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Category: Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt [Edit]
Neighborhood: DUMBOYork St (F)
High St (A, C)
Mon-Sat. 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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after reading these reviews, i'm reluctant to visit. i've never been to this haunted house of amateur comedians...but i've been a fan of the white chocolate-lime ice cream with the raspberry swirl that i've picked up by the pint at torres' UWS shop(pe) since the summer began.
the other flavors--who cares about them? this is creamy, decadent ice cream that floats in the mouth! i have a tiny fridge and one of those impossible freezers without the desire to buy a stand-alone, but let me tell you something--you can refreeze this ice cream...and make it even better! this is obviously as preservative-free as you can get; the crystals realign themselves into what can only be called shale. as the refrozen ice cream melts onto your tongue it breaks into flat sheets and dreams are rebuilt.
Little kids screaming like they were being attacked by wolverines and the absence of no Wicked flavor ice cream leaves this spot wanting of that coveted fifth star. And no bathroom. No. Damn. Bathroom.
Moving on...I ordered a scoop of Vanillia Rum Caramel and a scoop of Dark Bark. The vanilla was okay but there really was nothing about it that distracted my taste buds. The Dark Bark however was GREAT. Loved the marshmallows and the chocolate was rich and sweet. It was hitting on my mouth. I hadn't been flirted with that hard since that freaky WNBA woman came to my job and asked me if I was married.
That chocolate...wow. I don't even like chocolate ice cream.
My girl had the..."soft serve passion fruit sorbet in a waffle cone." She says....
"it was sour but tasty. not for everybody." You should hear her say that. She's so cute!!!!!!
Okay bye.
I'm so lucky to work around here. Everyone has to try Jacques Torres' signature cookie ice cream, which contains pieces of his chocolate chip cookies. I also tried the plain banana, and it was banana-licious!
A scoop is just a little bit over $3, and it's so worth it!! If you see yourself having more or sharing with your significant other, it's better to get a quart for $7.50 which consists of at least 4 scoops.
I didn't try the chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich, but I'm saving that for another trip.
I wanted ice cream. I knew Jacques Torres just opened this place, so of course I had to try it. They have frozen yogurt. Plain frozen yogurt, but they don't tell you that. When I asked what kind they had, the girl behind the counter tried to explain that it's yogurt that's been frozen. The guy behind the counter gave me a dirty look and said fiercely, "It's just yogurt!" Huh? Finally I realized the flavor is PLAIN. Why didn't they just say that? Geez.
Instead of offering me a recommendation (like something with Jacques Torres chocolate in it), the two continued their inside conversation. The nerve! I got a vanilla ice cream sandwich with Jacques Torres chocolate in it. It was okay. I'd rather get my own ice cream and break pieces of Jacques' famous chocolate in it.
Stopped here after an afternoon of water taxiing over to Brooklyn. It was a warm day and we needed a sweet pick me up, not to mention a snack to watch all the wedding parties taking pictures along the river.
I tried the Wicked Chocolate Ice Cream in a fresh made waffle cone. I usually detest chocolate ice cream. It's usually a vapid, faint excuse for real chocolate flavor. This ice cream however was chocolately with a nice hint of heat at the end. It looks like all the ice creams are made in small batches and in house since the tubs were pretty small. Wish I could get some Wicked Chocolate at home.
Absolutely delicious ice cream.
We stopped by Jacques Torres Ice Cream after walking over the Brooklyn Bridge and tried a scoop of vanilla and chocolate on a waffle cone.
Simple, rich, authentic flavors. It's the kind of ice cream that makes you wonder why you ever settle for the supermarket stuff. Walk across the street to the Brooklyn Bridge Park with yours for fun times under 4 bucks.
Wandering down Water Street after my pilgrimage to Grimaldi's, I stopped for ice cream at this little shop next door to the Jacques Torres chocolate shop. Small shop with a small selection of flavors; nothing particularly exotic, but well made. The ice cream is soft and creamy, so soft it really doesn't form a scoop, so eat it with a spoon. Cinnamon ice cream was delicious, with an intense spicy flavor.
The much hyped Jacques Torres Ice Cream Parlor in Dumbo is worth the trip across the river. Especially for the chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich.
Comes with three different choices of ice cream filling - vanilla, peanut butter or chocolate - the sandwich is huge! Definitely shareable for two, or frankly even three people, it is chocolately heaven.
The cookies are a bit hard - I mean they are somewhat frozen so what do you expect...but they are filled with chocolate chunks and make for a very nice and cool refreshing treat on a hot summer afternoon. I don't know why more places don't serve cookie sandwiches - they are a great memory back to my childhood.
I went with the chocolate ice cream filling - rich and creamy and deliciously chocolatey. Ask the counter to slice it for you as I can only imagine how hard it would be to eat whole. Kind of like biting into a big burger and having all the insides spill out. Except in this case it is the wonderful ice cream that would be exploding.
If you want to go with a regular scoop - Jacques Torres offers a changing roster of flavors including several kinds of chocolate - wicked chocolate (think Mexican chocolate but with a spicier kick at the end), chocolate raspberry and their classic chocolate chip cookie dough. Yummmm......
My boyfriend and I had just split a cookie from the bakery next door when we noticed a sign outside advertising ice cream. The moment I realized that it was a Jacques Torres ice cream shop, I was so disappointed that I had just had a cookie instead of indulging in some ice cream.
Not one for self-punishment or self-control, I ordered some ice cream anyway. There was no line on at all (on a Sunday afternoon). I tried the coffee and the peanut butter chocolate chip before ordering, but wasn't impressed by either. The coffee was too strong on the coffee and the peanut butter was just rather plain-tasting. I opted for a scoop of strawberry. It was a pretty big scoop, I must say, and it cost me $3.58. Not horrible for this kind of treat.
The ice cream was really nothing to write home about. It didn't taste particularly fresh or like fresh strawberries were used in its making. It was definitely creamy and very smooth, but nothing special.
I'd come back again to try an ice cream sandwich or the chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. I can imagine either of those would probably be better than what I got. The toppings also looked pretty good, too.
Spicy chocolate... totally worth it.
It's basically like if you took this recipe (one of my favorites)
http://www.gourmetsleu...
stuck it in the freezer for a good long while and then jammed it in a cone.
Would go back for this again and again
...if I had a lot of money (Ain't cheap)
OMFG.
Jacques Torres cookie dough ice cream made with their infamous chocolate chip cookies. Best. Ice cream. Ever.
Thank you.
I made a little deal with myself yesterday that I could check out the new Jacques Torres Ice Cream shop on the way to the gym IF I only got a size that was small enough for me to eat in its entirety between JTIC and the F train (about a 4-minute walk). As it turned out, this was no problem at all, because the scoops are TINY!! One petite little scoop that didn't even reach the top of the cup was $3. Good for my bikini-body aspirations, bad for my value-minded wallet. That thing was gone by the time I passed under the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge, and I was left stabbing the bottom of the empty cup with my spoon in frustration.
Since I moved to DUMBO, I've always been a Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory loyalist. They're old school, only serving the most classic of classic flavors and toppings, their servings are generous, and their hot fudge is FREAKING OUT OF THIS WORLD. JTIC is kind of the anti-BICF. While they do have standards like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, the bulk of their flavors are more creative--chocolate banana, vanilla caramel, and of course, Wicked, after their infamous spicy hot chocolate.
I tasted the Wicked and I have to admit, it was awesome. Rich and chocolately with a chipotle kick. I opted for the vanilla caramel because I wanted to try the hot fudge (how could you not, when JT's behind the helm?), but was a little disappointed in the plating, if you will. Instead of dipping a ladle in a vat of warm, goopy fudge, the ice cream girl took a squeeze bottle and made a pretty little crisscross pattern on top of my sad little scoop of ice cream. I am sorry, but that is NOT hot fudge!! Hot fudge is not meant to be a pretty crisscross, it's meant to be glopped on so it slides down the sides and creates warm little pools all around your ice cream!!
Look, I ate it, right? It was very nice ice cream. But with BICF across the street from my door, I don't really see myself going back unless I have a particular craving for Wicked. Or a fancy cookie. They had some very tasty looking fancy cookies there too.
Pure and divine chocolate ice cream. It's not served rock hard, so it gets to half-melty if you eat it slowly, and that's the way I prefer my ice cream.
The ice cream and setting are so wonderful that I'll make this a 4-star rating even though the service is more like a 3.
They do give samples, though!
Had a small chocolate icecream in a hand-dipped cone last Sunday and it was out-of-this-world- DELICIOUS!! Best I've had in Brooklyn so far.
Maybe our server was generous, but I ordered a small and it was more than enough. Thank you very much.
Creamy and chocolatey and extremely satisfying. Can't comment on the other flavors but the chocolate is a safe bet!
In late May 2009, Jacques Torres opened a charming little ice cream shop next to his chocolate store on Water Street, which for years has served ice cream sandwiches fashioned from his world-famous chocolate chip cookies. The sandwiches are so delicious they're celebrated in lands as faraway as... well, at least Park Slope.
The famous sandwiches have traveled next door (for a price of $5.50), where they're joined by a dozen or so innovative ice cream flavors. (It's $3 something for one scoop, $5 something for two, and I can't remember beyond that. I do remember, however, that toppings are a very reasonable 50 cents, although you have to pay an extra buck for a cone. Lame.)
You can almost stomach those prices, though, because the ice cream is so gosh darn good. There's no "chocolate chip cookie dough" here, but instead "Jacques Torres signature chocolate chip cookie," with generous chunks of those amazing cookies. There's no "chocolate" but instead "wicked," which is a wonderfully rich chocolate ice cream with just enough chili pepper to make it interesting. (They have sorbet too, if that's your thing. I hope for your sake it's not.)
Grab a cone and head to the Brooklyn Bridge Park, or sit around for a while. There are a handful of tables inside and even a few outside, where you're free to savor your dessert as your dog sits at your feet, staring up at you longingly. (My dog did, anyway.)
Jacques Torres Ice Cream is a welcome addition to the neighborhood, indeed. But please, let's keep this to ourselves. There's no reason all those tourists in line at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory need to know...
i had forgotten that jacques torres had recently opened-up an ice cream shop in DUMBO, so it was a a sweet surprise to pass by on the way to the BK hip-hop festival this afternoon. i saw the froyo sign from the middle of the street and made my friend swear on her firstborn that we'd pop by after the festival.
20 min later we stopped by for a treat.* ooohhhh, the flavors! fatty fat toppings, too!
they had wicked chocolate, white chocolate raspberry, banana rum sorbet, chocolate-covered pretzels, mudslide cookie bits, etc. - a real diabetic's nightmare. the little fat girl in me really wanted a large cup of the wicked chocolate (if you've tried the hot version you'd totally understand), but i stuck to my guns and ordered a cup of froyo, plain-flavored, along with milk chocolate shavings as a topping. the yogurt was nice, creamy and, notably, had a granulated texture to it that i really enjoyed. absa-fucking-amazing.
however, i'm totally docking off, not one, but TWO stars because our service was atrocious. as in baaad. we were literally the only two customers in the store, but the six employees behind the counter were too busy figuring our their weekend plans that they forgot to ask us what we wanted. i was fine because i'll MAKE myself heard dammit, but my friend isn't as strong-willed. in fact, after i had paid, she was still behind the ice cream counter waiting for help that i wasn't sure if she even wanted anything. the convo went as follows:
me: "juds, you getting ice cream?"
juds: "yeah, but no one's helping me."
surprisingly, one employee heard juds and somewhat decided to do her job. homegirl had the nerve to say:
"whaddaya want? i'm helping you now. WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"
not one for confrontation, juds decided not to get any ice cream, and she and i walked out to enjoy the rest of my froyo in the adjacent chocolate store. i really wanted to go off but juds felt uncomfortable, and i'm all for people fighting their own battles.
now, if i were juds, i would have bitch-slapped that girl - as in smacked her all the way to jersey. ain't no way someone's gonna talk to me like that. however, juds is way more of a lady than i am.
* - the rain had pretty much ruined the festival and it turns out that she and i weren't feeling very "hip-hoppy" ... who woulda thunk it?!
Had a single scoop that we did 50/50 with vanilla rum caramel and peanut butter chocolate chip crunch. I was happy they allowed the 50/50 split on a single scoop - I always love variety without having to order too much.
I liked that the flavors were not super rich and were a slight twist to flavors we normally see. Especially liked the vanilla rum caramel.
This place was packed with people, and I had heard alot about it, so my expectations were high. We had the chocolate raspberry swirl and really it was not all that good. I am sorry, I really wanted to like it, but it was disappointing. Maybe next time I'll try another flavor, and my experience will be different.
Jacques Torres has amazing chocolate chip cookies, so naturally I wanted to try the ice cream sandwiches. I went to his chocolate shop on one of those heat wave weekends we had in May to try one out, but to no avail. The staff informed me it wasn't summer yet (even though it was about 90 degrees outside).
But, to ease my pain, they told me they're opening up an ice cream shop down the street this summer. The freshly painted shop opened this weekend. I immediately went for the ice cream sandwiches in the cooler, and it was as amazing as I thought it could be. They're huge though, so I'd recommend sharing. Once it softens a bit, it's about the best summer snack around.
They were also sampling their frozen yogurt (creamy and tart) and their blood orange sorbet, both of which were delicious!
Next I'll try their various flavors, ranging from the basics to something with ancho chile and chipotle.
I was a bit disappointed with this place. I had walked by the other day and seen that they'd opened an ice cream shop right next to the chocolate store, and then came back to try the goods. The shop isn't particularly clean... counters aren't kept nice and used napkins seem to end up everywhere besides the trash can. But, that being said, the ice cream isn't superb either. I ordered the one that had cookie pieces in it, and it was half-melted before it even reached my hand, and ice cream was dripping down the entire cone (and it wasn't all that warm outside either). The girl behind the counter was so concerned with getting me out of there that she didn't care enough to consider that the ice cream didn't look all that good. After sampling it, I must say I've tasted much better elsewhere. I LOVE the chocolate shop next door, but had higher expectations for the ice cream here. I'd had an ice cream sandwich based out of their shop in lower Manhattan, and found that to be quite good... but the ice cream scoops just weren't all that wonderful, and the cones didn't seem too fresh. If you want something better, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory is 5 minutes away and tastes better.
As others have noted, the ice cream here is not cheap (for 2 scoops in a waffle cone, it's more than $5), but the ice cream is homemade and very good! The waffle cones are amazing - also homemade with a hint of vanilla and dipped in chocolate! This was a great weekday treat before our walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. If it's not too hot out, enjoy your cone at the nearby park, Brooklyn Bridge Park.
It's 1000 degrees out. You should eat ice cream 3…
