Marble Slab Creamery has made its play for Baltimore-area taste buds, opening a new shop in Gambrills that turns dessert into a countertop performance. The brand’s small-batch ice cream, mixed with toppings on a freezing slab right in front of customers, has officially joined the Village at Waugh Chapel lineup, adding another heavyweight to the region’s already competitive ice cream scene.
Where It Opened
The new Marble Slab outpost is located in the Village at Waugh Chapel, a shopping center positioned as a retail hub between Annapolis and Baltimore, according to the Waugh Chapel directory. The center’s tenant list now includes Marble Slab alongside a mix of shops, restaurants, and services that keep the complex busy well past the dinner hour.
What To Expect
Inside, Marble Slab sticks to its signature formula of fresh, small-batch ice cream that staff mix with customer-chosen toppings on a frozen slab, with its menu spotlighting house combinations and the chain’s “Always Free Mix-Ins,” per Marble Slab Creamery. Guests can order scoops, shakes, sundaes and ice cream cakes, along with grab-and-go pints for anyone who prefers to take the show home.
How Marble Slab Fits The Local Scene
Gambrills is not exactly starved for dessert. Build-your-own ice cream fans already know there is a nearby Cold Stone Creamery, so Marble Slab is stepping directly into slab-style competition rather than inventing a new category.
The brand arrives as part of the FAT Brands portfolio, whose parent company filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in January 2026 in a move to restructure its balance sheet, according to a company filing posted via Nasdaq/GlobeNewswire. Despite that process, franchise development is still in motion, and local owners are continuing to add new locations.
Exact hours, soft-opening details, and flavor lineups can differ by store, and Marble Slab’s website lists a store locator and menu for the Gambrills shop. As the Baltimore Business Journal reports, the Gambrills opening marks Marble Slab’s first foothold in the Baltimore market, setting the stage for a cooler kind of turf war in the suburbs.
