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Thursday, April 25 / 5-7PM / Brooklyn Brewery
Friday, April 26 / 1-3PM / 540 Hudson Street
Deets: Salt & Straw, one of the country’s most famed ice cream makers based in Portland OR, is making its highly anticipated official debut in New York City, opening its first two Manhattan scoop shops in the West Village and Upper West Side this summer.
To celebrate the opening, Salt & Straw is hosting two pop-ups:
On Thursday April 25th from 5-7PM, Salt & Straw will be serving ice cream floats with their limited-time Passionfruit Yuzu Mochi Donuts & Whey Curd ice cream flavor, at Brooklyn Brewery. This flavor appears on Salt & Straw’s Upcycled Food Series menu this month in partnership with Spare Foods Co, and features their Spare Tonic Passion Fruit & Yuzu.
On Friday April 26th from 1-3PM, Salt & Straw chef and co-founder Tyler Malek will serve ice cream outside of their soon-to-be West Village shop (540 Hudson Street). He will serve some of Salt & Straw’s most iconic flavors and will give New Yorkers a first look at their newest flavor, Pistachio & Ricotta Cannoli. Scoops will be sold for $1, with proceeds going to Hot Bread Kitchen, the nonprofit that creates economic opportunity through careers in food.
Salt & Straw was co-founded by cousins Kim and Tyler Malek in 2011 as a small ice cream cart in Portland, Oregon focused on connecting with the community, which is a value they still maintain more than 12 years later. With a significant fan base in New York City — Salt & Straw hosted a sold-out pop-up last summer with lines around the block and collaborated with NYC chefs like James Beard-nominated Mary Attea (Musket Room) and Michael Anthony (Gramercy Tavern) to create limited-time flavors — the forthcoming openings have been an exciting milestone for the brand.
Salt & Straw enters New York having firmly established itself as one of the most beloved ice cream shops in America, known for its monthly changing menus of chef-driven flavors, led by award-winning chef and co-founder Tyler Malek (a Forbes 30 under 30 and Food & Wine Best New Chef). Called “the Willy Wonka of ice cream,” Tyler is known for pushing the boundaries of creativity, and to date has created over 1,500 unique flavors that tell the stories of artisans, farmers, and meaningful food movements, from perfected classics like Double Fold Vanilla, Sea Salt Caramel Ribbons, and Pear & Blue Cheese, to flavors featuring unconventional ingredients such as Turkey Stuffing & Cranberry Sauce, Chocolate Potato Salad, and Don Bugito’s Creepy Crawly Critters made with real bugs.
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