Handel's Homemade Ice Cream scheduled its Las Posas Road shop in Camarillo to open Thursday, Nov. 12.
The parlor was scheduled to open Nov. 12, according to a company announcement. QSR Magazine called the Camarillo parlor its 200th location.
Planned Opening-Day Giveaways
The company promised a Handel's hat and a Free Cone card to the first 100 guests in line.
An evening prize wheel was on the schedule too, with a chance to win ice cream, cones, shakes, pints or merchandise.
Forty-Eight Flavors, Two Clocks
The shop is at 2390 Las Posas Road, Suite H. Handel's described it as 2,400 square feet, with 48 rotating flavors made fresh in-store daily. The case is built to change. Opening-day flavors are not a standing menu.
The hours don't line up. The pre-opening announcement said the parlor would run daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Handel's Camarillo page lists noon to 10 p.m. every day, so a morning visit depends on which schedule the counter is using.
Seventy Parlors, and 75 Signatures
After the Camarillo opening, Handel's said it had 70 parlors in California. The chain called this shop location number 200, which would put the other 130 outside the state. QSR carried both figures.
Those signatures are not openings. From January through November 2026, Handel's said it signed agreements for 75 new units, a record for the brand. Camarillo was the one scheduled to open on Nov. 12.
Handel's also said it is in an 11th consecutive year of systemwide same-store sales growth. That streak tracks shops already in the comparison set. A new shop must enter the comparison set before it contributes.
Santa Clarita Owners, Simi Valley Next
Scott and Vanessa Sonnenberg own and operate the Camarillo store. They already own two Handel's shops in Santa Clarita.
QSR reported that the Sonnenbergs have another location planned for Simi Valley in 2027. Two shops already open, Camarillo scheduled for Thursday, and a fourth still on next year's plan.
