Churned fresh every morning in Bend

Small-batch ice cream, made the slow, honest way.

Real Oregon cream, fruit from the farmers we know by name, and recipes our family has been perfecting on Birch Lane since 2012.

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12 yrsfamily-owned

14+rotating flavors

4.9★1,200+ reviews

Since 2012

A little shop on Birch Lane, one batch at a time

We started with a secondhand churn and a hunch that Bend deserved ice cream made the old-fashioned way. Here's how the years scooped out.

2012

The first churn Day one

Maren & Cole Hartley open a 600-sq-ft storefront on Birch Lane with five flavors and a chalkboard menu. Vanilla Bean sells out by 2 p.m. on opening Saturday.

2015

Farm friendships

We partner with three Central Oregon farms for marionberries, lavender, and raw honey — kicking off our rotating small-batch board that still changes every week.

2018

Best Scoop in Bend Award

Readers of the Bend Bulletin vote Birch Lane "Best Ice Cream" — the first of six years running. We add a sidewalk patio and a lot more napkins.

2021

Oat cream arrives

After a year of testing, our house-made oat base launches so every neighbor gets a scoop. Today a third of our board is dairy-free and you genuinely can't tell.

2024

Pints across Oregon

Our hand-packed pints land in twelve local grocers from Bend to Sisters — still churned in the same shop, still by the same family.

On the board this week

This week's small batches

Our flavor board changes with the season and whatever's ripe at the market. Here's what's churning right now.

Batch No. 214GF

Marionberry Swirl

Tart · Jammy · Bright

Sweet-cream base rippled with marionberry preserves we cook down from Boones Ferry Farm fruit. Our number-one since 2015.

Batch No. 209GF

Brown Butter Honey

Toasty · Caramel · Floral

Slow-browned butter folded with raw wildflower honey from a Tumalo apiary. Tastes like a campfire morning in a cone.

Batch No. 217Vegan

Cascade Mint Chip

Cool · Crisp · Snappy

Real garden mint steeped into our oat cream, shot through with shards of dark chocolate. No green dye, ever.

Batch No. 205GF

Backporch Cold Brew

Bold · Smooth · Roasty

Cold brew from Bend's Backporch Coffee churned into a malted cream with a chocolate-covered espresso bean crunch.

Batch No. 201GF

Honest Vanilla Bean

Warm · Custardy · Pure

Madagascar bourbon vanilla, egg yolks, and nothing else. The recipe that sold out on day one and never left the board.

Batch No. 219Vegan

Lavender Plum

Floral · Stone-fruit · Honeyed

Culinary lavender and roasted Italian plums on our oat base — our most-requested limited batch, back for late summer.

“What's churning today?” Call ahead at (541) 555-0142 — the board can change by the afternoon.

Maren, Cole & June Hartley

Family-owned & proud of it

Three of us, one churn, zero shortcuts

Birch Lane has always been a family affair. Maren writes the recipes, Cole runs the churn before sunrise, and their daughter June names the limited batches (Lavender Plum was hers). We don't have a factory or a corporate flavor lab — just a small shop, good ingredients, and the time it takes to do it right.

“We'd rather sell out by closing than make a flavor we wouldn't hand to our own kid.”

— Maren & Cole Hartley, owners

Made by handEvery batch churned in-house, never outsourced.

Locally sourcedCream, fruit & honey from Central Oregon farms.

Slow by designNo stabilizers, no rush — just real ingredients.

Neighbors & visitors agree

1,200+ reviews, and they all want seconds

★★★★★

“The marionberry swirl ruined every other ice cream for me. We stop at Birch Lane every single time we drive through Bend. Worth the detour.”

DR Dana R. · Portland, OR

★★★★★

“My daughter is dairy-free and cried happy tears over the oat mint chip. A family-run shop that actually treats you like family.”

MK Marcus K. · Bend, OR

★★★★★

“You can taste that nothing here is fake. The brown butter honey is a religious experience. Six years of ‘Best Scoop in Bend' is no accident.”

AL Alyssa L. · Sisters, OR

6×Best Scoop in Bend

4.9★Google & Yelp avg

3Local farm partners

12Years on Birch Lane

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Visit the shop

Pull up a stool on the patio, grab a pint for the cooler, or just come watch the morning churn through the window.

Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday – Thursday12pm – 9pm
Friday12pm – 10pm
Saturday — today11am – 10pm
Sunday11am – 9pm

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Birch Lane Creamery
412 NW Birch Lane
Bend, Oregon 97703
(541) 555-0142

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Walk-ins always welcome. Pints to go, sundaes to stay, and a flavor board that's different every week.

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