Photo from Pleasant Pops’ Facebook page.

Last week we reported that Pleasant Pops, the local makers of Mexican-inspired fruit-flavored ice pops, had launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 in order to open a brick-and-mortar location just off of U Street NW this summer. Well, it succeeded.

Pleasant Pops crossed the $20,000 mark yesterday—and it still has 22 days left in its 30-day campaign. Some 309 backers kicked in the money that owners Brian Sykora and Roger Horowitz say they need for the finishing touches on a space at the corner of Florida Avenue and California Street NW, less than a block north of U Street.