Since 1989, Scoop DeVille has made its home at 1734 Chestnut St., watching dozens of businesses come and go on the block. But come tomorrow, Scoop DeVille will fade away into ephemera like so many other businesses before it, according to Michael Klein.

Scoop DeVille

Klein writes that the owners of the business are being squeezed out of this space by rising rents, and will be opening a combo breakfast-lunch-ice cream shop called Sophie’s Place in Wayne. As for Center City fans of the establishment, a new Scoop DeVille, under different ownership, is apparently coming to 1315 Walnut St., most recently home to Tutti Frutti and a space that we’ve written about in the past. In the space next door, Potito’s Bakery opened a downtown location since we last visited this corner.

The two spaces

Future Scoop DeVille

As for the soon-to-be-shuttered space, the next tenant is apparently still up in the air. According to Foobooz, Sweetgreen could be the taker for the space. If you’ve ever visited their West Philly location, you already know how great that would be. Alternately, the recently displaced Kiehl’s could be taking over the space. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. In the meantime, we know where we’re getting dessert tonight, just for old time’s sake.