DAVIS HISTORY
What happened to Leatherby’s in Davis?
Community archives remember Leatherby’s at 650 G Street as the predecessor to Marvelli’s; the site later became Ken’s Bike & Ski.
Davis community archives place Leatherby’s in the G Street Shopping Center at 650 G Street, where it was followed by another Sacramento-area ice cream parlor, Marvelli’s. The same community record says an earlier Vic’s ice cream business occupied the spot and that Ken’s Bike & Ski later moved into the location. Exact opening and closing dates for the Davis Leatherby’s have not yet been confirmed from a primary source, so DavisToday treats the sequence as community-documented history rather than a fully verified timeline.
Early 1980sCommunity recollections place Vic’s ice cream at the G Street location.
LaterLeatherby’s operates at 650 G Street.
After Leatherby’sMarvelli’s occupies the ice-cream-parlor space.
LaterKen’s Bike & Ski occupies the location; the old mural is remembered as surviving there.
Period1980s–1990s
EvidenceCommunity-documented
Last checked2026-08-18
SourceDavis LocalWiki — Marvelli's