About Us

Who we are...
Located one half block off  Woodland Street in the heart of East Nashville's Five Points District, Pied Piper Creamery is a wonderful stop for kids of all ages.  While the original house-made flavors and "punny" names get people talking, it's the friendliness of the staff that keeps folks coming back.   Be careful, we're likely to make you family!  Come by for some Trailer Trash and sit on the big front porch for people-watching, or bring the family for board games.

Our humble beginnings:

In 1995, owner Jenny Piper took a part time job scooping at a certain ice cream chain where she realized that ice cream really is good for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  After college graduation, Jenny went on to a lucrative career in youth ministry, where she honed her people skills by hanging out with seventh graders.  In 1998, Jenny moved to East Nashville and commenced to whining that there was no ice cream shop in her otherwise perfect neighborhood.  After eight productive years of moaning and crying, Jenny decided she might as well do it herself, and plans were made to open a neighborhood scoop shop.  After attending Frozen Dessert University in Winston Salem, North Carolina in September 2006, Jenny armed herself with a couple of ice cream makers and spent the winter developing recipes and readying the store.

Twenty four amazing flavors and fifteen gallons of paint later, Pied Piper Creamery was ready for a soft opening.  On February 23, 2007, the doors opened to an eager and ever supportive neighborhood.  More than 300 people visited the very first day, and we figured out the only thing missing was a mascot.  Nine months later, Glancy Piper was born, and the Pipers never looked back.

As a matter of fact, in late 2008 the Pied Piper mini-empire added Pied Piper Eatery, owned by sister Becky Piper. Located at the corner of Riverside Drive and Porter Road, this family-friendly diner offers great American fare to East Nashville and beyond!

In 2010, the Pipers opened a second Pied Piper Creamery in Berry Hill. Jenny will tell you that her recently retired dad just needed something to do, but the real reason is that we love our customers, and we just wanted to meet more.

At this writing, Pied Piper Creamery has produced more than 225 flavors, sold more than 20,000 gallons of ice cream, had visitors from more than 22 countries (that we know of), and made about a million friends.  We have appeared in the Nashville Scene, the Tennessean, the City Paper, the Chicago Tribune, Her Nashville, Nashville Lifestyles, and on many many food blogs and websites. We were recently voted Best Ice Cream in Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville Reader's Poll and were featured in the August 2009 issue of Food and Wine magazine.