Big Gay Ice Cream
Permanently Closed
Soft serve ice cream, cookies, and unique donuts with toppings
Soft serve ice cream, cookies, and unique donuts with toppings
"Ice cream store closed due to slow winter sales and rising rent." - Nadia Chaudhury
"An Upper West Side ice cream store that closed due to slow sales and high rent." - Nadia Chaudhury
"Big Gay Ice Cream started as a soft serve truck at the Brooklyn Pride Parade in 2009 and grew into a national chain with seven locations. Now, it has one remaining shop on the Upper West Side. The original East Village store closed in 2021, and shops in the West Village and Philadelphia closed following evictions over unpaid rent." - Luke Fortney
"A location of Big Gay Ice Cream on the Upper West Side will reopen under new ownership this weekend, after its previous owners were served an eviction notice at 516 Columbus Avenue, at West 85th Street earlier this year. Jeremy Wladis, who also runs Harvest Kitchen and Nina’s Great Burrito Bar nearby, tells the West Side Rag that the shop’s popular ice cream will be staying the same." - Luke Fortney
"Big Gay Ice Cream specializes in excellent soft serve while also having La Newyorkina’s most popular paleta flavors on deck. But in a fun New York ice cream collab, La Newyorkina helped develop a paleta just for Big Gay Ice Cream that is, of course, a rainbow of five fruit flavors that can be found at any location." - Neha Talreja
