A CHILDHOOD DREAM REALIZED.
I guess it all started when the four of us — three Chillura brothers and a Chillura sister — laid out plans to open a much-needed scoop shop where the whole neighborhood could gather to enjoy the best ice cream in the world in our hometown of Tampa. It was a childhood dream until about 12 years later, when our brother Max ran off to Bologna, Italy to learn the art and science of ice cream making. Upon his return, we transformed a historic Ybor City building into our first scoop shop, complete with a full-scale ice cream and pastry kitchen. From there we began making and serving a truly all-natural, American-style ice cream made from absolute scratch, with passion, care, and the best ingredients we could get our hands on.
When it's all said and done Chill Bros is about having a good time. It’s a spot for however you want to chill, any day or night of the week. You can expect a warm welcome, a comfortable seat, a fresh playlist, the smell of homemade waffle cones, and an ever-changing line up of the best artisanal ice cream you can find. So, swing on by, grab an Ice Cream and Chill.
WHY ARE WE "CHILL BROS."?
Aside from being Super Chill and catching the occasional West Coast swell…It’s really an abbreviation of our family name, The Chillura Brothers.
ALL-NATURAL ICE CREAM WITH AN OLD SOUL
We make our own traditional, all-natural custard base with 5 simple ingredients: Florida milk and cream, egg yolks, pure cane sugar and a dash of salt. It’s what gives Chill Bros ice cream its rich flavor, clean mouthfeel and velvety smooth texture. Better yet, you won’t find any unnatural stabilizers, emulsifiers, gums, starches, coloring, corn syrups or sweeteners...Not here bro!
SOURCING THE FINEST INGREDIENTS
We are constantly searching both locally and the world over, to bring the very best ingredients and flavors into our ice cream and desserts. Our pistachio ice cream is made with pistachios from the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily, our bourbon vanilla beans come in from Madagascar. And a little closer to home, we use Polk County orange blossom honey, Buddy Brew coffee, and fresh zested Florida oranges, to name a few. We don’t do this to be fancy...they really are the best.
HANDMADE MIX-INS AND TOPPINGS
We make our own
...mix-ins, toppings, baked goods, candies, sauces, waffle cones and infusions. Our head pastry chef Amy Guterba and master gelatiere, Maximilian Chillura, craft every original recipe from the ground up to ensure every sauce, caramel, brownie chunk or honeycomb crisp has that perfect flavor and consistency in your scoop of ice cream. If it’s in our ice cream, odds are we made it in our SoHo Kitchen
ICE CREAM IS LOCAL BRO
As 4th Generation Tampanians, our ever-changing line up of ice cream showcases the flavors of our Tampa upbringing and incorporates the work of the best food artisans that our community has to offer, guys and gals that have the same passion for their trade as we do.
WE LOVE OUR TEAM & COMMUNITY!
