Long Island Ice Cream Spots?
To copy off another posters idea...any good ice cream shops on LI? Preferably in Nassau County?
Passed by Hildebrandt's on Hillside in Williston Park, supposed to be good. Not sure.
Any ideas would be great. I love my gelato from the panini place in GC, but good ol' American ice cream would be nice, too.
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Motosport
Mar 10, 2011 12:36 PM
My favorites:
Snowflake, Riverhead
Dari-Land, Riverhead
Magic Fountain, Mattituck
Ice Cream Cottage, Mastic
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Ice Cream Cottage
1590 Montauk Hwy, Mastic, NY 11950Magic Fountain
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re: Scott_R
Just scattered rumors; it was more cynicism than anything, given the economy. I used to go to the Cottage once a week, minimum, but every time I'd passed by within the last few years, the small lot seemed pretty empty. Regardless, that is certainly great news. Here's hoping they're back up & running soon, & thrive for a long time. Thanks for the info.
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re: Maggie Larkin
It's open!
I stopped in at the Ice Cream Cottage midday today and things were mostly together. About half of the ice creams were in the display (considering how many they offer, that's a goodly number), with the rest due by the end of the day or tomorrow. I picked up pints of Chocolate Overload, Cappuccino, and Strawberry Cheesecake (restraining my inner pedant from pointing out spelling errors in the labels, though some were pretty funny).
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Ice Cream Cottage
1590 Montauk Hwy, Mastic, NY 11950
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marvel marvel marvel. so gooooood, the best soft serve. nowhere to sit, its a counter serve only & a great family run place. i love their pistacio, banana & coffee. its one of my fav places to live at during the summer.
coyles in suffolk is good too, but not soft serve like marvel
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re: Maggie Larkin
I'll ask this again, as I do whenever people bring up Marvel: what makes it popular? As far as I know, all they do is resell mass-produced mixes--do they even do their own flavoring? I keep asking what THEY actually make and no one seems to know. So what's the big deal? This place mystifies me. I never found anything particular wrong with their stuff, just nothing spectacular.
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re: apajax6
I've been to the hollow creamery twice in the last week. Gets my vote for best on LI. Really enjoyed the banana cream pie, pumpkin, and oatmeal raisin cookie flavors. The apple strudel ice cream had little apple flavor - tasted mostly of cinnamon. If it was called cinnamon ice cream- it would of been great. Good Size portions. Nice staff. Reasonable prices.
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Some addition and subtraction:
Sweet Sensations in Babylon village,
http://www.sweetsensationsofbabylon.com/
now makes their own--the pics on their website that say "Sedutto" are outdated--they have a new awning that says it's homemade.And for a little while now in Rocky Point:
http://sweetsofthespoon.com/
has been open, making ice cream and gelato.And Grandma's in Babylon (on 109) is closed--at least, it's never been open whenever I've passed in the last few months.
Edit:
Ice Screaming'... has been closed since the fall. -
Finally went to the somewhat-awkwardly named "Ice Screamin' For Dessert Now" in Bellmore.
http://icescreamin.com/So far, things are looking positive. Mint chocolate chip, which (as I've mentioned in this thread) is the standard I almost always default to, was quite good. The single most common defect I come across with that flavor is a sort of harsh aftertaste, presumably from whichever mint flavoring they use. The one I had here was pleasant and subtle and quite refreshing. I also picked up a raspberry chip that was nicely fruity.
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Another shoutout to Hildebrandt's - great ice cream - try their creamsicle or mint oreo shake if they have it! Also, I love their french onion soup, caesar salad, and pasta a la mama - pasta with sauteed cauliflower,onions,and garlic. Definitely underrated.
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I can't believe that nobody's mentioned International Delight Cafe in Rockville Center and Bellmore. They make awsome ice cream in lots of flavors. They have an extensive food menu too, but the ice cream is better than the food. They also make great waffles to order for your ice cream.
I also like Itgen's, and have been going to Krisch's in Massapequa for 30 years. Their peach ice cream is divine, but it's seasonal so you'll have to wait for next summer to try it.
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jenniebnyc
Sep 6, 2008 12:15 PM
Snowflake in Riverhead and Dari-Land are both great places for ice cream! Old school.
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re: jenniebnyc
I've never understood why Grandma's Kitchen in Babylon is never mentioned anywhere. I've only been there a few times, but I think it's much better than, say, Marvel Dairy Whip (see my post here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/546788).
I happened to stop there today on a whim, on the way back from the Argyle Park crafts fair in Babylon. The Mint Chocolate Chip (one of the standard I always always try at any ice cream place I go to) was on a par with In the Mood's, though Grandma's didn't have sorbets to compare to Mood's superlative offerings there (the banana/blueberry sorbet is amazing). By that I don't mean what they had were worse--they simply don't offer sorbet at all, at least not that I noticed.
The sign at Grandma's says homemade. I wanted to ask the person working there about that but there were others on line and I didn't get the chance.
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re: Scott_R
Back at In the Mood's, uh, like a week or so ago. Fat-free strawberry yogurt was excellent (no, I'm not under the delusion that FF means "low calorie"). Also had a cherry sorbet, which continues the line of excellence of their sorbets, and a... blanking a little... espresso chip that was fat-free and sugar-free. It was good enough that I bought a pint after buying a scoop, not having planned to do the former.
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re: Scott_R
The 3 times I've been to Grandma's, they've had a poor selection of flavors (any time I asked for something they had listed, "We're out of that now") the service was poor and the place kind of skeeved me out. And upon getting home, the ice cream tasted off. I won't go back there again. I prefer Coyle's in Bay Shore.
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There's a new ice cream shop in Huntington village that I discovered last weekend called "Herrell's", which has the best ice cream (and hot fudge) that I have experienced anywhere. They apparently come out of Massachusetts. All that I can say is, WOW.
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re: justluvdessert
I was shocked at the size of my medium cone - it was the size of a kiddie cone at most places. It was very good, and I understand it is freshly made each day and dairy products are expensive, but for close to 9 bucks for 2 ice creams of that size left me a little down on this place. Maybe it was just my server.
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re: jmax
Apparently, Herrells shorts their servings.
I just came back from there, having ordered three medium sized portions to bring home. I remarked to the guy who served it that the portions seem awfully tiny--I'd previously had a small, and the medium seemed to be the same size.IIRC, the menu states that a medium is 5.5 ounces; when I measured the three portions I'd purchased, sans cup and lid, they ranged from 3.74 to 4.1 ounces (I doubled checked--it's sold by weight). A small is supposed to be 4 ounces.
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re: Scott_R
Did anyone go to the Huntington Fall Festival over the Columbus Day weekend? I was surprised that there were so few ice cream vendors. I spotted Ben & Jerry's out on the street (not my favorite) and a few "truck" vendors, but that was it. Was pleasantly surprised though to see that Herrell's had set up a tent over by the rides. I tried their pumpkin ice cream this time and it was other-worldly. The portion size was huge for the price that they were charging at the festival (on a side note, I got a big kick out of the fact that someone actually took their ice cream home and weighed it - ever consider that perhaps melted ice cream weighs less? LOL). Seriously, I have been to Herrell's at least 5X since my first visit there last month and the servings have always been more than ample. It sounds like someone wasn't paying attention to what they were doing . . .
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re: justluvdessert
I hope that my experience was an aberration, but I want to point out that it wasn't simply a matter of opinion. That is, I didn't just look at the serving and say "hey, that's pretty small"; I wasn't simply complaining that they don't give you much for the money. I measured three separate items and, not only didn't the medium contain the amount advertised, but two out of three didn't even contain what should have been in a small--and that is *with* my observing to the counterperson that it seemed short.
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re: Scott_R
Sounds to me like you had a server who couldn't care less.
...and my reply to the other poster who asked if the ice cream would weigh less if melted a bit...I can't imagine so...kind of like a pound of feathers is still a pound. A pound of ice cream would still be a pound, hard or soft...if it softened it would take up more of the container than hard, but the weight would stay the same...wouldn't it?
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re: synergy
If I were to guess, I'd say that a given amount, when melted, would have a slightly lesser volume than the same when hard--assuming some of the air beaten into it escapes (thinking of a collapsed whipped cream).
It would, of course, weigh the same (I'm guessing the OP was kidding).
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re: Scott_R
I was in fact kidding, but it triggered another question along the same lines - does 6oz of water in its "normal" state weigh exactly the same as when it's frozen? (this obviously isn't the case when you're talking about CO2 and dry ice). Sorry if I have taken this discussion off on a tangent (and no, I'm not stoned lol).
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re: justluvdessert
Matter's state doesn't change its weight. A given quantity of dry ice weighs the same after it sublimes to CO2; it's just less dense (same goes for water).
Back OT. Herrell's Sweet Cream "flavor" (can it be called that if it doesn't have flavoring?) is interesting; I like it. The Mexican Chocolate is OK; it could be more complex. Sally's Cocofe, a short walk away, has awesome chocolate drinks; their Mexicana Spice hot chocolate contains nutmeg, chili and vanilla; it would make an interesting ice cream, I think. Herrell's mint chocolate chip, my standard flavor, is fine--middle of the pack. Not as good as In the Mood's or Grandma's Kitchen (Babylon).
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re: Scott_R
Yeah, now that you mention it I recall learining that in high school.
I haven't tried mint choc chip at Herrell's, but I did try their chocolate pudding and malted vanilla flavors, which blew me away. Their hot fudge is also dense and flavorful. Have you tried any of those? I haven't been to Grandma's kitchen yet - will need to check them out. Have been to In The Mood, but I still like Herrell's best (very subjective thing I guess).
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re: justluvdessert
The one thing I really like about In the Mood is the sorbets. Best I've had pretty much anywhere (though there's this place in NYC whose name I can't recall, think it's on 3rd Ave in the 30s, that competes).
Not a big fan of the sweeter flavors, which mostly rules hot fudge as a topping, and that makes me hesitant to try the malted vanilla (malted milk powder is pretty sweet).
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re: justluvdessert
I live on LI (where I grew up) now, but I lived for 8 years in Cambridge, MA, where Herrell's has a branch (Harvard Square). The ice cream is all fantastic--really fantastic--and the hot fudge is killer. I went to the Huntington location as soon as I heard it was open, and wasn't disappointed, even with the line out the door. I know jmax is complaining about portion size, but I really think it might be the server, since I seem to remember getting *too much* to eat.
In any case, I highly, highly recommend the cookies and cream (made with sweet cream ice cream, not vanilla), the pumpkin, and the earl grey. Everything else is good, too, but these are standouts.
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re: justluvdessert
Certainly an extensive flavors menu
http://www.herrells.com/design/index....
Do they really carry all that all the time?Went back to In the Mood today and bought a pint of their Banana/Blueberry sorbet. Really darned good stuff.
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re: Scott_R
just went in last night. They have maybe 15-20 flavors at one time. We drove 35 min just to get ice cream there and it was certainly worth it. The burned sugar is amazing. Malted vanilla is to die for. Banana is really natural tasting...Reminds me of my mom making it at home. Even the special hidef vanilla was pure tasting. Fudge topping was heaven. PB topping is fresh tasting too. No seating yet but they will be adding some in the fall. Small serving is a bit on the petite side (more like a kiddie cup) but the medium is a regular serving. Don't remember particular prices but I don't think it's much more than Hagen das. Can't wait to go back to sample more flavors
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The name of the ice cream drive in near Belmont Park in Frozen Cup. The best!! Old fashioned style carvel building...soft ice cream...good prices is on Jericho Tpke just west of Little Neck Pkwy/Tulip Ave.. Went to Hildebrandt's last night..the service is as terrible as it was 10 yrs ago. No A/C.. no water...asked many times...my son finally got us water. the order was wrong twice. the coffee royale was warm as were the malts. place is not too clean. vanilla and chocolate were very good. i suggest ordering a cone to go. so hot in there the banana split turned to soup quickly. Itgen's is not clean either...their ice cream is very good. their service is much better than hildebrandt's. Kricshe's is very clean and a nice experience. Yes, Ivarrone Bros. sells gelato out of a freezer on the sidewalk in Lake Success Shopping Center, New Hyde Park. Marvel's is very good. have driven many miles for a cone...they should smile more and do something about the ants on the counter at the window.
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re: chalk
I know you are unlikely to return to Hildebrant's after your bad experience but the place is better then you experienced last night. It has been so hot recently so I would also be unhappy if there was no a/c but I have never had a service problem or found the place dirty. It is such an authentic "throwback" place with good food and icecream. In 20 years of visits to Marvel I have never seen ants on the counter. So Hildebrandt's, Itgen's and Marvel are all dirty, interesting.
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Fred19
Aug 1, 2007 04:38 AM
If you want to take a trip east of Nassau County, Snowflake, just west of Riverhead on Rt 25 is really good. My wife likes the flavor 'Peconic Swamp Thing'. Take LIE exit 72 (Rt 25E). Snowflake is a couple of miles east from the Tanger Mall.
If you still want more ice cream, the Magic Fountain in Mattituck is also good.
~Fred19
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radioactivebetty
Jul 31, 2007 10:32 PM
newsday actually just did a story on local ice cream parlors http://www.newsday.com/features/food/...
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amymsmom
Jul 31, 2007 07:07 AM
Marvel is in Lido, across from the LBSD administration building, not near Lido.
Grew up with Marvel - chocolate ice cream cone with chocolate sprinkles - used to ride our bikes over, or walk from my friend's house in the dunes. Now we stop there sometimes when we visit my folks in Long Beach.
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I really like Hildebrandt's and have been going there for a long time. The ice cream is excellent and is best as a sundae, with all the extra toppings. The "Big Dog" however posted about his experience last year and he was not pleased. The food is good if you keep it simple and the burger is excellent, they even got a good mention on the web site A Hambuger Today, AHT. Marvel is also terrific, anything they make special for the day is worth trying, a great old time experience after a day at the beach. In Massapequa near the LIRR station is Krisch's, another old time place with great homemade ice cream. Recently, fellow hound Janie discovered Baci in Roslyn on Willis ave, the best gelato place I know of in Nassau County. It is not on the level of Il Lab on Orchard street but it is a great local option. Finally, there is a place on the Queens Nassau line near Belmont Racetrack that does soft serve, it has been there forever, I'm sure some other hound will recall the name.
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