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A new ice cream option is opening in southwest Bakersfield, as Handel\u2019s Homemade Ice Cream debuts a second location aimed at giving customers more space to sit and enjoy their treats.<\/p>\n

The new Handel\u2019s location is near Old River Road and Panama Lane. It adds to the shop\u2019s existing site at Stockdale and Callaway.<\/p>\n

Owners Deanna and Clint Lewis said the decision to expand was driven by demand at the Stockdale location, along with a frequent request from customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had an overwhelming success and reception of love right at our Stockdale location, but the biggest complaint was always seating,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cSo I said, OK, we gotta find a space where people can come with their families and sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis said the new site offers a patio and an indoor-outdoor setup.<\/p>\n

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Handel’s new location on Panama Ln and Old River Rd PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

\u201cThis opportunity was open to us. Beautiful patio area, and then we were still able to get that indoor outdoor concept, so we were just excited for the opportunity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Deana Lewis also pointed to the surrounding neighborhood and nearby schools as part of the appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndependence is right up the street,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s family business, so we are just excited to be on this side.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to its traditional flavors, Handel\u2019s now offers non-dairy options.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have two non-dairy flavors,\u201d says Clint. \u201cWe have coffee truffle, which is a coffee ice cream with a chocolate truffle, and we also have peanut butter. So, both of those are made with oat milk, so they are non-dairy and they are delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Handel'sHandel’s new location on Panama Ln and Old River Rd<\/p>\n

PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Among the flavors highlighted at the shop are mint chocolate chip, taro, cotton candy and the \u201cblue monster,\u201d which Clint Lewis described as a popular pick for kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blue monster, this is a kid favorite, you have to have this because it will turn your mouth blue, only temporarily, but it will turn your mouth blue,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Lewis said the \u201cblue monster\u201d includes two kinds of cookies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have two types of cookies in this: we have Oreo cookies, and then we also have chocolate chip chips of white cookies in it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The new Handel\u2019s location is scheduled to open for its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new ice cream option is opening in southwest Bakersfield, as Handel\u2019s Homemade Ice Cream debuts a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-383992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}