Sweet Ride ICE CREAM

Reading High grads Chris and Angie Farrell started Sweet Ride Ice Cream in the summer of 2014 as an ice cream bike — hence the name. The duo built a reputation catering at weddings and private parties, which led to the business adding a mobile ice cream parlor in 2015. A year later, it opened a brick-and-mortar shop along Penn Avenue in West Reading. An additional truck was added in 2018. Despite only having been in existence for less than a decade, Sweet Ride has experienced quite a bit of sweet success. It was named Best Ice Cream, Best Place to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth and Best Place for Dessert by Berks County Living, and twice won Reading Eagle's Readers Choice Award for best ice cream. The shop hosts many events throughout the year, including visits from Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

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