Handel’s ice cream now serving up scoops in the Bay Area

The first Bay Area location of Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream, a nearly 80-year-old national ice cream brand, has just opened in Walnut Creek.

Handel’s began as a neighborhood scoop shop started by Alice Handel in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1945. It now operates franchise locations in 14 states, including a number in southern California and the Sacramento area.

Known for its fresh-daily ice cream batches, the ice cream parlor serves up its spectrum of flavors in cones, dishes, pints, quarts...