Papa’s Groovy Ice Cream

10/02/2026

Papa’s at home, enjoying his treehouse tiki bar.

10/01/2026

Papa’s Groovy Ice Cream has made a triumphant return to Air Treatment Corporation serving guests and employees at their annual Open House. Repeat business is the BEST business (although Papa really digs new business, too!) Always a nice event with great food and Papa serving delicious frozen treats from the grooviest ice cream truck in Southern California. That’s a fact, you can look it up under Groovy Ice Cream Catering Trucks. 😜

10/01/2026

Papa Groovy reupholstered the Groovymobile with the help of Mrs. Groovy. It turned out…pretty groovy!!

09/29/2026

Papa has returned for the fourth year to the Circulate San Diego event in the plaza outside of the Civic Theater!

This is a wonderful opportunity for residents and visitors to learn more about this organization who partners with local governments, school districts, private planning firms, and other nonprofits to create planning and community engagement programs. Groovy, right?!?!

C’mon over and learn more about how these good folks who help make America’s Finest City…even finer!! And enjoy a complimentary frozen treat while you’re here!

09/26/2026

Papa’s at the Golden Ridge Townhome Open House in San Diego. If there’s a better location to live and enjoy all that America’s Finest City has to offer, Papa’s not sure where you’ll find it!

Come on over today til 3:30 pm for a tour and a complimentary frozen treat!

1001 32nd Street, San Diego, CA 92113

Contact https://citymark.com/marla-hovland/

09/26/2026

The weather is cooling! Don’t you think it’s high time to book your ice cream catering with Papa! www.papasgroovyicecream.com

09/18/2026

09/11/2026

Papa’s at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, handing out frozen treats at the 18th tee for a fundraising event! It’s an ideal day for an ice cream or popsicle! In fact, two treats would be twice as good!!

09/11/2026

If time permits, Papa will take the scenic route to an event, like he did on this beautiful autumn afternoon, headed past Dudley’s Bakery on his way to Ramona.

09/06/2026

We had quite a day getting to our event at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club on Saturday. The frame on the trailer for the ice cream truck broke on the transition from the westbound 56 Freeway to the loooooong on-ramp to the I-5 and I-805 split. The ice cream truck somehow miraculously stayed put on the dragging trailer til I could maneuver over to the shoulder. Anyone familiar with that area knows what a harrowing experience that was, especially on the start of Labor Day weekend in San Diego. I was able to unload the ice cream truck from the trailer (that’s a whole other nightmare I hope to NEVER experience again), leave the Tacoma and broken trailer on the shoulder, and Julia and I drove that little ice cream truck as fast as it could muster (56 mph) 5 miles on the 805 to the 52 west, down into La Jolla, and finally to our event. The event was perfect (other than being 15 minutes late) and getting ourselves home is a story for another time, but it was nightmare numero two.

There are angels amongst us, that’s one thing I know for sure. This could’ve ended in a very, very bad way. We’re happy it didn’t.