The highly anticipated Big Gay Ice Cream Shop opened its neon-accented doors for business this weekend, with a little help from owner Doug Quint's famous friends, and several hundred Salty Pimp fans. more ›

The city's favorite innuendo-laden ice cream hawkers, The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, are movin' on up, announcing that they'll open a brick-and-mortar shop in the East Village this summer. more ›

Doug Quint is part bassoonist, part ice cream man. And not just any old ice cream man at that. Just last month he and boyfriend Bryan Petroff launched the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, a venture that's blown up beyond what they ever imagined. With the help of Twitter (they have over a thousand followers to whom they tweet toppings of the day, truck location and solicit suggestions), the truck has become a bit of a summer hotspot to those seeking both a good cone and some good humor. more ›

Adding some extra toppings to what's shaping up to be the summer of ice cream vendors (complete with secret and not-so-secret wars), Serious Eats reports that a new contender, The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, has its official paperwork in the mail and is getting ready to roll out. more ›