Cruze Farm announces 'Cruze Farm at Asbury' as its permanent home

Just 10 days after closing their temporary ice cream shop on Gay Street, Colleen Cruze Bhatti and Manjet Bhatti have announced a permanent location for their business at 2721 Asbury Road.

The ice cream shop will be located in a Victorian home in East Knoxville that may be better recognized as the Weigel House. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Colleen said her favorite part of the house is the "amazing porch with marble floors that came from Marbledale."

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The Asbury community is special to the Cruze Bhatti family because it's where their great-grandfather started milking cows.

"My dad's family is from the Asbury community," Colleen said. "It kind of broke his heart when his home place was sold for the industrial park. This house is just down the road from where our farm is and it's near his old home place," she said.

The new location will be called Cruze Farm at Asbury. The menu will include the same popular Cruze Farm ice cream as well as a selection of lattes.

"I have dreamed of having an espresso machine forever, so I'm really excited that we are going to offer that for the first time," Colleen said.

They also plan to have family-friendly seasonal events, such as a fall festival where pumpkins will be sold and activities will be held.

The new location is approximately 7 miles from downtown Knoxville, very near the Holston Hills area and just a bridge away from the Seymour community.