Happy Faces Ice Cream Truck (From my home off Ninth Street, it seemed I had heard the Ghostbusters theme from this ice cream truck for more than a decade, and I was proved right when I met owner Ferando Sola. He was a happy man with a colorful past who shared a wonderful story about the joys of operating an ice cream truck. What a pleasure that one of my last stories gave me the chance to finally meet him.)
Owner Fernando Sola just celebrated his 10th year bringing his treats to ice cream lovers from Mayport to Jacksonville Beach, a near-daily routine he and his customers have become accustomed to as a part of the Beaches’ lifestyle.
Sola wasn’t looking to become an ice cream man when he happened to meet the previous owner of a truck that was operating in the area prior to 2011. According to Sola, he was a “pizza man” for many years, working as the manager of Al’s Pizza on Atlantic Boulevard.