scoop shop
n.— «Nobody keeps track of specific flavor sales at ice-cream parlors (“scoop shops” in dairy-industry parlance), but the International Dairy Foods Association tracks supermarket sales, which, according to its communications manager, Miranda Abney, “are pretty applicable for scoop shops.”» —“What’s the #1 flavor?” by Erica Marcus Newsday July 23, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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