One of the first strips to star in Good Food’s Eat Streets series was High Street, Thornbury – where Colombian-style hotdogs coexist alongside old- and new-school Greek spots, and plant-based powerhouses. But a 300-metre stretch on the Thornbury-Preston border is further upping the ante, with five new venues to get excited about. Luther’s Scoops Four years since the birth of Brunswick ice-creamery Luther’s Scoops , “It just keeps getting busier and busier,” says owner Christian Williams, a chef who’s worked at Michelin-starred restaurants like The Fat Duck and The Clove Club in the UK.
To help quell the queues at his poky Blyth Street original, Williams scooped up a second site in Thornbury – with ice-cream in its DNA. It was formerly Kenny Lover, which shut recently, following the closure of Icecream Social, further up High Street. Luther’s has picked up where they left off, with a less eye-poppingly orange fit-out than Kenny Lover, but with the same retro tiles and its couch reupholstered in green.
Williams and his team are serving all the flavours that made Luther’s famous, from butterscotch ripple to Earl Grey-chocolate. But there are also regular specials like pistachio-creme fraiche, and “sneaky collabs” like a sourdough ice-cream they’re making with neighbouring bakery All Are Welcome. Production happens at a commercial kitchen in Reservoir, which churns out 300 litres a day, six days a week.
Beyond ice-cream, the new shop also sells triple-ch.
