Sami bought a 3-quart batch freezer off the internet and dove into the creative culinary process. Sami made her first batch of ice cream in a spare bedroom with a 30-year-old, 200 lb. batch freezer. Sami and Brian joined the Kitchen 66 Launch Program, bought a cart and sold ice cream at local events and farmers markets. After their graduation from K66, Big Dipper moved into its first brick and mortar home at Mother Road Market in 2018. In 2021, Big Dipper Creamery expanded to a second location in Cooper’s hometown of Sand Springs, OK.