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Chip Ice Cream
Anyone who’s walked by 34th Street
and 30th Avenue in the last year has
caught the scent of delicious cookies
wafting out of Chip NYC. And on
July 22, the same team opened a
second storefront: Chip Ice Cream,
which is located on 31st Avenue and
41st Street and open Tuesday through
Sunday, 3 to 10 p.m.
Andrea Prunella, Chip’s executive
pastry chef, grew up in Queens,
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as did the brand’s two owners,
Theodore and Peter, whose last
names she didn’t disclose. Since
they’re from the borough, they know
the area and clientele extremely
well.
“Astoria is really becoming a hub
for really great ice cream, and we're
just really excited to be a part of it,”
Prunella said.
What’s more, their plans for Chip
Ice Cream began taking shape not
long after they opened their first set
of doors.
“Once we saw that Chip NYC was
very well-received and successful,
we said, ‘OK, well now, what's the
next step?’” Prunella recalled. “And
after a couple months, we said, ‘We
have to pair this with ice cream.’”
Their new storefront currently offers
soft-serves (which are a a blend
of ice cream and Chip cookies) and
ice cream sandwiches. Prunella emphasized
that all of their menu items
incorporate the Chip cookies.
“It was very important to us that
when you took a bite of the ice
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