As one ice creamery leaves Old Town Lenexa, another takes its place

Pop's Sweet Shop has closed in Old Town Lenexa, but the space won't be without ice cream for long. One More Scoop hopes to open there in the spring.

An Old Town Lenexa storefront will soon trade one ice creamery for another.

This spring, Missouri-based One More Scoop will make their Johnson County debut, taking over the space previously occupied by Pop’s Sweet Shop.

One More Scoop is coming to 13446 Santa Fe Trail Drive

  • The ice cream shop will occupy a space in Old Town Lenexa, just off Pflumm Road and Santa Fe Trail Drive.
  • There, it will operate near Maps Coffee & Chocolate and The Peddler’s Daughter.
  • Owner Connor Moylan said the new shop aims to open in March.

This is One More Scoop’s first Johnson County storefront

One More Scoop’s flagship store opened in Belton, Missouri, in 2019. Another one followed in 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri.

The shop scoops homemade ice cream in various flavors, from mint chocolate chip and peanut butter cup to rainbow birthday cake and strawberry.

In addition to its standing flavors, One More Scoop also rotates seasonal flavors (such as praline caramel apple and pumpkin pie for fall).

When it came to expansion onto the Kansas side of the metro, Moylan said there were multiple factors that made it appealing.

“We do some bigger events in Lenexa with our food truck, the Lenexa Art Fair as one example, and have always received a good reception from people when we are there,” he said. “We hope that the market having some familiarity with who we are will help us launch well.”

Pop’s was in Lenexa for roughly four years

The shop, offering ice cream and other treats like cannolis and cotton candy, opened in Old Town Lenexa in 2022.

Though its owners have decided not to renew their lease in Lenexa, their flagship store further south in Spring Hill remains open.

Though they’ll be new to the space, Moylan said One More Scoop hopes to bring the nostalgic nature of Pop’s into the space’s next chapter.

“It’s a unique opportunity to build on the strong foundation that the Pop’s team had established in Old Town Lenexa but put our own spin on it,” Moylan said. “The space itself leans heavily into the parlor nostalgia, and we are trying to keep that feeling alive.”

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Lucie Krisman
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