'The Salty Pimp is far and away our most popular item,' Petroff said. A cone called the Salty Pimp ($5), which is made from vanilla ice cream, dulce de leche, sea salt and chocolate, is also on the menu. The 900-square-foot West Village shop location will serve favorites including the Rue McClanahan ice cream sandwich, named for another 'The Golden Girls' actress, which consists of bourbon-flavored ice cream between pecan praline cookies.
'We're at the corner of gay and gayer,' he joked Tuesday. location of Big Gay Ice Cream Shop opened this week, making it the second outpost for the frozen-treats purveyors, who launched with a food truck and expanded just last fall with an East Village storefront.Ĭo-owner Bryan Petroff, 40, said the LGBT history of the West Village made it a natural choice for another Downtown spot selling items like the Bea Arthur cone ($4.50), which includes vanilla ice cream, crushed Nilla Wafers and dulce de leche. WEST VILLAGE - West Side residents can now feed their need for Bea Arthur-inspired ice cream without going too far from home. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
