Monday, January 22, 2018

Ben & Jerry's is now open on St. Mark's Place



Ben & Jerry's is at 24 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue... and their hours...



As noted before, there was a Ben & Jerry's outpost at 41 Third Ave. between Ninth Street and 10th Street for 22 years before its closure in September 2010.

Previously on EV Grieve:
7 years later, a Ben & Jerry's is returning to the East Village

13 comments:

  1. They have the best mint chocolate chunk. Can't wait.

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  2. Oh goodie, just what we need. More ice cream.

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  3. Eh, I'll pick up a pint next time I'm at the grocery store. Get off my back.

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  4. Yes, yes, yes! Delighted to have them back - I've missed the shop at 41 Third Ave. and will be happy to patronize their new location. (Sorry, Sundaes & Cones on 10th St., you're too chaotic and expensive for me - and you have NO idea how to make a real egg cream, even after it was explained to you that a REAL egg cream does NOT have ice cream in it.)

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  5. If I'm not mistaken the first Ben & Jerry's was at 2nd Ave and 9th in the old Orchidia Restaurant. It didn't last very long... too expensive for the poor old hood.

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  6. If these are their winter hours, what can we expect during peak season? All night scoops?

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  7. I believe after Orchidia it was briefly "Steve's Ice Cream", not Ben and Jerry's.

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  8. Gojira - Ben & Jerry's opened here loooong before the ice cream boom and bust albeit in a previous location many years before, so I wouldn't include them in all that. I mean technically yeah but I give props to B&J for opening in areas in the city alot of non-burger/bank chains wouldn't open in like East Harlem (and the East Village in the late '80s or early '90s.)

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  9. Trust me, Anon. 1:28, I well remember B & J on Third Avenue, but at that point they were pretty much the only dedicated ice cream store in the neighborhood so filled a need. Now, since we've been overrun with other frozen dessert establishments, not so much, hence my comment. And yes, Anon. 12:38, you're correct re Steve's going into the old Orchidia space.

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  10. Ben and Jerry are awesome! They sold out but are still politically active in all the right ways and use their company for good.

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  11. Thanks for Steve's...

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  12. Does anyone remember the ice cream store that B&J's ripped off for the recipes? The store had the signature Cherry Garcia before B&J had it. I remember sampling it. The store was on the south side of St. Mark's, mid-block.

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  13. 1:28pm back. I think Ben & Jerry's fills a need: good ice cream which is nonexistent outside of Mikey's Ice Cream :) I just don't think they add to the congestion. If anything they and Mikey's will challenge and hopefully drive out the crap.

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