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"Nico Vergara, the owner of Nico’s Ice Cream, wants to be clear: He’s not a sweets person. But when he first tried New-Zealand-style real-fruit ice cream, he found himself transfixed. New Zealand-style real-fruit ice cream blends ice cream with scoops of fruit, which swirl together to create something similar to soft-serve. Nico’s Ice Cream, which will open as a North Portland ice cream cart in the early summer, will swirl Willamette-Valley-grown fruit like Marionberries and strawberries with vanilla ice cream using Oregon dairy." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden