Kids play space + Blue Marble Ice Cream at 186 Underhill
Just got a post card this am for a ice cream parlor/cafe/kids play space (Blue Marble Ice Cream and NY City Explorers) at 186 Underhill (the old tattoo shop?). Grand Opening on May 24th - free ice cream and coffee for the day.
(edited to update name of ice cream shop!)
(edited to update name of ice cream shop!)
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Cool, a good ice cream shop would be an excellent addition around these parts...esp that block of Underhill (btwn Sterling/St Johns), which has been lagging a bit behind the new restaurant/store scene on Vanderbilt. Hopefully the ice cream/cafe part doesn't take a back seat to the kids play space aspect...but I guess beggars can't be choosers.
I've never tried Blue Marble, but there's one up on Atlantic in Cobble Hill, which seems to be very well received by the Chowhound folks:
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oy vey...and the strollers come rolling in...welcome to park slope ;-)
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Blue Marble is terrific. We go to the Atlantic Avenue store all the time. All the ice cream is made by a farmer upstate, using organic ingredients. Try the tart strawberry or the blackberry. They also have great coffee and sell brownies and cookies from Baked in Red Hook.
As for the kids, they're already here. Underhill has two public schools and a playground. If you don't like 'em, don't walk down the street. -
yeah perplexed! the world must be peopled!
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NY Explorers is a great place! Very reasonable playspace. And I have always felt this city needed more ice cream shops, especially cool ones like Blue Marble. Yippee!
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Blue Marble is awesome ice cream - very excited to have them in the neighborhood!!!
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Is this place just ice cream, or does it double as a *gasp* coffee house? Free wi-fi implies you can sit down there. That would make it to the closest coffee house to my corner on St. Johns and Washington.
I hope that's the case. -
not sure about the new space, but the blue marble on atlantic has coffee. the drip is much better than their espresso. they also serve baked goods and during the winter they had quiche, soup and bread. it's fairly hospitable as a coffeehouse, but it's also explicitly kid-friendly, so don't expect to have quiet. the couple times i worked there, only one or two others were on laptops.
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s this place just ice cream, or does it double as a *gasp* coffee house? Free wi-fi implies you can sit down there. That would make it to the closest coffee house to my corner on St. Johns and Washington.
Not sure about the Wi-Fi, but the postcards they were handing out at the Greenmarket on Sat said Free Trade coffee, etc... -
Subject: Re: Kids play space + Blue Marble Ice Cream at 186 Underhill
rbenghiat wrote: Just got a post card this am for a ice cream parlor/cafe/kids play space (Blue Marble Ice Cream and NY City Explorers) at 186 Underhill (the old tattoo shop?). Grand Opening on May 24th - free ice cream and coffee for the day.
correction: i walked by there last night and the sign on the door said free coffee all day saturday and free ice cream to the first 100 customers.
(edited to update name of ice cream shop!) -
Saw them hanging their store sign this morning...looks like its ready to go (which is convenient...since they're opening in 24 hours).
Pretty excited....wish they would have painted over the graffitti on their roll-down steel gate though. -
Just stopped by...they served their 100th free cone by 10:15am...ice cream for breakfast!
Seems like a big turnout (perfect weather probably helps) - lots of people in the store and on the sidewalk outfront (and, yes, lots of strollers).
I got a single scoop Strawberry, which was quite tasty. Price is $3.79 (incl tax). I have a feeling some might find it a little small, though its pretty creamy.
Did manage to snag a free coffee, which was really strong and good.
Came home to realize that my rear windows now face their backyard kids play area. Have a feeling I'm going to be learning a lot of kids songs this summer.
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I am in love with, and want to marry, their root beer float.
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The ice cream and coffee were great. The staff was friendly and didnt lose their cool. Glad to have them in the neighborhood!
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stillif wrote: The ice cream and coffee were great. The staff was friendly and didnt lose their cool. Glad to have them in the neighborhood!
Well, if they DID lose their cool, all of the ice cream would melt.
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Rode past there twice today- the strollers and their mommy/nanny's are out in full force!
I am glad its there though- makes for a nice neighborhood vibe (for now at least).
And you know, its good that Underhill has a W-I-D-E sidewalk on that side. -
Laura B wrote: I am in love with, and want to marry, their root beer float.
W/18% butterfat, it BETTER be delicious! -
Anyone know what time they close? It'd be nice to get an after-dinner scoop.
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And what time do they open? I stopped by today at 7:45 (for coffee, not ice cream!) and the gate was half down.
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berit wrote: And what time do they open? I stopped by today at 7:45 (for coffee, not ice cream!) and the gate was half down.
I just went to grab a cup of coffee, so I checked out the times...
M-Th 8am-8pm
Fri 8am-10pm
Sat 9am-10pm
Sunday...my brain is too small to remember...either 9am-8pm or 10pm. -
Thanks, arches. I'll be visiting after the little ones are tucked in their brownstones.
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I spoke with the manager this week about the 8 pm weekday closings. Next week or the week after the should be changing their hours to 10 pm most weeknights.
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Whatchuwant wrote: I'll be visiting after the little ones are tucked in their brownstones.
or, in their apartments like the dozen or so kids of working families that live in our 20-unit building...
how on earth can a new business on a one-block stretch of nothingness garner well-trod snarkiness?
oh, right...just checked the URL..eesh... -
sterling2000 wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant]I'll be visiting after the little ones are tucked in their brownstones.
or, in their apartments like the dozen or so kids of working families that live in our 20-unit building...
At $3.79 (incl tax) for what was described as one small scoop, the working families, in this financial market, I'm sure will make this a purely "special occasion" stop. All snark aside. -
Whatchuwant wrote:
How much does a scoop of ice cream cost elsewhere? Like Haagen-Daaz? I'm not a big buyer of ice cream by the scoop. $3.79 definitely strikes me as a "premium" price...but not an absurd price for a high quality product.
At $3.79 (incl tax) for what was described as one small scoop, the working families, in this financial market, I'm sure will make this a purely "special occasion" stop. All snark aside.
Small coffee is $2.00 if you prefer to use that as your measure of relative pricing. Not far out of line with Joyce or other such establishments, if i recall correctly (not that I consider Joyce any bargain on the pricing scale).
As for the kids, I don't have any problem with them...it is an ice cream store/kids play space, afterall...it's just unusual to see so many in one place. Maybe we should spend more time in the playground for conditioning. -
For the "working family," and I use the term loosely, meaning anyone who has been seriously affected by the recent financial times, any ice cream store is going to be a special treat. Think about it- family of four, ice cream, you're talking $15-20.
Nothing against the place, I'm excited it's there and I think a play space is a great idea to incorporate with an ice cream shop (give 'em sugar and set 'em loose!), but I think it's going to be more for the, ahem, upper level of the neighborhood. -
Subject: Expensive
I purchased a cone and a sundae from Blue Marble...While the ice cream was exceptional, I found the portions to be small. And I aghast when my total came to 10 bucks. While I'm glad the shop is there, I'm conflicted. The kids who actually live in the neighborhood (the black kids) can't afford to pay almost $4.00 for a small scoop of ice cream. Imagine how it must feel to be a kid and have new ice cream shop on your street...you go in with your two bucks, maybe even 2.50, but walk away empty handed because a small scoop is $4 bucks. In a word, a single mom can feed her kids 5 chicken wings for dinner from the local chinese spot for less than it costs to buy a scoop....Thank God for Mr. Softee....
This shop, while cute, only serves to further divide the community. I say this as somone who can afford to buy a scoop. I wish they'd offer the local kids (like those under 12) $2.00 scoops on Saturdays between 12-1 or something like that. Scoop subsidies. -
Well, they do have a mini-scoop for $2.50. Must be pretty mini though, given the size of the regular scoop.
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arches wrote: Well, they do have a mini-scoop for $2.50. Must be pretty mini though, given the size of the regular scoop.
Yea, that's ridiculous. :roll:
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