Ample Hills Creamery
Donny Levit Brooklyn, Food and Drink, Kids, Openings

Ample Hills Creamery Unfurls Sweet and Colossal Ice Cream Factory and Museum in Red Hook

By now, many New Yorkers are familiar with the-little-ice-cream-shop-that-could fairy tale. In 2011, Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna (partners in ice cream crime and married in real life) opened up their fledgling Ample Hills Creamery in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. On that opening day, the fairy tale took on somewhat of a nightmarish quality. After … Continue reading Ample Hills Creamery Unfurls Sweet and Colossal Ice Cream Factory and Museum in Red Hook

cookie o'puss
Donny Levit Food and Drink, Holidays

Erin Go Cookie O’Puss: Eat A Space Alien While Sipping Irish Whiskey On St. Patrick’s Day

We've survived the Ides of March, and the luck of Irish is a mere hours away. The St. Patrick's Day Parade will be rolling and every Irish pub throughout the five boroughs will be pouring out whiskey and Guinness. But are you forgetting something? Is your Céilí Dancing perfected? Are The Pogues on your phone? You still … Continue reading Erin Go Cookie O’Puss: Eat A Space Alien While Sipping Irish Whiskey On St. Patrick’s Day