Sweet spot Shop creates a buzz with its ice cream of 'endless opportunity'

It has been the talk of South Bristol all summer. The hippies had their Summer of Love in 1967, then there was the “Hot Girl Summer” of 2019, before Charli XCX declared 2024 to be a “Brat Summer”. But for people in Knowle West, Knowle, Victoria Park and Bedminster, 2025 will be the Ice Cream Summer.

- Tristan CORK

And not just any old ice cream, from any old shop. At the start of the summer, the owners of the Nisa-branded convenience store on Glyn Vale created what could be Bristol's, or even Britain’s, first and only ice cream parlour inside a regular supermarket.

The shop opened as a Nisa store last year and quickly gained a reputation as somewhere you could get the kind of snacks, sweets and drinks from all around the world that you couldn't get anywhere else. But a couple of months ago, owner Akash Patel had a lightbulb moment - he was going to create a unique ice cream experience the likes of which Bristol has never seen before.

Since then, the Nisa ice cream parlour has been the buzz around South Bristol. It’s located halfway up the hill between Bedminster and Knowle West, close to Knowle, Totterdown, Windmill Hill and Victoria Park. And they have been coming from all corners to see and experience the ice cream extravaganza that everyone has been talking about.