

Mister Dips, Williamsburg Facebook/ Mister Dips Oh, and you can get your scoop topped with spicy crickets if you really want to! La Newyorkina, NoHo Instagram/ Newyorkina is a woman-owned Mexican sweets company that serves delicious frozen treats like paletas (similar to ice pops), horchata milkshakes, and ice cream in mouthwatering flavors like tres leches and Mexican coffee-salted cajeta (caramel). They specialize in Asian-style flavored ice creams with some traditional flavors as well! We recommend the zen butter! If you’re looking to try something more cultural head to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory for a delicious treat. Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, Chinatown Facebook/ Chinatown Ice Cream Factory Stay tuned on their Instagram for updates on their daily flavors and pints available. The location got a recent renovation and is back and better than ever.

Caffè Panna, Gramercy Instagram/ an ever-changing menu, you could never order the wrong thing at Caffè Panna. They’re known for their unexpected flavor combos for “both kids & for those of us who are kids at heart.” Big Gay Ice Cream, Multiple Locations Instagram/ Gay Ice Cream started as an ice cream truck, and now has multiple locations in New York City and Philadelphia, a cookbook, and launched a limited run line of ice cream pints that are available in stores and markets from coast to coast. Don’t forget about their best known secret as well, their ice cream cakes. Davey’s menu consists of the classics like pistachio, caramel, chocolate chip, and more. Davey’s Ice Cream, Greenpoint Photo by Davey’s Ice CreamĪfter closing its East Village location a short time ago, Davey’s Ice Cream is still going strong in Greenpoint. Booze + sweets = quite a heavenly combination right about now. Tipsy Scoop, Kips Bay & Williamsburg Instagram/ liquor-infused ice cream shop, which “blends the magic of an artisanal, hand-crafted ice cream with the mastery of a perfectly mixed cocktail,” is continuing to sell its spiked ice cream sundaes, sandwiches and cakes to-go. Van Leeuwen’s, Multiple Locations Instagram/ Leeuwen is known for some of the creamiest artisan ice cream in the city, and has totally mastered the richest flavors that are completely vegan as well! We definitely have our eye on that caramelized banana praline. The idea behind this shop began with their popular oat milk soft serve in their Boston shop, and has now grown from a concept to a real place-and we’re so glad they chose to bring it to NYC. The Boston-based cake shop Whipped Urban Dessert Lab opened the world’s very first all-oat milk ice cream shop in the Lower East Side, following a pop-up in Williamsburg.

Whipped Urban Dessert Lab, Lower East Side Instagram/ via time has come! Oat milk ice cream is now a very real thing that you can get here in NYC. Be sure to stop by to see what’s currently on the menu!

They’ve created over 500 wacky flavors since their opening in 2013, and have a constantly rotating flavor list. Originally started by Mohan Kumar to fix his wife’s ice cream craving during pregnancy, Kumar’s vision of an “ice cream empire” soon unfolded in Williamsburg. OddFellows Ice Cream Co., DUMBO Instagram/ story of OddFellows’ quirky beginning gives this ice cream shop a flair that matches its ice cream flavors. Minus Celsius Ice Cream, Chinatown Instagram/ starters, if you’re looking for fun scoops hand rolled ice cream, you should absolutely check out Minus Celsius Ice Cream on Grand Street where you can get this Thai specialty with SO many topping choices! Where: Lower East Side at 199 Avenue A and 2500 Frederick Douglass Blvd in Harlem 3. And don’t miss his ice cream waffle sandwiches! He has created custom flavors for the likes of Hillary Clinton and Jay-Z, and will even make you your own if you ask! He uses fresh, locally-sourced ingredients to create the most delicious and original creations, like the “Brady Brunch” with banana pudding, Vienna Fingers, and crushed vanilla wafers. Mikey Likes It, Lower East Side & Harlem Instagram/ Likes It is owned by New York native Michael “Mikey” Cole, a master mixer of all things ice cream. Plus, they even have store-specific flavors in their Gowanus, Red Hook, and Astoria locations! In our opinion, their Ooey Gooey Butter Cake is an absolute must! This creamery boasts the largest ice cream production factory in all of NYC and offers tons of mouth-watering flavors it can be hard to pick. Ample Hills Creamery, Various Locations Instagram/ via your fix at Ample Hills Creamery for some of the richest churned ice cream NYC has to offer. Our mapped out list has everything from paletitas at La Newyorkina to the vegan ice cream at Van Leeuwen’s to the boozy sundaes of Tipsy Scoop: 1.
