3 New Businesses Coming To State Street In Newtown

There is a lot happening on State Street in Newtown Borough. At least three new businesses, including a rolled ice cream shop, a salt cave, and a new owner at the Black Horse Tavern, will be coming soon.

Here are the details:

Sworl Handcrafted Rolled Ice Cream

A rolled ice cream shop will be opening this summer off State Street, in the white stand-alone building across from Isaac Newton's. It will be called Sworl Handcrafted Rolled Ice Cream.

"We start by using a homemade vanilla base recipe using the freshest ingredients from local farms. By pouring the vanilla base onto a cold plate, the ice cream base solidifies into the texture of ice cream, during that process is when the magic happens! While the vanilla base slowly chills into ice cream, we mix and mash your favorite cookies, fruits and sweets into the ice cream to give it the best and most direct flavors," a post in the Newtown Patch calendar said.

Rolled ice cream is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States, but is popular in Thailand. In a January 2018 report, CBS News did a feature on it, calling it "the hot new dessert."

Click here for more details on Sworl.

The Salt Cave

The Salt Cave, with a location in Doylestown, will be opening in Newtown soon. The Salt Cave will be located on State Street, across the street from The Temperance House. It is expected to open in September, business representatives tell Patch.

The therapeutic salt cave uses pink Himalayan salt to offer relief for numerous conditions, including asthma, allergies, depression, common colds, cystic fibrosis, acne, arthritis, and more, according to its website. It is known as Halotherapy.

Click here for more details on The Salt Cave

Thyme Bar and Grill

The Black Horse Tavern on State Street in Newtown will be under new ownership soon. Thyme Bar and Grill is taking over. The tavern confirmed the business would be under new ownership, announcing they will be closed Mondays through the summer as the transition is made. "Look for New ownership of "Thyme" coming soon w/ great dinner and lunch menus...," Black Horse Tavern said via Facebook on Monday.

Click here for more information on Thyme Bar and Grill

Images by Kara Seymour