Gothamist: Ice Cream Family Feud

michelle

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:03:46 -0500

Nolita shop, hm.. never heard of until now. i gotta try that place. omg thats so messed up. family betraying each other. whats wrong with that guy. i

Eric

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:20:01 -0500

I'm a lawyer and a loyal follower of the real CHINATOWN ICE CREAM FACTORY. In response to the juvenille response above, even "if" Henry was a shareholder, he wouldnt be able to take that logo out of the corporation. I actually referred some reporters to interview him and he declined for comment or he was downright inhosptiable. This shows that he is in the wrong. It doesn't really matter because his places are dead. You can trick people once or twice, but people know what the real deal is.

stupid^

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:25:59 -0500

^ hes an idiot, i happen to know people who work in both CICF and NICF and henry is the nicest person you can ever meet, the guy you met must not have been henry because he stays at the Flushing branch. and NICF has GREAT ice cream INCLUDING almond cookie, the ice cream at NICF taste the same if not BETTER, its also much much cleaner...

Anonymous Coward

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:57:18 -0500

Selling bootleg CDs, copying designer clothes OK... but no copying our ice cream!!!

eddy

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:08:07 -0500

to brightliner's comment about selling good ice cream, i'd like to add that good service might also help NICF's cause. i visited NICF on a quiet weekday afternoon shortly after it opened, before the family feud became public, and the guy working there (henry?) couldn't have been less friendly, even though i wished him luck, bought some ice cream, and asked about the connection to CICF (he hesitantly told me they were connected). hang on ... maybe *that's* why he was so rude! either way, i'm never going back there again. and the ice cream wasn't even that good.

kerolynn

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:52:49 -0500

They might not have almond cookie but they have wasabi flavored ice cream that parties in your mouth

jim

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:05:22 -0500

The worst crime here? Ue of the word Nolita.

Brightliner

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:53:19 -0500

If the ice cream was any good, Henry wouldn't need to ride the coattails of the CICF. Good ice cream sells itself. Not to me, though. With the prices these guys charge for ice cream, I bought my own ice cream machine and freeze my own using Alton Brown's recipes for chocolate and vanilla ice creams from "Good Eats." I don't need these fancy flavors, although I do occasionally make chocolate chip, blueberry or cookies 'n cream. You haven't lived until you've tried ice cream that's been made with almost all heavy cream (with a bit of nonfat dry milk thrown in for even more richness and body). Better than Haagen Dazs at half the price.

Jamie

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:42:11 -0500

Maybe they should call the Manganero brothers for advice. http://www.sicilianculture.com/news/2002-foodfight.htm

Dave H.

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:14:39 -0500

Forget arbitration. I think there's some rich material here for a Tarantino adaptation--ice cream style! Kill Bill 3: Cone Wars.

steph

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:55:36 -0500

Two differences that I've noticed: - The Nolita shop never seems to have Almond Cookie ice cream. - The ice cream is more icy than creamy.

tien

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:13:00 -0500

i volunteer for testing!!

Lar

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:52:21 -0500

I was wondering the same thing, if someone we can complain to, but now I know!