Ample Hills Creamery

"We love ice cream. Love it. Apparently, so does everyone else, especially when it comes to this place. The lines at Ample Hills are out the door and around the block pretty much right up until they close at 11pm. Because this isn’t your normal ice cream, it’s the kind of ice cream that even Ben & Jerry’s wouldn’t dare to conjure. So get your tastebuds ready for a wild adventure. And if you’ve forgotten what it’s like to be young, just ask for two scoops of “The Munchies” and get ready to be served a creamy brain-freeze trip back in time to revisit your childhood." - Aki Carpenter & Chris Huban

"Walt Whitman once wrote, "Brooklyn of ample hills was mine." Nowadays, Brooklyn belongs to Ample Hills Creamery. Their ice cream is more influential than the Bard of Long Island ever was, probably because he was not as creamy and delicious. Everybody's favorite flavor is the Salted Crack Caramel, but the staff are notoriously generous with the samples until you figure that out. In the wintertime we prefer the hot chocolate, which is almost as thick as the ice cream." - Hyperakt

"Ample Hills, the Brooklyn-based ice cream chain that went from beloved to bankrupt in a little over a decade, will reopen under its original owners this week. The ice cream shop declared bankruptcy last year with 14 locations in New York City, including a giant Red Hook production facility that cost nearly $7 million to build, and was purchased by Schmitt Industries, a machine parts company in Oregon, for $1 million. Schmitt couldn’t turn things around, and last month, the chain’s founders, Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna, purchased the brand back for $150,000, the New York Times reports. The couple will reopen their original scoop shop, in Prospect Heights, on Wednesday, followed by three more locations in New York City this summer." - Luke Fortney

"Ample Hills Creamery, which started with a single location in Prospect Heights in 2011, remains closed following a temporary furlough that was expected to last a week. The ice cream maker, which was sold to manufacturing company Schmitt Industries in 2020 following its bankruptcy, shuttered its 12 scoop shops across New York, New Jersey, and California on December 19 in a bid to raise money to keep the business running. A statement on its website reads, 'There is no assurance that additional capital will be obtained and if the company cannot raise sufficient capital, it will be required to shut down operations indefinitely.' In Park Slope, where Ample Hills opened last year, a notice on the front door from the building’s landlord demands nearly $113,000 in unpaid rent." - Luke Fortney

"The specialty here is handcrafted ice cream and sorbet done in small batches—made extra-delicious by the fact that Ample Hills gets its cream and eggs from local farms upstate for the freshest (and most sustainable) product possible. Offering 24 flavors that change with the seasons, they also do really delicious and beautiful custom ice cream cakes. This fall, the creamery is offering a trio of Roald Dahl-inspired flavors (Mr. Fox’s Scrumdiddlyumptious Crunchy Cider Caramel Cream, Nonna D’s Oatmeal Lace, and Sweet as Honey) which you can get in-shop or shipped right to your door ."