Crank and Boom ice cream Lounge located in Lexington, KY is owned and operated by Toa Green. Toa was the first person in her family born in the United States. She is the daughter of Thai immigrants, born in Lexington and grew up in Frankfort, helping out in her family's restaurant. After college and some international travel, she returned home to Lexington and opened the family-run Thai Orchid Café with her parents. Seven years in and Thai Orchid Café has become known for its amazing hospitality and creative takes on traditional Thai favorites.

It was that lifetime of cooking and Toa's penchant for experimenting that made her want to replicate the coconut ice cream sold by street vendors in Thailand. She started making batches of ice cream in a two-quart Cuisinart and selling them at the restaurant as a cool dessert option. Once she perfected the coconut ice cream recipe, she moved on to other flavors, finding inspiration in the bounty of the Bluegrass and her experiences traveling and eating around the world.

A year later, she graduated from the two-quart ice cream maker and Crank & Boom was born. For Toa, ice cream has become the perfect medium for her creativity and starting Crank & Boom has allowed her to offer customers the same tradition of friendliness and hospitality with her desserts that Thai Orchid Café serves up with every meal and to her credit Crank and Boom Ice Cream Lounge has received the Young entrepreneur Award at the 2015 Commerce Lexington Inc.