May 28, 2026 | 12:26 pm
A fantastically over-the-top ice cream shop has made its Texas debut in Plano: Sloan’s Ice Cream, a Florida-based chain, has opened a location at Village 121, a bustling center at 8315 Preston Rd. #300, where it’s scooping fun flavors in a space drenched in Instagrammable candy-colored hues.
Sloan’s was founded in 1999 in West Palm Beach by ice cream enthusiast and trained chef Sloan Kamenstein, and currently has a dozen locations including eight on Florida’s east coast, plus California, Ohio, and Las Vegas, Nevada. They’ve been featured on TV shows such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The World According to Jeff Goldblum, and also made a USA Today list of Top 10 Ice Cream Parlors in the USA.
Each Sloan’s delivers an immersive experience. Colorful decor was a theme from the get-go, with early locations featuring extras such as hand-painted angels on the ceiling, in an effort to make the stores more of an experience versus a plain old scoop shop. Their shops boast vivid, almost psychedelic interiors and eye-catching chandeliers in hues of pink, magenta, aqua, and neon green…