Darlish ice cream to move into Jubilee Square’s Pavilion
Ice cream firm Darlish is to become the latest tenant of the prestigious Jubilee Square development in St Albans.
The company will move into the Pavilion, just off Victoria Street, before Easter having agreed a lease with owners St Albans City and District Council.
Darlish owner Laura Dawson says they will offer customers cafe-style produce such as hot drinks and cakes as well as ice creams.
She inspected the premises, beside landscaped grounds by one of Jubilee Square’s two high-rise buildings, with the Council’s Leader Councillor Paul de Kort. She said:
I am thrilled to have secured a lease on the Pavilion which is in an excellent spot in the very heart of the City Centre
Our brand is well known to local people as we have had ice cream parlours in a couple of other locations in St Albans and this will now be our permanent home.
We are a company with deep roots in St Albans and I can’t wait to get this new parlour up and running.
Jubilee Square is a Council development which has regenerated a formerly run-down part of the City Centre.
It comprises 93 new flats, including 33 social rent properties, and 5,000 square metres of commercial space.
Some 94% of the office space has either been leased or is under offer with confirmed tenants including Co-Space and a global bank.
Councillor de Kort said:
I am delighted the Pavilion has been leased to an ambitious local firm. It shows our commitment to supporting local businesses and helping them grow and thrive.
I am sure Laura will make a success of it and we look forward as a Council to working with her.
Jubilee Square was an ambitious project that is really making a positive impact on our community and we can be proud of it. It is providing homes, office space and jobs, not to mention some delicious ice cream.
Laura, a District resident, founded Darlish ten years ago and started out selling her produce at St Albans Sunday Market from a cart
This summer, she will be running six outlets including a pop-up from early July through to September in Harpenden and three in central London at Spitalfields, Bloomsbury and Notting Hill.
Laura’s flavours and ingredients were inspired by her Persian heritage with her father hailing from Iran.
Darlish describes itself as “the home of the baklava ice cream sandwich” while its signature scoop contains a blend of the Middle Eastern flavours of saffron, rose and pistachio.
Photos: Cllr Paul de Kort, the Council Leader, with Darlish owner Laura Dawson , holding Darlish ice cream tubs at Jubilee Square’s Pavilion.
Contact for the media: John McJannet, Principal Communications Officer: 01727-819533; john.mcjannet@stalbans.gov.uk.