Listen carefully tonight and you might just  hear the strains of an ice cream cone fanfare echoing down Wythe Avenue. Van Leeuwen’s flagship store in Williamsburg is having its official grand […]
Tag: ice cream
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Greenpoint Landing Throws a Party & Doesn’t Invite the Community
What does gourmet ice cream and shovels have in common? Nothing really. But throw in some sand and a couple of key photo-ops with politicians and you’d be at a […]
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Van Leeuwen Flagship Store and Recipe Book Coming Soon!
 Image courtesy of Van Leeuwen Spring may be off to a patchy start, but ice cream season is here regardless and local producers Van Leeuwen are on a roll right now. February saw […]
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$1 ICE CREAM SCOOPS TOMORROW AT NEW VAN LEEUWEN STORE!! (01/24)
Beloved ice cream purveyors Van Leeuwen have moved locations and will be celebrating with super cheap ice cream tomorrow! They have moved to 620 Manhattan Avenue (only a few doors […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews
The Great Greenpoint Ice Cream Sandwich Showdown
It’s that time of year when ice cream becomes a food group, and the ice cream sandwich becomes a perfectly acceptable lunchtime choice. And it just so happens that Greenpoint […]
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Raekwon + Beard Transplants – The Hook Up (2/28)
This week in local news….. Raekwon showed up at a Williamsburg fried chicken restaurant to rap abut ice cream. Building owners are cheating the system by advertising “affordable” housing on obscure […]
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Buff Monster On Pinkify-ing North Brooklyn
Metalheads don’t always wear black; some prefer to don bubblegum pink. Enter Buff Monster, the street artist and recent Brooklyn transplant who flashes his artistic devil horns through murals of cotton candy landscapes inhabited […]
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Van Leeuwen Vegan Ice Cream Rules! (And it’s GMO-FREE)
Attention all you ice cream freaks who happen to be vegan, Van Leeuwen (632 Manhattan Ave) just rolled out a new line of Vegan Ice Cream – and it rules!  So […]
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Phin & Phebes Spiked Milk Shakes at Sunday Supper #2
We were so excited when Phin & Phebes said they’d donate ice cream for our boozy milkshakes at this weekend’s Sunday Supper #2 at Luncheonette! What was even more fun […]
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Great White Whale Exists! Ice Cream Donut Sandwich from Peter Pan
It’s something I’d heard rumors about for years, but never knew if it actually existed. Finally, this summer a hand drawn sign appeared in the window of Greenpoint’s own Peter […]