J.P. Licks is an ice cream store chain with 17 locations around Massachusetts. J.P. Licks pays homage to its hometown and first location, Jamaica Plain, a Boston neighborhood colloquially referred to as "J.P.” Owner and founder Vincent Petryk, owner and founder of J.P. Licks, is originally from Philadelphia. After graduating from Temple University with a degree in psychology, he worked as a dishwasher at Hillary's Homemade Ice Cream, a Philadelphia ice cream store. Although he expected the job to be short term, he ended up becoming a scooper, then an ice cream maker, and then the manager and the head ice cream maker for Hillary's. He stated, "While at Hillary’s, I witnessed daily the power and magic of ice cream. I realized that ice cream connects you to some of the fondest memories of your childhood." Petryk then got married and moved to Jamaica Plain (or JP as it is known locally), which he would later call his "true hometown". For three years, he worked at Wendy’s fast-food hamburger chain as a manager learning professional restaurant operations, which he felt was necessary to know before starting his own business. At age 26, in 1981, he opened J.P. Licks a few blocks from his home in Jamaica Plain (hence, the name) with business partner Michael Herbert. They each invested $25,000 to start the store, but Herbert only remained part of the company for a couple of years before Petryk bought him out. J.P. Licks quickly out grew that location (where ice cream was made in the window so customers could watch the process- and moved to a larger location in JP, where Purple Cactus currently resides. In 1999, the company moved to an old fire station just across the street, and that's where the company headquarters has been ever since. The first store outside of Jamaica Plain to open was in Inman Square, Cambridge. That store no longer exists but the second non-Jamaica Plain location to open, the Coolidge Corner, Brookline location, has been a neighborhood staple since 1988. The 17th store opened in 2019 in Andover, MA. Flavors J.P. Licks uses many ingredients that can be found in a typical home kitchen and incorporates them in innovative ways to create exciting flavors. In total, J.P. Licks has over 300 recipes including lactose-free ice cream, sorbet, sherbet, low-fat yogurt and non-fat soft yogurt. J.P. Licks is known for its ambitious featured