Sneak Peek: Vandy's New Ice Cream Joint
[nggallery id=”55112″ template=galleryview] Ample Hills Creamery, the ice cream shop coming to Prospect Heights, has been busy readying the charming storefront at Vanderbilt and St. Marks for its opening. We popped in to take a few in-construction shots before the “Sneak Peek Concert” the biz is planning for tomorrow at 6 p.m. The space is…
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Ample Hills Creamery, the ice cream shop coming to Prospect Heights, has been busy readying the charming storefront at Vanderbilt and St. Marks for its opening. We popped in to take a few in-construction shots before the “Sneak Peek Concert” the biz is planning for tomorrow at 6 p.m. The space is still very much under construction, but it will soon have plenty of seating, a children’s area, and a bicycle-powered ice cream maker. The hope is to open the shop, which will feature flavors like “salted crack caramel” and “maple bacon,” later this month.
Ample Hills Creamery for Vandy and St. Marks [Brownstoner] GMAP
Ample Hills Creamery [Official Site]
I was wondering what that place is going to be.
The fro-yo place, like many such places that seem to have gone out of business all over the city, just seemed a bit expensive. I walked in once, looked at the prices, and went over to Louie G’s (yes, I know Louie G’s is not organic & full of sugar and food coloring, but their ices taste awfully good on a hot day).
The other ice cream place served Ronnybrook Farms ice cream but they only had a few flavors. It was super cute, but somehow it just didn’t work. The foot & bike traffic on Vanderbilt has exploded more recently (with the new bikes lanes) so the old place may have just been a year or two too early.
The ice cream shop that used to be on Vanderbilt at Bergen was just terrible, so it is no surprise it closed. It had run of the mill, junk-laden ice cream, along with the rest of the junk they served. Too bad, really. It was cute–tried to be an old fashioned little ice cream parlor, but the thing it forgot was old fashioned, house made ice cream and food.
The fro-yo place had weird hours… and frozen yogurt just doesn’t call out to most people except on really hot days, whereas ice cream is good year-round, assuming it is creamy and delicious. I sure hope this place has truly creamy, delicious ice cream! I feel a little bad for Blue Marble, which is just a few blocks away, but to be honest, I don’t really like their ice cream (it is always too sweet without enough real flavor), so mostly I’m just psyched to try the new place… But I do hope Ample HIlls offers a very small size for little kids, which is one thing I like about Blue Marble…
Lewne’s! Sigh.
@DitmasSnark – yes, sadly, people do. I once bonded with a neighbor about the fact that we both look down on people who call it “Vandy.” Then I discovered that one of my old friends in the neighborhood has started doing so. Now I just look down on those people behind her back. 😉
I am glad to see my repeated urgings for more ice cream parlors have influenced the Mighty Flow of Reality. I had better start suggesting world peace and a cure for cancer in more comment threads.
Sincere question: Does anybody outside of Brownstoner refer to Vanderbilt as Vandy?
I believe there used to be an ice cream shop on vanderbilt and Bergen a few years ago.
It didn’t last very long. The frozen yogurt shop ” now the Korean deli on vandy and prospect ” lasted less than a year as well. Apparently frozen treats are hard to sell in that area. Hopefully this place will have some seating and late night hours. Or at the very least this place will last a year and then another establishment will move into the renovated space.
this is going to be awesome. great ice cream shop and great to have that cute storefront and mini-garden renovated, smart location (near me, assuring steady revenues).
I remember it, but I think it was a restaurant when I went there, not an ice cream parlor. It had a great view of the park and was so convenient if you were coming out of the park. This is an example of how gentrification hurts.
Anyone remember Lewnes on 9th and PPW. Lords of Flatbush was filmed there. THAT was an ice cream parlor in every sense of the word(s).