Teresa Viveiros did not plan on opening an ice cream shop. She was just hungry.
Late one night during a trip to Boston with her cousins, she walked into The Scoop N Scootery and ordered a sundae. Before the bowl was empty, there was a consensus.
“We gotta bring this to Fort Worth,” Viveiros said to her cousins.
Two years later, Teresa and husband Christian Viveiros brought the Massachusetts-born ice cream chain known for customizable sundaes, late-night delivery and a viral TikTok presence to Fort Worth. The Scoop N Scootery at 3529 Heritage Trace Parkway opened Saturday, marking the brand’s second franchise and first location in Texas.
The chain’s origins trace to Tufts University, where founder Austin Crittenden began delivering ice cream by motorcycle to fellow students. By his senior year, he turned the idea into a business. A food truck followed, then a brick-and-mortar store in Arlington, Massachusetts, and eventually two more locations in the Boston area.
Teresa Viveiros, owner of The Scoop N Scootery Fort Worth, greets customers March 13. Viveiros said she and her husband discovered the sweet treat on a trip to Boston and instantly knew they needed to bring one to Texas. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
The brand remained a New England staple for more than a decade until a TikTok account launched a year and a half ago by Isabella Sidoruk, the company’s chief marketing officer, changed everything.
Videos of sundaes being split in half, or flipped to reveal fillings oozing from hollowed out ice cream scoops, racked up millions of views — the demand from viewers outside of the state was impossible to ignore.
“It’s unique — the fact that we deliver really late and our sizes are pretty crazy,” Sidoruk said. “Our mini is what I would consider probably large at a regular ice cream shop.”
Sidoruk knows the shop’s pull firsthand. A 2025 Tufts graduate, she stumbled into The Scoop N Scootery as a freshman and quickly became a regular.
“In college, I would get the legendary size delivered. And then my friends and I would all eat it throughout the week — after class, after a night out,” she said. “You could also, because of delivery, come home from the bar and it would already be on your doorstep.”
Viveiros said her first experience eating the legendary sundae still stands out.
“We travel a lot. We know what’s been out there, and we always try the newest dessert places,” Viveiros said. “This is by far the best experience.”
The Texas location offers more than 75 signature sundaes and the option to build a custom one with up to five toppings.
The menu centers on two signature techniques: “Cores,” which feature a hollowed out ice scream scoop filled with options such as cake, brownies or cannoli cream — before being topped with another scoop — and “tunnels,” which have sauces such as fudge, peanut butter or frosting inside of the scoop.
Among the most popular items is That Thicc Boi, a chocolate ice cream sundae topped with chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate chips and chocolate buttercream frosting.
Austin Crittenden, founder of The Scoop N Scootery, began the delivery ice cream service in 2014. It now has seven locations nationwide. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
Crittenden, who came up with the treat’s name, said a single “c” simply was not enough.
“That didn’t quite cover it,” he said.
The expansion to North Texas almost resolves a running source of confusion for the brand’s TikTok following. For months the company’s Arlington, Massachusetts, location attracted comments from viewers who thought it was in the Texas city.
“We would always tag Arlington, Massachusetts, and everyone was like, I thought this was Arlington, Texas,” Sidoruk said. “People got so mad.”
The shop will deliver within a 40-minute radius and stay open until midnight most nights. Sunday hours end at 10 p.m.
Viveiros acknowledged that Fort Worth is more suburban than the college-adjacent neighborhoods where the brand built its following. Still, she said she is betting that late-night cravings are universal.
“Everything shuts down early here,” she said. “For us to be the only ones open till midnight who will deliver till midnight, I think it’s going to be amazing.”
Viveiros is already considering location-specific sundaes to add to the menu. She has her eye on a Biscoff flavor and something inspired by the Dubai chocolate trend.
Nicole Williams Quezada is a reporting fellow for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at nicole.williams@fortworthreport.org.
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