Rittenhouse Ramblings
The Sweetest Summer Addition to Rittenhouse: Tipsy Scoop’s Barlour at BOTLD has Arrived
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Just in time for summer, Philadelphia’s first barlour is open at 119 S 18th St, and now, you don’t have to choose between a drink and a scoop.
Rittenhouse in the summer is already pretty great.
- The park fills up
- The patios come alive
- The plants stall at the Farmer’s Market gets mobbed (that balcony isn’t going to decorate itself)
- The neighborhood has a way of making you want to linger a little longer than planned
And now? We’ve got our own barlour!
Note the sandwich board out front: “Philly’s First Ice Cream Barlour.” Hard to argue with that.
The BOTLD x Tipsy Scoop collaboration that gives us Philly’s first barlour is officially open at 119 S 18th Street and the timing couldn’t be better. It’s warm, it’s sunny, and the age-old dilemma of “do I want a drink or do I want ice cream” has been officially retired. After all, why choose when you can have both?
From Bottle Shop to Barlour, Just in Time
BOTLD’s bottle shop continues running in the remaining space — whiskey barrels, white shelving, and all. The barlour lives next door.
Quick refresher if you missed our original post, because we take our job to tell you what’s coming VERY seriously, BOTLD opened their Rittenhouse location back in 2022 and announced plans to convert about 1,000 square feet of their 1,800-square-foot space into a cocktail bar.
BOTLD’s Bird Gang display — the same spirit line that inspired one of the Philly-exclusive ice cream flavors: Bird Gang Blackout.
The Tipsy Scoop partnership came together almost serendipitously as Tipsy Scoop founder Melissa Tavss was in the neighborhood to check out a nearby vacant shop. From there, as PhillyVoice reported, the expansion now houses the ice cream operation, while BOTLD’s bottle shop continues running in the remaining space.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Summer 2026, you’re in good hands.
Made Fresh, Right Here, Every Day
The Tipsy Scoop counter at 119 S 18th Street — and yes, that’s the production kitchen you can see behind the glass. Everything is made fresh, right here, daily.
What makes the Philadelphia location distinct is that the ice cream is made fresh in-store, daily. This isn’t pre-packed and shipped from the mother ship in New York City. The team is producing everything on-site at 18th Street, which means fresher flavor, and the flexibility to rotate and create Philly-specific offerings that you won’t find at any other Tipsy Scoop location.
Flavors on rotation included Raspberry Limoncello, Mango Margarita, Spiked Hazelnut Coffee, and Spiked Mint Chocolate Chip when we swung by.
And as the Philadelphia Business Journal noted, this marks Tipsy Scoop’s first move into the Philly market — so the fresh, in-house model is how they’re planting their flag here from day one.
The Flavors That Were Made for This Weather
Like a true bar, there are LOTS of garnished liquor-centric options.
The Philly-exclusive lineup includes Philly Phreeze, a spiked water ice that was basically invented for a July afternoon, alongside Bird Gang Blackout, a nod to BOTLD’s Bird Gang Whiskey partnership. The rotating menu also features combinations like Spiked Hazelnut Coffee, Raspberry Limoncello, and Mango Margarita, each clocking in at up to 5% ABV. Legitimately boozy, not just booze-adjacent.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
The Bird Gang Blackout — the Philly-exclusive creation served in a Tipsy Scoop Barlour cup, with a little Eagles energy on top.
Drinks AND Ice Cream. That’s It. That’s the Deal.
The idea behind the barlour concept is that the cocktails and the ice cream aren’t just sharing a space — they’re designed to play off each other. Work through a tasting flight of boozy flavors, pair a scoop with something from BOTLD’s deep spirits lineup, or settle in for both.
The tasting card — with slots for appearance, smell, and taste — treats the ice cream like a proper spirits flight. Which, honestly, it is.
They’ve even put together proper tasting sheets so you can evaluate each flavor the way you’d work through a whiskey flight; a small touch that makes the whole thing feel more like an experience than a quick stop.
The custom created PHILLY mural inside the barlour, created by Jordan Lawson.
The colorful “PHILLY” mural inside makes clear this isn’t a generic franchise. It’s built for this city, open just in time for the best season to enjoy it, and conveniently located on one of Rittenhouse’s most walkable corners. And judging by the line on opening day, everyone is just as excited to have them in the neighborhood as we are!
Follow Tipsy Scoop and BOTLD on Instagram for rotating flavors and hours, and drop us a line at rittenhouseramblings@gmail.com if you’ve already been in, we want to hear what you tried!
📍119 S 18th St
Related
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills