{"id":204668,"date":"2026-03-14T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204668\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:26:13","slug":"doctors-roll-out-new-tech-enabled-ice-cream-truck-in-stone-oak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204668\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors roll out new tech-enabled ice cream truck in Stone Oak\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alsies Ice Cream Truck<\/a> pulled into Remington Heights recently and parked on a tree-shaded street, a loop of jingles trailing from vehicle speakers and wafting through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The sound reached 11-year-old Cooper Aramburu, one block away. A 6th grader at Lopez Middle School, the boy raced to the truck and ordered two popsicles: a SpongeBob and Sonic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was playing in the backyard and said, \u2018Dad, there\u2019s an ice cream truck,\u2019\u201d Aramburu explained. \u201cHe gave me some money and I ran over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alsies Ice Cream Truck, San Antonio\u2019s newest business on wheels, rolls through four ZIP codes in Stone Oak, Timberwood Park and Encino Park. The truck stirs a nostalgic vibe, sells classic ice cream sandwiches and gourmet treats and uses modern technology.<\/p>\n

Customers can track the truck on a mobile app, receive alerts when it\u2019s within two miles of their neighborhood and request stops at their home.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alsie\u2019s Ice Cream truck franchisee Richie Miranda demonstrates how the Alsies app works to track and request a visit from the truck. Credit: Amber Esparza \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have ice cream you cannot get anywhere else but through us,\u201d said Richie Miranda, who operates the business with his wife, Manelys Acosta. \u201cWe sell Nightingale sandwiches<\/a>, premium, high-end ice cream sandwiches. We sell classic characters and the pushups that kids used to love. We also have paletas, which are all organic, and we have gluten-free options.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda and Acosta live in Stone Oak. They are full-time doctors who wanted to launch a part-time business. Last year, the couple discovered Alsies<\/a>, a reimagined ice cream truck operation founded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The concept and slogan \u2014 \u201cHappiness at your door\u201d \u2014 sparked memories. Miranda and Acosta grew up poor in Puerto Rico. They remembered ice cream trucks and the infrequent times they cobbled together enough money to buy a treat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a little girl and able to get ice cream, it was the best day of my life,\u201d Acosta said. \u201cMy sister and I would chase the ice cream truck and we would scream out loud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Alsies truck franchisee Richie Miranda helps Joy Noelle Rodriguez decide between the Choco Hazelnut and Not Fried Chicken ice cream options during a stop in Stone Oak on Thursday. Credit: Amber Esparza \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n

Acosta and Miranda met in medical school in the Dominican Republic. They came to San Antonio in 2016 to practice medicine and recognized a void: no ice cream trucks in their neighborhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the East Coast, a former Goldman Sachs analyst, Travis Kososki, founded a start-up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking letters from the names of his three children \u2014 Alexander, Landon and Sienna \u2014 Kososki named the business Alsies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife is actually the one who came up with the ice cream truck idea,\u201d Kososki said. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those experiences almost everyone remembers from childhood \u2014 hearing the music, running outside and seeing neighbors gather in the street. It\u2019s a simple tradition, but it creates a moment where people come together. Unfortunately, over time that experience had faded in many places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alsies rolled out its first truck in 2020. Miranda and Acosta became franchise owners five years later and ran their first route earlier this month on March 2. An official grand opening will be held Saturday, March 14 from 1-3 p.m. at Mitchell\u2019s Landing, a playground at Classen-Steubing Ranch Park on Hardy Oak Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alsies ice cream truck driver Lauren Henry waits for customers during a stop in a Stone Oak neighborhood on Thursday. Credit: Amber Esparza \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n

Acosta practices at VA South Texas Health Care<\/a> while Miranda serves through the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston. As doctors and parents of two young children, the start-up consumes much of their free time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe literally work on the business aspect after putting the kids to sleep at night and some time during the weekends,\u201d Acosta said. \u201cThe most important aspect in our lives is praying and asking the Lord for his directions. Thank God we have three employees and they have been trained. They are the ones doing the routes and events now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lauren Henry drove the Alsies truck through non-gated communities this past week and found excited customers, enjoying warm weather. On one route, \u201cWe stopped for 10 or 15 kids who were on Spring Break,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The truck runs in the afternoon from Tuesday through Sunday. Miranda times routes to begin when children leave school.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In two weeks, he\u2019ll invite area schools to participate in a competition. The school with the most students following Alsies on social media will receive an ice cream truck visit.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cooper Aramburu, 11, purchases two ice creams, one for him and one for his sister, during an Alsies stop on Thursday. Credit: Amber Esparza \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the students from that school will get free ice cream,\u201d Miranda said.<\/p>\n

Initially, Miranda and Acosta considered opening a medical-related business. Studies they said, however, showed the medical market was saturated. An adviser told them about Alsies. An on-demand ice cream truck held appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want us to come by? Click \u2018yes\u2019 and we can serve you,\u201d Acosta said. \u201cThat\u2019s what caught our attention when we were searching for different businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alsies has another truck that operates in Schertz under different owners. While Alsies Stone Oak covers non-gated communities on the far North Side, it delivers to other parts of the city.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to bring that happiness and experience to kids in our neighborhoods,\u201d Acosta said.\u00a0 \u201cAnd so far it\u2019s been so gratifying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alsies Ice Cream Truck pulled into Remington Heights recently and parked on a tree-shaded street, a loop of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80594,80595,80596,6717,80597,80598,80599,82,84,80600,83,9614,46262,92,3028,80601,94],"class_list":["post-204668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alsies-ice-cream-truck","tag-classen-steubing-ranch-park","tag-encino-park","tag-fort-sam-houston","tag-ice-cream-trucks","tag-manelys-acosta","tag-richie-miranda","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-ice-cream","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-stone-oak","tag-timberwood-park","tag-top-story","tag-typedaily","tag-va-south-texas-health-care","tag-wc-750-1000"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}