Brian Smith

The 10 Best Ice Creams in NYC

The go-go yogurt craze (thankfully not the Go-Gurt craze) of the mid-'00s still hangs on, but like a double scoop of freedom with a patriotism swirl, ice cream is back on top. It's hard to find a more satisfying sweet treat in so simple a package, and once mix-ins get involved, a single scoop is oft ... More >>

Our 10 Best Ice Creams in NYC

New York is a city of ice cream lovers. And we have a pretty outstanding set of parlors to make our summer days sweeter. Here are our 10 favorite ways to cool off right now (including sorbet, soft serve, and a sandwich). Don't see your favorites here? Show them some love in the comments.

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It's July, and People Happen to Be Eating a Lot of Ice Cream

Rebecca Marx​Although we've almost put Frozen Treats Fortnight behind us, we are powerless to resist the vicarious thrill that comes with indulging in other people's ice cream coverage.

Ample Hills Will Reopen Tomorrow at Noon

​Last week, Ample Hills Creamery became an early victim of its own success when it ran out of ice cream a mere four days after opening for business. But fortunately for Prospect Heights residents/obsessive foodies/the lactose-tolerant, it will reopen tomorrow at noon. That's according to The B ... More >>

Ample Hills Creamery Is Now Open and Pasteurizing Dairy

​Almost two months to the day after Brian Smith described to us exactly how a vat pasteurizer works, Ample Hills Creamery is open for business. This news comes courtesy of Diner's Journal, which adds that, as we had earlier reported, the Prospect Heights shop will also offer ice cream cakes an ... More >>

Almost-Open Ample Hills Creamery in Prospect Heights Hosts Ice Cream Social

​Ample Hills' founders Brian and Jackie (with offspring) behind the counter. It started out as a brightly painted cart selling ice cream at last summer's Celebrate Brooklyn concerts in the Prospect Park Bandshell, featuring off-the-wall flavors like salted caramel, maple bacon, and stout 'n' ... More >>

Ample Hills Creamery Will Technically Be a Dairy Plant

​Last week, Brian Smith alerted us to some new developments at Ample Hills Creamery, the ice cream parlor he's planning to open in Prospect Heights later this spring. Among other things, Smith told us that his will be the only Brooklyn ice cream parlor to pasteurize its own ice cream mix, mean ... More >>

Ample Hills Creamery Is Coming Soon, With Self-Pasteurized Ice Cream Mix

​Ample Hills Creamery started its life last spring as a cart parked inside the now-defunct Lucas Fine Foods in Park Slope. A few months ago, its founder, Brian Smith, announced that he'd be opening a real, live storefront on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, scheduled to open this spring. ... More >>

Ample Hills Creamery Will Open Its Own Shop on Vanderbilt Avenue

Photo courtesy of Ample Hills CreameryAmple Hills founder Brian Smith, with cart.​Lucas Fine Foods may have closed its doors after only six months of business, but Ample Hills Creamery, the mighty fine ice cream company that operated out of the Park Slope gourmet store, will live on.

Posts of the Week

There are but a few precious short hours left until the weekend, and thus it is time to cast a fond eye back to the best posts of the week. We ranked Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Locavorish Food Markets. The battle of Smarties vs. M&M's: an England-U.S. Rematch. Asked the Critics weighed in on th ... More >>

Chatting With Ample Hills Creamery's Brian Smith About Directing Obama and Using Anthony Bourdain as His Internal Critic

Ample Hills CreameryBrian Smith puts some brawn behind his brainchild.​Yesterday, we spoke with Ample Hills Creamery's Brian Smith about ice cream, his past career writing "monster-of-the-week movies" for the Sci Fi channel, and his plans to open his own ice cream shop, preferably in Park Slop ... More >>

Chatting With Ample Hills Creamery's Brian Smith About Ice Cream, Writing Monster of the Week Movies, and His Plans to Open His Own Shop

Photo courtesy of Ample Hills CreameryBrian Smith sheds blood, sweat, and tears in service of ice cream.​The opening of Park Slope's Lucas Fine Foods in late May also marked the launch of Ample Hills Creamery, an ice cream company that takes its name from Walt Whitman's poetry and its flavors ... More >>

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Ample Hills Creamery's Chocolate Stout Pretzel Ice Cream at Lucas Fine Foods

​Lucas Fine Foods opened in Park Slope this weekend. Prepared foods like barbecued pork ribs and Cajun-spiced shrimp beckoned from the display cases, but since the shop didn't have its full menu up and running yet, we went for the ice cream, homemade by Brian Smith of Ample Hills Creamery.

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