Instagram-friendly ice cream sensation snares a hot Houston location

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Another Dallas-based restaurant has set its sights on Houston's most prestigious dining neighborhood. Chills360 will join Velvet Taco and the East Hampton Sandwich Company in a new shopping center at 903 Westheimer, director of business development Usman Babar tells CultureMap.

Established in 2016, Chills360 serves the Thai-style rolled ice cream that became a sensation in Houston when it arrived in Chinatown last year. The trend has expanded to the suburbs, but it hasn't made its way inside the loop - until now.

Chills360's recipes have been developed by pastry chef and co-owner Javeria Babar, who previously worked for Sheraton in New York. The ice cream shop has been a sensation in the Dallas area, where it's already grown to three locations. As at other, similar concepts like Houston's Class 502, Chills uses a super-cooled metal plate that freezes the liquid ice cream while customers watch. It's then scraped off the plate into rolls and adorned with toppings.

Read more about this cool ice cream news on Houston CultureMap.

Unique places to get ice cream in Houston


Creamistry mixes ice cream and science with delicious results


What is 'ribbon ice'? Inside the hot new craze


Report a typo to the ABC13 staff