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Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard has stood on Brookside Plaza since 1988, when Joe “Foo” Bremser — between jobs, and turned down when he asked Ted Drewes about a franchise — used a microbiology degree to work out how to make frozen custard himself. His sister Betty Bremser took the shop over in 1996 and ran it for twenty-nine years, employing generations of Brookside teenagers on their first jobs while teaching French at the Kansas City Academy. She handed it on in August 2025 to Megan and Leah, two former employees.

Description

Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard is a frozen custard shop at 6235 Brookside Plaza, and one of the fixed points of Brookside.1 It sells frozen custard rather than ice cream — a denser, eggier product — in concretes and a rotating flavor lineup that changes rather than sitting on a fixed menu.1

Its standing in the neighborhood rests on more than the custard. Under Betty Bremser the shop became a common first job for Brookside-area high schoolers across nearly three decades, and she ran it on a stated principle about that: “I think teenagers have a lot of opinions and ideas, and they deserve to be trusted and heard, and that’s just the way I operate.”2 Bremser ran Foo’s alongside her work as a French teacher at the Kansas City Academy.2

The shop keeps evening-weighted hours — opening at 1pm on Sunday through Thursday and noon on weekends, closing at 9pm and 10pm respectively — which fits what it is: a place people walk to after dinner.1

Goods and services

  • Frozen custard — the shop’s sole product category1
  • Concretes — custard blended with mix-ins, thick enough to invert1
  • Rotating flavors — the flavor lineup changes rather than being fixed1

History

In 1988 Joe Bremser — known as “Foo” — was between jobs. By his sister Betty’s account he told his wife Roseann that he wanted to open a Ted Drewes custard shop, the St. Louis institution. Ted Drewes was not interested in franchising. So Bremser, who held a degree in microbiology, set about working out how to make frozen custard himself, and opened Foo’s that June.3

He ran it for eight years. When he had to relocate with his family, he entrusted the shop to his sister Betty Bremser, who took over as owner in 1996.123

Betty Bremser ran Foo’s for twenty-nine years, and in that time it became one of the city’s best-known frozen-treat destinations.2 In late 2024 or early 2025 two former employees, Megan and Leah, approached her about buying it. Her account of that moment: “(New owners) Megan and Leah approached me, probably in December or January, and I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, this is exactly what I want to happen.’”2 Her last day as owner was 31 August 2025.2 The shop describes the new owners as having close connections to Foo’s and to the Bremser family.1

An earlier reopening in Brookside was covered by Feast Magazine in 2015; the circumstances of that closure and reopening were not established in this pass and are flagged below.4

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard — official “About” page — asserts: the business was established in 1988 by “Foo” Bremser; after an eight-year tenure he relocated and delegated operations to his sister Betty, who managed the shop for 29 years; Leah and Megan have assumed leadership and are described as having close connections to Foo’s and the Bremser family; address 6235 Brookside Plaza, Kansas City, MO 64113; phone 816-523-2520; email hello@fabfoos.com; hours Sunday-Thursday 1pm-9pm and Friday-Saturday noon-10pm; the shop specializes in frozen custard including concretes and rotating flavors. Primary first-party source and current-operation proof. (Fetched 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  2. KCUR — Up To Date, “Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard owner handing off Kansas City shop after 3 decades,” 20 August 2025 — asserts: Betty Bremser has owned and operated Foo’s since 1996, a tenure of nearly three decades; she also works as a French teacher at the Kansas City Academy; the two former employees acquiring the shop are Megan and Leah (surnames not given); Bremser’s last day was 31 August 2025; the sale was initiated when the new owners approached her around December or January; the Brookside location is an iconic Kansas City destination and a common first job for local high schoolers; direct quotations “I think teenagers have a lot of opinions and ideas, and they deserve to be trusted and heard, and that’s just the way I operate.” and “(New owners) Megan and Leah approached me, probably in December or January, and I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, this is exactly what I want to happen.’” Primary independent source for the ownership transfer. (Fetched 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  3. Brookside Business Association — “Faces of BKS: Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard” — asserts: in 1988 Betty Bremser’s brother Joe Bremser was between jobs and told his wife Roseann he wanted to open a Ted Drewes custard shop; Ted Drewes was not interested in any franchise opportunity; Joe, holding a degree in microbiology, worked out how to make his own custard and opened Foo’s that June; after eight successful years he relocated with his family and entrusted the shop to his sister Betty. Sole source for the Ted Drewes origin story and the founder’s given name and background. (Content accessed via search-surfaced summary — see method note.) ↩ ↩2

  4. Feast Magazine — “First Look: Foo’s Fabulous Frozen Custard Reopens in Brookside,” 2015 — asserts: the shop reopened in Brookside in early 2015. The reason for the preceding closure — seasonal, a remodel, or a relocation within Brookside — is not established here. See open item below. ↩

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On the record — ks.city/registry/foos-fabulous-frozen-custard · record updated 2026-08-14