Catalpa

06/03/2026

Testing ice cream sandwich methods today. It’s harder than you think to get a cookie that is both moist, delicious and soft enough to be both of those things when frozen. These are a ton of work. Make the cookies, freeze the cookies, and some instances slice the cookies, make the ice cream, put ice cream in molds, freeze it, unmold it, freeze again, assemble cookies and roll in the stuff, freeze again, wrap and label. It’s going to be a long summer! The kinds I’m starting with are:

Chocolate chip, Mexican vanilla ice cream and sprinkles

Strawberry sugar cookie, Mexican vanilla ice cream, strawberry shortcake crumbles

Snickerdoodle cookies, Indonesian cinnamon ice cream and salted caramel crunch

Please do not ask me if they are ready to be purchased because they are definitely not. We’re working as hard as we can to have some stock built-up hopefully by the weekend. The theater also opens this weekend. We will be doing our regular fine dining menu on Friday and Saturday night, lunch on Saturday and Sunday and happen to be feeding Pasta Bolognese, garlic cheese bread and cocktails to 125 ish cast, crew, staff, family and friends of the opening production of Annie. It’s going to be a long week! 🤩

05/31/2026

I have a delicious crab quiche to sell. I am offering it for my cost which is right at $42. It weighs a little over 5 pounds and will give you 8 really substantial slices. Let me know who wants it and we’ll make a time to get it to you! I still have tables for this coming Friday and Saturday night and Saturday and Sunday lunch. Message me for reservations!

05/28/2026

The ice cream shop next-door is not opening this season, so we will be attempting to fill the void. We always have 9 or 10 different flavors of ice cream, frozen custard and sorbet on the menu at any given time for the restaurant, so it makes sense for us to fill the gap for ice cream on the boardwalk. I have been making ice creams and frozen custards in Arrow Rock for 25 years! We only use heavy whipping cream and other natural stuff and I’m excited to share them with a bigger audience! More info in the video about our new set up! ! I have some open tables for Saturday night and we are doing lunch on Saturday as well for the big event in town!

05/26/2026

Our landing page is up for the new app. If you have a restaurant and want to be part of the pilot program, reach out! I’m very excited to see where this takes me!

We are open for dinner this weekend. Message me for reservations! 

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05/24/2026

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05/23/2026

We’re sad our beloved ice cream shop on the boardwalk won’t be open this season — summer in Arrow Rock won’t feel quite the same without them.

Since we already make all of our ice cream and desserts in-house, we decided to set up a little grab-and-go freezer & fridge for the season so visitors still have somewhere to grab a sweet treat downtown. Most of the time, when we are closed, I’m still here. So the plan is to have a little doorbell inside the front door where people can ring me downstairs in the prep room and I’ll run up right away. We also might try having a coffee can – type situation for when I can’t be here. 🥰

We haven’t worked out all the particulars yet, but these are some of the things we’ll be making:

• Homemade ice cream & custard
• Sorbet
• Ice cream sandwiches
• Cake slices
• Quiche slices
• Boozy popsicles & kid-friendly popsicles

Pictured are some of my test flavors of boozy popsicles. I gave a few to some of my friends here in town and got great reviews! See you this summer! ❤️

05/22/2026

Here’s the new dessert menu! We also have two new dinner options this year for guests who want to enjoy a lighter supper:

An appetizer, house salad & yeast rolls - $28

An appetizer, salad, rolls & a dessert - $38

Message me if you would like reservations for tomorrow evening (Saturday) or anytime throughout the season! Also, don’t forget we are doing lunch before all of the matinees at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre.

* Soup will be served in one bowl instead of 2 cups the and the smoked prawn cocktail is +$5

05/20/2026

Looking forward to this weekend with the new menu! I have spots on Saturday night. Message me for reservations!!

05/19/2026

Ultra long video, but I wanted to show you how I trim out this new steak that we’re offering. It’s a really great, albeit lesser known cut and I can offer it for $24 less than the filet mignon on the menu. Watch for more interesting tidbits about this steak! I still have spots for this weekend. Message me for reservations! I’ll be responding to a lot of emails and messages tonight, so don’t think I forgot about you! Have a great evening, my friends!

05/12/2026

For 20 years, the Catalpa team has been hand-zesting and juicing 40 pounds of lemons, 20 pounds of oranges and 20 pounds of limes at a time for the freezer. We use it in so many things, savory and sweet, and it’s been totally worth it. But NOW… look at this sh*%! I am peeling, juicing, throwing it all in a blender and freezing in ice cube trays. SHABANG! 🎆🧨 Don’t forget we are taking reservations for next weekend. I’m really excited about this starting menu!