Carvel Ice Cream Cake

This is a classic Carvel inside a Subway so clearly it smells amazing like Subway naturally does. The ice cream selection is somewhat limited as its a small location, but they had everything that my crew and I wanted so we were happy. We ordered a soft serve vanilla cone, mint chip bowl, and the carvelanche (similar to a Blizzard). The carvelanche with m&m’s and cookie dough was tasty but wasn’t as well made as Dairy Queen’s Blizzard is known to be. My boyfriend got to the end of his cone after removing the paper cover, and it was sticky toward the bottom as if there was a lot of glue left behind from the wrapper. Clearly this is the best part of the cone, so that was a little disappointing. We’ll be back probably because the location is convenient for us, but it won’t be my first choice by far in the city!

DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN FREE CONE DAY (hence they appended ‘Cake’, I guess, even though they sell other things and were nasty even to the folks who tried to pay money for their product).

Generally I’m not a vindictive person, but this place did not participate in free cone day. So minus a star from 3 stars. Nutella Ice cream was good, and I may come back for Wednesday Sundaes. Just had to snub them, since I got all excited by the thought of free ice cream. I’m a kid, what can I say.

Well that was a tasty shake. Less milk dude! But totally worth 2 bucks on their happy house until 6pm… YUMM! (This was my first time eating here)

This is the only Carvel in NYC that does customized ice cream cakes. ICE CREAM CAKES FTW! Pick any two flavors and add oreo crunchies in the middle. My favorite pick is cookies and cream (both layers) and crunchies in the middle.

I love coming to this area on a Saturday morning because unlike the weekdays, it is QUIET here on the weekends.
Since it’s rare for the temperature in NYC to be in the mid-​50s in the end of December, I decided to take advantage of the weather to get ice cream.
This carvel location shares it’s area with Subway, so you can get slightly confused when entering.
It was a bit Small and the air was a bit stuffy inside.
But it was quick service and that is all I care about.
I got a small vanilla soft serve in a cup.(it looked more like a bowl).
Plus he put it in a brown paper bag for me, how nice.

Using National Soft Serve Day as the flimsiest excuse ever to go for some ice cream, I was very glad to discover a Carvel in the otherwise dessert-​poor Financial District.
Attached to a Subway sandwich shop in one of those really bright but somehow still depressing combo stores (more frequently seen as a Dunkin Donuts/​Baskin Robbins pair), the Carvel portion occupies the much smaller portion in the back.
Though small, they still seem to have most of the great stuff you expect at a carvel, like the soft serve, some ice cream flavors including the excellent Nutella, and the incredibly sweet and tasty Sundae Dashers.
In the spirit of the fake holiday, I just got a Chocolate/​Vanilla Soft Serve Twist in a sugar cone with some sprinkles. The guy moonlighting as a Subway sandwich artist definitely must have been more adept at crafting subs, as he made a somewhat lazy cone, but it still tasted good of course.
It’s good to know this option is here when you want something lighter like the classic soft serve or a much heavier sundae or other sweet treat.