How a Napa family turned a leap of faith into the city’s sweetest new hangout

Elsa Cavazos, The Press Democrat

Walk into Theda’s Ice Creamery in Napa and you’ll likely see a familiar face — maybe the neighbor ahead of you in line or the teenager scooping your cone. That sense of connection is exactly what owner Trevor Terrill hoped to create.

Terrill, who has lived in Napa for 20 years, moved from the East Bay with his wife, Chelsea, who grew up here. A longtime ice cream lover but not a chef, he spent more than a decade in wine marketing before deciding he wanted something more creative and more personal.