Salt & Straw
Ice cream shop · Upper West Side
360 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024
Highlights
Inventive ice cream with unique flavors & ingredients, generous samples
Inventive ice cream with unique flavors & ingredients, generous samples
"Quirky and maximalist, the Portland-based ice cream shop abstains from all the usual flavors, serving chocolate babka and arbequina olive oil instead. If you’re a strict traditionalist, maybe sit this one out. If, on the other hand, you enjoy fun, creativity, and fresh waffle cones, head to either the West Village or Upper West Side location, and try a scoop of sea salt with caramel ribbons." - bryan kim, willa moore, sonal shah, molly fitzpatrick, kenny yang
"This West Coast ice cream favorite with a cult following has opened two locations in Manhattan with more on the way. Try as many flavors as you’d like - it’s encouraged - whether it’s a bestselling sea salt with caramel ribbons or a monthly menu series like wildflower honey and lemon chess pie. There’s also a location at 540 Hudson Street." - Melissa McCart
"Salt & Straw has locations in Wynwood, Coconut Grove, and Lincoln Road. Each one has everything that made this national scoop shop so popular: fun flavors, local collaborations, and really good ice cream. Flavors rotate often, but we’ve tried (and thoroughly enjoyed) the bacon biscuit crumble with pickle caramel, pineapple coconut cream pie, and honey lavender. To-go pints are available too, so you can stock your freezer." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino
"Just in time for fall, Salt & Straw, the West Coast’s most famous ice cream chain, is opening their first NYC location on 9/20. This one is on the Upper West Side (a West Village location follows soon), where you can get their Double Fold Vanilla and sea salt caramel ribboned ice creams before a walk in the park. They’re open until midnight." - will hartman
"If you’re looking for a scoop of strawberry ice cream, you can technically get one at Salt & Straw on the Upper West Side. Just don’t be surprised when it comes with balsamic and black pepper mixed in. The Portland-based ice cream chain with locations up and down the West Coast doesn’t do straightforward. Their standard offerings include honey lavender, arbequina olive oil, and malted chocolate chip cookie with sea salt, fudge, and strong hints of Whopper. This first NYC location also has a few limited-edition flavors, like a collab with Carnegie Deli that involves pastrami, mustard custard, and rye crumble. It’s a lot, and it works beautifully—the Salt & Straw experience in a nutshell. photo credit: Sonal Shah" - Bryan Kim
