I went looking for a parking spot in a brick-paved Nebraska warehouse district and ended up in line for ice cream instead. The shop had a few steps out front, a painted alley beside it, and a smell of hot waffle cones drifting through the door before I even reached the counter.
Inside, the flavor board had things on it I had never seen in a freezer case anywhere, and half of them would be gone by next week. That kind of place sticks with you a lot longer than a pint from the grocery store.
A Scoop Shop in the Heart of the Haymarket
Brick warehouses, freight-era loading docks, and narrow painted alleys make up Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket, and at 701 P Street sits a small ice cream counter that has become one of the district’s steadiest fixtures. Ivanna Cone occupies Suite 101, a corner spot reachable on foot from most downtown hotels.
The Haymarket itself was once Lincoln’s produce and freight hub in Lancaster County, and the buildings still show it. Thick masonry, tall windows, and doorways set a few steps above the sidewalk give the whole block its texture…