Chill out: Tyra Banks’ new ice cream shop cools off DC

Tyra Banks opens ice cream pop-up in DC

Hundreds waited in line Friday to get free ice cream — and a glimpse of the owner of new pop-up ice cream shop Smize & Dream.

The first 202 people (D.C.’s area code) in line got a free scoop of ice cream and got to meet Tyra Banks.

Banks has said the pop-up shop is going to run through September 20, offering a taste of the brand to D.C.-area patrons for the coming weeks. Afterward, Banks plans to open a non-profit ice cream learning center in the District aimed at helping underserved youth in the city.

The supermodel, TV personality, and creator of America’s Next Top Model told WTOP why she picked the Woodley Park neighborhood of Washington as the first official location of Smize & Dreams and recommended an ice cream flavor that you should try.

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Tyra Banks opened a pop-up ice cream shop named Tyra Banks’ Smize & Dream Friday. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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Hundreds of people waited in line to get a free scoop of ice cream for the opening of Tyra Banks’ pop up ice cream shop, Smize & Dream (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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Tyra Banks stands inside before an opening of a pop-up ice cream shop named Tyra Banks’ Smize & Dream, where Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to attend, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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There was also a special guest: Vice President Kamala Harris. (AP/Nathan Howard)

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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to attend the opening of a pop-up ice cream shop owned by Tyra Banks, in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to attend the opening of a pop-up ice cream shop owned by Tyra Banks, left, in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Some of the hundreds of people who waited in line to get a free scoop of ice cream for the opening of Tyra Banks’ pop-up ice cream shop, Smize & Dream, got a chance to take a selfie with the celebrity owner herself. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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Hundreds of people waited in line to get a free scoop of ice cream for the opening of Tyra Banks’ pop up ice cream shop, Smize & Dream (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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Several flavors, including Tyra Banks recommended Cap Hill Crunch, are open as Smize Cream workers serve hundreds of visitors to the Washington, D.C. pop up on July 19, 2024 in the Woodley Park neighborhood. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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On July 19, 2024, just outside the Woodley Park Smize Cream pop up shop in Washington, D.C., a woman enjoys one of the signature ice cream cones. (WTOP/Jimmy Alexander)

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Jimmy Alexander

Jimmy Alexander has been a part of the D.C. media scene as a reporter for DC News Now and a long-standing voice on the Jack Diamond Morning Show. Now, Alexander brings those years spent interviewing newsmakers like President Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney and Sean Connery, to the WTOP Newsroom.