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12 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Columbia Gorge News www.columbiagorgenews.com GORGE LOCAL — IN BUSINESS 'Why wouldn’t you want to live upstairs from an ice cream place?' Alana Lackner ■ By Columbia Gorge News “We wanted to live upstairs be- cause why wouldn’t you want to live upstairs from an ice cream place?” Shannon said. It’s the subject of daydreams for Of course, living above the shop many sweet-toothed little kids who watched “Charlie and the Chocolate isn’t all sprinkles and chocolate sauce. On more than one occasion, Factory” one too many times, the type of thing that seems too good to the Zilkas have forgotten to lock the doors and went downstairs to come be true. But it’s not too good to be face-to-face with hungry customers. true: Shannon and Jonathon Zilka “They don't even knock, they just live above an ice cream shop. Shannon’s Ice Cream, located on come through and stand there, and I come out of the kitchen thinking E. Fourth Street in The Dalles, just everything’s locked up and all of a opened a few weeks ago, but it’s been a work in progress, and a pipe sudden there’s someone standing there going ‘Oh!’” Jonathon said. dream, much longer than that. The business has also been a lot Jonathon had been thinking of work. After months of renova- about opening an ice cream place for years inspired by his friend of tions to meet ADA requirements, more than 20 years, Goody Cable, opening has provided its own he said. Cable owns Rimsky- unique challenges. Korsakoffee House in Portland. “We spent so much time making Even so, the dream didn’t quite it that we really didn’t think about come together until they found running it, the systems you have to the house that would become get in place,” Shannon said. “Just Shannon’s Ice Cream. working all day, close the doors, It was Jonathon’s brother, who clean up and then ‘Great, time to lives in The Dalles, that found it, make ice cream!’ We’ll get it sorted Jonathon said. The second he and out, but it’s a little overwhelming.” Shannon saw the building, every- It’s made even more overwhelm- thing just clicked. ing by the fact that it’s just Shannon “It’s like when something’s in and Jonathon working at the the back of your mind and you get shop. The pair has yet to hire any the right scenario, it just falls into employees. place,” he said. “When we found “We’re busy making ice cream this house it just all clicked together and not wanting to do paperwork at and I said, ‘Yes, Goody will be so the moment,” Jonathon said. However, Shannon thinks they’ll proud.’” The house would end up being find employees when the time is right. more than just a shop, but would “It’s kind of a flying by the seat of also be a home for the Zilkas. A pair of customers enjoys ice cream on Friday, June 11, outside of Shannon's Ice Cream on E. Fourth Street in The Dalles. Alana Lackner photo some signature flavors and use, like, local hazelnuts and peaches, what- ever we can find locally, and just try to make some great stuff from it,” Shannon said. “Kind of Gorge- themed flavors.” Shannon’s idea includes poten- tially showcasing coffee from local places in an espresso ice cream flavor. It’s important to her that the community becomes part of the shop, because when she thinks of The Dalles, she thinks of communi- ty, she said. Shannon said the first time she ever came to The Dalles, they were making the drive to Montana and stopped for breakfast at Momma Jane’s. “There were a bunch of farm- ers all sitting at one table just talking about how there’d been an early wheat harvest and they were scrambling,” Shannon said. “Everybody had to help each other. Like, everybody take all the tractors to one person’s field and plow it and then for the next one, and they were just all helping each other out. I thought that was so cool. It always stuck with me.” Shannon’s Ice Cream is open Jonathon Zilka serves a customer ice cream on Friday, June 11 in Shannon's Ice Shannon and Jonathon Zilka stand inside their ice cream shop, Shannon's Ice from 2-9 p.m. Wednesday through Cream, on Friday, June 11. Cream on E. Fourth Street in The Dalles. Sunday and is located at 318 E. Alana Lackner photo Fourth St. in The Dalles. Alana Lackner photo our pants operation, but like, cool things have just appeared right when we need them, so we kind of figure that’s going to happen with employees too. The right person is going to show up like Mary Poppins.” The pair may not need Mary Poppins, however, because they themselves have a lot of ideas for the shop. Jonathon said they’re considering adding pastries. Additionally, Shannon said she wants to take the ice cream in a local-themed direction. “The goal is to come up with Targeted Funding David West of Centerville was the proud winner of the Klickitat County Republican’s raffle for an iTargetPro. Garrett Towle, the KCR’s fundraising chairman, organized the fundraiser, which lasted approximately 8 weeks. The winning ticket was drawn at the KCR’s Central Committee meeting in June. 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