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Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House is a hand-crafted ice cream and specialty coffee shop at 307 SE Douglas St in downtown Lee’s Summit, operated by owner Teresa Poppinga since 1997 — originally as Doc’s in Raytown before relocating to the current Lee’s Summit address roughly a decade later.12

Description

Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House is an artisan creamery and coffee shop occupying a storefront in the historic Strother District of downtown Lee’s Summit. The shop makes all ice creams, sorbets, and custards in-house, producing inventive flavors such as Mexican chocolate, cinnamon whiskey, cassis lime sorbet, and turmeric-based vegan golden milk.2 Its menu spans scoops, shakes, sundaes, concretes, sorbet fizz drinks, and floats, alongside locally roasted coffee sourced from Broadway Café.34

The business traces its roots to 1997, when owner Teresa Poppinga launched it under the name Doc’s in Raytown, MO. A decade later — around 2007 — the shop relocated to its current downtown Lee’s Summit address and rebranded as Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House.3 At 29 years of continuous KC-area operation, Poppy’s is one of the longer-tenured independent creameries in eastern Jackson County.

Poppy’s is consistently rated among the top dessert destinations in Lee’s Summit, holding the #1 ranking among dessert spots on Tripadvisor for the city.5 It appears in the Strother District’s official directory and the Downtown Lee’s Summit merchants guide, reflecting its role as a downtown anchor.67

Ownership and history

Ownership

PeriodOwner / OperatorNotes
1997 → presentTeresa PoppingaFounder; opened as “Doc’s” in Raytown; rebranded and relocated to Lee’s Summit ~2007.3

History

Teresa Poppinga started the business in 1997 under the name Doc’s in Raytown, MO — then a small, local operation with a homemade focus. After roughly ten years, she relocated the shop to downtown Lee’s Summit, rebranding as Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House.3 The move to the Strother District gave the operation a more prominent downtown footprint. The business has operated continuously under her ownership for approximately 29 years across both locations.

Last verified: 2026-08-13 · Source: official-site menu section (Wix; /menu, /signature, /sundaes, /concretes, /shakes, /floats, /flavors, /coffeemenu) · URL: https://www.poppysicecream.com/menu · Confidence: Medium

Status: partial. Poppy’s has built out a full menu structure on its own site — a menu landing page with Signature, Sundaes, Concretes, Shakes and Floats tabs, plus separate Flavors and Coffee pages — but every one of those dynamic item lists is unpopulated, each rendering the Wix placeholder “There are no items to show here yet.” The site’s two “ORDER ONLINE” buttons link back to the home page rather than to any ordering platform, and there is no Toast, Square or comparable first-party storefront.8 Only the static text blocks on the Shakes and Concretes pages carry real content; those are transcribed in full below. Because the flavor roster rotates — “our ice cream and sorbets are made in micro-batches, that means our flavors are changing all the time” — the flavor page may be intentionally left empty.1

Shakes

  • Shake, medium ($5.50)
  • Shake, large ($6.00)
  • Make it a malt (add $0.50)

Shake flavors: chocolate · strawberry · vanilla · cherry · banana · peanut butter.8

Concrete toppings

Published as a list, without prices: almonds · Butterfinger · butterscotch · caramel · cherry · chocolate syrup · coconut · cone dip · cookie dough · graham crumbs · gummy worms · Heath bar · hot fudge · M&M’s · marshmallows · Oreos · peanuts · peanut butter · peanut butter cups · pecans · pineapple · Snickers · sprinkles · strawberry.8

Ice cream and sorbet

Made in-house in micro-batches, so the roster rotates and no fixed list is published.1 Flavors documented in press coverage rather than on the site: Mexican chocolate, cinnamon whiskey, cassis lime sorbet (vegan), turmeric golden milk (vegan).2 Formats offered: scoops, shakes, sundaes, concretes, floats, and sorbet fizz drinks.3

Coffee and confections

  • Coffee — Broadway Café beans, a Kansas City roaster; the shop’s dedicated coffee menu page is unpopulated.38
  • Sweets — “Don’t let our name deceive you, there’s far more than coffee and ice cream in our shop. We’re also stocked with tasty treats from cookies to chocolates.”3

Wholesale

Poppy’s ice cream and sorbet are also served at other Kansas City-area restaurants, hotels and country clubs. The shop names Aixois, Grand Street, Wally’s and Roots as current accounts, “and more,” and runs a wholesale contact form for prospective accounts.3

All ice creams, sorbets, and custards made in-house. Owner Teresa Poppinga, since 1997.

Full menu: poppysicecream.com

Sources

Disputes

None at this time.

Footnotes

  1. Poppy’s Ice Cream — Home page — Asserts: 307 SE Douglas St, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063; active seasonal hours (June 2026); hand-crafted artisan ice cream and sorbets since 1997; Broadway Café coffee. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Kansas City Homes & Style — “I Scream, You Scream.” — Asserts: owner Teresa Poppinga; flavors including Mexican chocolate, cinnamon whiskey, cassis lime sorbet, vegan golden milk. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Poppy’s Ice Cream — About page — Asserts: originally known as Doc’s; began in Raytown; relocated to downtown Lee’s Summit approximately a decade later; founded 1997. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  4. Yelp — Poppy’s Ice Cream & Coffee House — Asserts: 307 SE Douglas St; active listing updated February 2026; current hours. ↩

  5. Tripadvisor — Poppy’s Ice Cream and Coffee House — Asserts: ranked #1 of 9 dessert spots in Lee’s Summit; 4.2 rating. ↩

  6. The Strother District — Directory listing — Asserts: listed as active Strother District merchant. ↩

  7. Downtown Lee’s Summit — Directory listing — Asserts: active downtown merchant directory entry. ↩

  8. Poppy’s Ice Cream — official menu section; /signature; /sundaes; /concretes; /shakes; /floats; /flavors; /coffeemenu — accessed 2026-08-13. Asserts: menu tab structure (Signature, Sundaes, Concretes, Shakes, Floats) with every dynamic item list unpopulated (“There are no items to show here yet”); static shake pricing (medium $5.50, large $6.00, make it a malt +$0.50) and shake flavors; full concrete toppings list; site footer address 307 SE Douglas St, Lee’s Summit MO 64063, phone 816.246.4141, email info@poppysicecream.com; site credit “CREATED BY TP 2020.” No hours published anywhere on the site; the “ORDER ONLINE” buttons link back to the home page and no ordering platform exists. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

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