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Crop Ample Hills Creamery
This recent addition to 30th Avenue
is already an Astoria fixture,
although it just opened on June 22.
The line at Ample Hills often snakes
out the door, and it’s difficult to find
seating inside. But with flavors like
Cookie au Lait, Nonna D’s Oatmeal
Lace and Mexican Hot Chocolate,
it’s easy to see why.
This cult ice cream brand was founded
by Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna
in 2011, per an Ample Hills press release.
And its Astoria storefront is just
one of 11 Ample Hills outposts, with
locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Jersey
City, Disney’s BoardWalk Inn and
Rockaway Beach.
“We are thrilled and excited to
open our first Ample Hills Creamery
in Astoria, Queens!” Smith and
Cuscuna posted on the Ample Hills
Instagram back in April. “We looked
long and hard at many great spaces
until we found a perfect corner in an
incredibly vibrant community near
many of our favorite haunts.”
One of Ample Hills’s PR representatives,
Account Executive Tavo
Dam, said in an email that opening a
location in Astoria felt like a natural
progression for the ice cream company.
And its newest location even
boasts an exclusive flavor: Nectar of
the Queens, which Dam described
as “a smooth cinnamon honey ice
cream mixed with pieces of two beloved
Greek pastries — baklava and
galaktoboureko.” Both of these pastries
are baked at Atropolis Bakery,
another local institution.
Gourmet ice cream and an homage
to the neighborhood’s Greek
heritage — what more could Astorians
want?
Photos courtesy of Jordan Slocum/Ample Hills
AMPLE HILLS CREAMERY
34-02 30TH AVE., ASTORIA
AMPLEHILLS.COM
347-242-2026