VICTOR. NY – Two questions for Mike Vistocco got this homemade ice cream maker and purveyor to thinking.
First, what are you going to do in the wintertime when it’s not so easy to operate the trailer and cart from which you sell all kinds of unique flavors of your hard ice cream; go to Florida?
And two, as Vistocco recalls another commonly asked question of late, who in their right mind would open a homemade ice cream place in the middle of winter?
Vistocco, who started up the mobile Molly V’s Homemade Ice Cream in 2022 after retiring as business administrator for the Victor Central School District, would, that’s who.
To question one, Florida was out; so, Victor is in, specifically a small brick-and-mortar storefront at 31 W. Main St. in the village.
“I said, ‘Why not?’” Vistocco said. “Those are the two reasons: People asked for it and I needed something to do. Here I am.”
Molly V’s finds a home in Victor village
The Molly V’s storefront — the business is named after the family’s late beloved goldendoodle — is cozy, but bright and immaculate. The front counter is a work of ice cream art, as it’s made to resemble a waffle cone.