A former server at Coalfire pizzeria, Bastyr had what she called her “aha moment” in summer 2016. While at Miko’s, makers of some of the finest ice in the city, “I was eating Italian ice and thought that I could totally make this into a business,” she said. Bastyr asked the owners for advice, which they generously shared. She discovered that they used real fruit rather than artificially colored and flavored syrups often found at other shops, so she could make a healthier, allergy-friendly treat for her now 10-year-old twins.