Back to Profiles
Purple Door Ice Cream photo

Purple Door Ice Cream

205 S 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

Purple Door is Milwaukee's super-premium ice cream producer. Purple Door produces over 150 unique flavors of super-premium, hand-crafted ice cream using local, fresh and natural ingredients as much as possible.  Purple Door is made and sold in Milwaukee, greater Wisconsin and Chicagoland areas, with both standard and unique flavors of quality ice cream. Purple Door is also committed to supporting local businesses and promoting social and environmental responsibility through the making, marketing and sales of product. 

Purple Door Ice Cream is owned and operated by Lauren and Steve Schultz. Two educators for over 18 years combined, Lauren and Steve have taken their love for creativity, learning and forward thinking from the classroom to the kitchen. Both are passionate about creating a quality, delicious product while supporting the community and respecting the earth.

Fund Milwaukee members provided a loan to Purple Door Ice Cream to purchase new equipment for an expansion and to assist in the opening of a retail location in the Walker’s Point neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI.