Steve’s Ice Cream

Steve’s Ice Cream no longer exists. The new establishment has been here 4 years and they say Steve’s is long gone. Bummer, read about the black out and really wanted it.

Steve’s ice cream is definitely worth a try. As a chocolate lover, I was very happy with the blackout flavor (chocolate ice cream with choc pudding and choc cake). It’s not that in-​your-​face sweet like B&Js, but its more of a creamy, soft, light and refreshing kind of ice cream you can tell is made mostly from «real» ingredients that you can actually pronounce. You can also order some through freshdirect so I plan on trying more flavors that way. I didn’t feel as guilty after knocking out half a pint of this stuff because it just didn’t feel as «processed» as some of the other junk I need to stop eating! But hey, it’s ice cream, and it has plenty of calories, so I will be doing some more cardio later ;)

We have tried Steve’s a bunch…
The first time we felt ripped off. Our single scoops were tiny compared to other customers single scoops. But the ice cream was really good…
So we kept trying… our scoops got bigger and we have not been disappointed. Ice cream sandwiches are my faves your choice of ice-​cream and slapped between 2 salty chocolate chip cookies really good. Almost any ice-​cream is delicious. We have not had a bad one. We had a diary free coconut milk cinnamon coffee ice-​cream today that was delicious.
Save some room for dessert!

4
Bucks
For 2 scoops.
Pork Slap beer floats.
So delicious and right by Caracas.

Steve’s is located in the spot that housed the Blue Bottle Coffee Company last summer. A shadow of BBCC remains: Steve’s sells bags of coffee (I saw half-​pound bags of Bella Donovan for $ 11) and makes pour-​overs using Blue Bottle. I bought a two-​scoop cup today: $ 4 for two ounces. My ice creams were the Mexican chili chocolate and the salty caramel. The personnel on hand told me that this would be a good combination, and they sure were right!
Arepas and empanadas are close at hand — under the same roof. If you come to the beach this summer, you absolutely need to visit these folks for a pit stop.

Steve’s Ice Cream has opened up on the board walk in Rockaway Beach.
Steve’s is the first one on the food map and right next to Caracus.
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It is the same Steve’s as in Brooklyn according to their Twitter page.
Steve’s Ice Cream used to be located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and it was the stuff legends were made of. It was my first good ice cream experience in my life. In general NYC has great Gelato and some good Italian ices but it isn’t the best ice cream city. If you have traveled you know that.
When Steve’s opened on the board walk I knew I had to go. I asked the server at the counter if it was the same Steve’s that used to be on the upper West side. He said yes his boss bought the rights from the owner and the new owner worked at the upper west side location for years.
If you notice the Brooklyn location says Steve’s Craft ice cream. That is what it tastes like. No real pronounced flavors and more of an essence of a flavor.
Sadly I was not blown away. I want to go back and try it again. I had Strawberry Ricotta and Mexican Chili Chocolate. My hubby had Tea flavored ice cream and chocolate chip mint. None of the flavors were strong like Steve’s of old. We could barely discern the flavors at all.
The portions were small. (see pictures)
It wasn’t bad, it just was not like the original Steve’s. I do think they need an ice cream vendor on the board walk though. They have a Facebook page if you want to follow them.