Kiran Schwaderer

Local ice cream shop Sweet Lincoln at 232 Fifth Ave. announced on Instagram it will be closing down on Nov. 17.

“There’s a long list of reasons that we decided to close up shop,” Clayton Bushong, co-owner with Mark Kindig, said in an interview. “The reality is that we couldn’t continue doing it. We are moving on because the space didn’t work for us, and costs of goods have come to the point that it was no longer sustainable.” 

Sweet Lincoln originally opened in September 2022, at the time serving as Pelham’s sole ice cream shop following the closure of Double Rainbow in 2021.

“There is a lot of different reasons that it didn’t work for us,” said Kindig. “I think retail is a tricky business. You need certain things out of it. I did not think its closing would come as soon as it did, though. I’m definitely going to miss it.”

“It was very cool to see kids hanging out in the booths and eating ice cream,” he said.

“We loved getting to know our employees, the high schoolers, who were all fantastic,” said Bushong. “The support from all the customers was amazing, and we will definitely miss that.”

All customers prior to the closing can order any size of ice cream for $5.