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The Top Ice Cream in New York City

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By Wanda Leibowitz, published Sep 16, 2006
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New York City is home to an ice cream parlor of every stripe, so whether you prefer an artisan scoop, an exotic flavor, a traditional gelato cone, or a full-blown dessert extravaganza, there's a spot just for you. For an exotic taste like black sesame or wasabi, try the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. For a hip gourmet outing, head to Cones for an Argentinean style scoop in an innovative flavor like green tea. For purely authentic gelato, head to Sant Ambroeus, an upscale New York City bistro with a hidden jewel of an ice cream cart. If what you really want, however, is a funky place where you can linger as you do a bit of damage to a towering ice cream sundae, head to the famed Serendipity3, a former haunt of Andy Warhol. When it comes to ice cream, New York City truly has it all.

Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
65 Bayard Street between Elizabeth And Mott
212-608-4170
http://www.chinatownicecreamfactory.com/

The Chinatown Ice Cream Factory has a range of offbeat ice cream flavors like black sesame, peanut butter and jelly, and wasabi. That means that if you're feeling adventurous, you can find something at the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory that is unlike any other ice cream cone in New York City. If you're an ice cream enthusiast interested in trying something completely new and different, you'll want to check out this long-standing New York City institution. The Chinatown Ice Cream Factory has been dishing out scoops to New York City residents for over twenty eight years. With staying power like that, you know their ice cream is really something special.

Cones
272 Bleecker Street at Morton
212-414-1795

The Top Ice Cream in New York City
Takeaways
  • For unique, exotic flavors, Chinatown Ice Cream Factory is number one.
  • Choose from Argentinian style gelato at Cones, or Northern Italian style gelato at Sant Ambroeus.
  • Serendipity3 gets top ranking for atmosphere and history.
Did You Know?
The first ever printed advertisement for ice cream in America was published in 1777, in the New York Gazette.
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