Queen Anne and Madrona love Molly Moon's frozen treats more than Ballard does, Molly Moon Neitzel announced yesterday, adding that she is expanding her ice cream family this summer with a new scoop shop in Queen Anne and new “micro” concept shop in Madrona.

The neighborhoods for the Molly Moon’s expansions were chosen by ice cream enthusiasts during the three-month long “Shop 3, where will it be?” campaign. Each month Molly Moon's ice cream truck "Leo" was parked in a different neighborhood to see where business in best. As it turns out, Queen Anne has the most Molly Moon's fans and will be receiving a Molly Moon's scoop shop in July of 2011.

Madrona, the runner-up in the “Shop 3” campaign, will be awarded a Molly Moon’s micro-shop in May of 2011. This petite version of a Molly Moon’s scoop shop will serve pre-packaged pints and scoops of Moon’s delicious ice cream, sorbet-sicles, and ice cream sandwiches.

“I’m so excited to be welcoming two new neighborhoods in to our Molly Moon’s family” said Neitzel. “I love that Molly Moon’s is a place where families and friends can create memories and I can’t wait for Queen Anne and Madrona residents to have the opportunity make the new shops a part of their communities.”

In celebration of this exciting news, the Molly Moon’s ice cream truck will give away kids scoops this Saturday, March 19, from Noon to 2 p.m. while parked at Buggy in Madrona. The kids in Queen Anne will receive free scoops on Sunday, March 20, from Noon to 2 p.m. while the truck is parked at 2231 Queen Anne Ave. N.

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