[Image via Oddfellows]
Two ice cream shops with local roots are expanding.
• OddFellows is opening its fifth location today on East Houston at Mott, as BoweryBoogie first noted.
This branch will be a Coffee & Cream by OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Per the OddFellows website:
"Coffee & Cream by OddFellows Ice Cream Co. will feature 12 rotating flavors of ice cream plus sorbet, soft serve, and of course, coffee. Not just any coffee. We have hired a great crew of baristas and we'll offer a rotating selection of beans from across the country. We are starting with one of New York City's finest: Café Integral (Nolita). We'll also have coffee soft serve, a special coffee sundae, matcha, kombucha on tap, cold brew on tap and more."
This marks the fifth location for the Brooklyn-based brand ... which also has an outpost on Fourth Street between Second Avenue and the Bowery.
• Morgenstern's has designs on a new outpost on West Houston at LaGuardia. According to Patch, they have also filed for a liquor license for this location.
The Commercial Observer reported that the monthly rent is $35,000. They are expected to open in June. The shop is owned by Nick Morgenstern, who also ran the now-closed GG’s on Fifth Street.
This Morgenstern's replaces the Silver Spurs coffee shop, which closed at the end of March after a decrease in business and an increase in rent. Silver Spurs debuted on this corner in 1979.
Morgenstern's first shop opened at 2 Rivington Street between the Bowery and Freeman Alley in 2014.
