Carthage’s Growth is Out of Cone-trol

Wishflower Lane Ice Cream & Homemade Goods becomes the newest store to open in downtown Carthage on Friday with desserts, gifts and old-fashioned candies. Owner Klarissa Dimmick has been making and selling crafts for the last 12 years, previously on Etsy and in Twigg & Co.

“When we walked in the floor was already checkered and we thought it looked like an ice cream shop,” she said, “and Carthage didn’t have one.”

After taking in the smell of the shop’s homemade waffle cones, choose between 12 flavors of hard ice cream and nine flavors of soft serve. All soft serve will be lactose free and gluten free, and there will be two sugar-free hard ice cream flavors. 

“We’re excited to meet more people in Carthage,” says Clarissa’s husband, Ian.

• Hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2-7 p.m. Sunday. Find it next to Kitten Around Cat Cafe (whose owners are their neighbors in real life, too) at 26 Courthouse Square, or follow on Facebook for more sweet updates.