Mikey Likes It Ice Cream is a chic, playful scoop shop in the East Village serving up inventive, pop-culture-inspired flavors that are loved by locals and celebs alike.
"Everyone seems to like, even love, Mikey Likes It Ice Cream. The flavors of the month are inspired by music icons like Michael Jackson, Tupac, and Mary J. and come with all kinds of sugary-fixin’s. Each month an artist is invited to paint the shop’s gate with the feature flavor. Keep an eye out for upcoming events because Mikey has quite the celeb following." - Champions
"One of Manhattan’s beloved ice cream shops, Mikey Likes It, is out in the East Village. The scoop shop announced the closure — more of a company restructuring — in an Instagram post this week, citing plans to open multiple new locations and a flagship store in the spring of 2023. “Having gone through the constant day to day battle and hardship because of the pandemic we were just not able to recover fast enough and come to terms with our current landlord,” the post reads." - Luke Fortney
"Mikey Likes It, an East Village ice cream staple open since 2013, is closing on Avenue A, EV Grieve reports. “We were just not able to recover fast enough and come to terms with our current landlord,” owner Michael “Mikey” Cole shared in an Instagram post. He hinted that the closure was part of a wider reorganization of the company “to expand our products and services to the global market.” Cole, who is known for creative flavors like the Southern Hospitality with hunks of pecan pie, which caught the attention of celebrities like Jay-Z, is already plotting his comeback with a flagship opening in spring 2023, according to the post." - Emma Orlow
"Movie Pairing:American Son (Netflix) “American Son is probably one of the most powerful performances of Kerry Washington’s career. I say that because she performed it for three months on Broadway before Netflix decided to create the film version. On the surface, it’s a story about a mother and a father who spend a night at a Florida police precinct while trying to find their missing son. But as tensions rise, themes of race, gender, parenting, and policing come to the forefront. Whether you miss Scandal or want to learn more about how American families suffer from the issue of racial bias within our country’s police force, this is a great watch.” -ND Order:“Southern Hospitality” Butter Pecan Ice Cream from Mikey Likes It" - hannah albertine, nikko duren, arden shore
"Mikeystein Long Sleeve, $35 The ice cream from Mikey Likes It in the East Village could easily work as its own gift. But in case you don’t want to deal with the logistics of melting temperatures, consider this long sleeve, Frankenstein-themed shirt instead. We love that the front logo glows in the dark, and that the combination of ice cream and gothic fiction is just strange enough to make someone ask “where’d you get that shirt?”" - hannah albertine
