PrintTribeca Ice Cream Smackdown: Duane Park vs. Odeon
Editor's note: Every afternoon we post a short Sugar Rush to end your day. Think of it as the dessert to your daily blog reading. Today, the Godfather of Serious Eats New York, Ed Levine, hits up two new ice cream places in Tribeca. —Zach
Strawberries and clotted cream ice cream from Duane Park. Photograph by Gordon Mark
A couple of weeks ago I hit up two new spots for ice cream in Tribeca.
The folks at Duane Park Cafe opened up a tiny ice cream scooperie in the window. The bourbon butter pecan ice cream was outstanding, creamy, smooth, and full flavored. The strawberries and clotted cream is simply the creamiest strawberry ice cream imaginable, though as is often the case, the frozen strawberries were a deliciousness hindrance. The apple pie made great use of what we assume must have been last night's dessert at the restaurant. Peanut butter is a flavor that doesn't often work in ice cream, but Duane Park's peanut butter ice cream tasted like ultra-creamy smooth peanut butter of the highest quality.
The flavors vary from day to day because they're made entirely from organic ingredients and will vary depending on what is available to the chef; you may want to call first unless you're willing to play ice cream bingo. Skip the sorbet and the frozen yogurt. Both were icy and kind of nasty. 157 Duane Street, New York NY 10013 (near West Broadway; map); 212-732-5555
Right around the corner from Duane Park, The Odeon has set up a little ice cream cart in its outdoor cafe. All three house-made flavors were icy and pale-flavored. Did anybody taste these before they were put into the cart? I doubt it. 145 West Broadway, New York NY 10013 (near West Broadway; map); 212-233-0507
The winner of this taste-off? Duane Park Cafe by at least a gallon.
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3 Comments:
I got some ice cream from Duane Park last Friday (spearmint!) and it was aaaawesome. I was initially disappointed at the small scoop, but it was just the right size; it's so rich that any larger would probably be a bad idea.
roboppy at 3:06PM on 06/29/08
As a pregnant mother in the neighborhood, I have been visiting the Odeon nearly everyday as a loyal customer. It is very important to get your facts right. They provide a list of purveyors and ingredients used in their ice cream, all of which are organic and/or local. For example The Odeon gets their spearmint locally from Satur Farms. After reading this blog, I asked Duane Park whether their ice cream was in fact organic, they replied that their ingredients were not organic, just "natural". Its very important pregnant, or not, to know what you are putting in your body...not to mention the cones at odeon are organic and house made as well.
avocado2 at 8:19PM on 07/05/08
i forgot to mention to try the Chocolate and the dulce de leche, my personal favorite flavors (all organic as well).
avocado2 at 8:21PM on 07/05/08