Softside
Ice cream shop · Nolita ·
Soft serve with unique sundaes like honey olive oil sea salt
Soft serve with unique sundaes like honey olive oil sea salt
"We enjoy the newly opened Softside counter for summery soft-serve sugar cones in vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, and pistachio, and recommend trying sundaes like the Riff (honey, olive oil, and sea salt) or the brûléed banana split." - Madison Flager, Kat Chen
"There are plenty of vegan options on this list for the lactose-intolerant among us. But if you’re the kind of lactose-intolerant person who eats dairy anyway and suffers the consequences, you should know that Soho’s Softside doesn’t just sell light, airy, soft serve—they sell Lactaid, too. Order a pistachio and strawberry swirl, or some vanilla in a cup drizzled with olive oil. Softside is from the team behind Upside Pizza right next door, so you can chase your cone with a pepperoni slice (or vice versa)." - willa moore, hannah albertine, arden shore, molly fitzpatrick
"Soho slice shop Upside serves soft serve at a separate kiosk, Soft Side, as well as from a machine inside of its pizzeria in Greenpoint. Load up on pies and then cool down with something sweet. Flavors include strawberry, pistachio, chocolate, and vanilla, two of which may be combined in a single swirl. Toppings range from rainbow sprinkles to ground-up Oreos, and milkshakes are also available." - John Tsung
"Softside doesn’t just sell soft ice cream—they sell Lactaid, too. It’s the kind of super millennial touch that could be annoying, if the ice cream wasn’t so good. But it is good: it’s light, airy, and creamy, and you can get your standard chocolate-dipped cone, but also a pistachio and strawberry swirl, or some vanilla in a cup swimming with olive oil. The walk-up window in Soho is open every day, which means that you never have to scour the streets of Manhattan for the ice cream truck again. Yes, the prices are higher, but the swirls are huge. Softside is from the team behind Upside Pizza right next door, so you can chase your pepperoni slice with Lactaid and a cone (or vice versa). Note that in the winter, this place operates as Soupside, serving different seasonal soups." - Willa Moore
"A new soft-serve counter being introduced inside the Greenpoint Upside (and debuting at the Nolita shop on April 1) features a menu by pastry chef Abigail Rubin (with experience at Gramercy Tavern and the Dutch) and will offer vanilla and chocolate plus two other likely flavors (pistachio and strawberry), toppings and chocolate and cherry dip, along with a sundae menu of three set combinations per flavor — for example, vanilla with sea salt, honey, and olive oil, and chocolate with malt balls, caramel, and pretzels." - Emily J. Wilson
