Brooklyn-based ice cream shop Ample Hills has fi led for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
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BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
As businesses across the
city struggle to stay afloat
amid the spread of the novel
coronavirus, Brooklynbased
ice cream purveyor
Ample Hills Creamery has
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
In a statement, the popular
ice cream parlor said the
filing was not brought on by
the current COVID-19 pandemic,
rather it was done
so that the business could
“course correct.”
“We are taking the necessary
next steps to preserve
and ultimately bring Ample
Hills into its next phase. In
order to do this, we are filing
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,
which allows us to
restructure and refocus,”
a spokesperson said. “We
have learned a lot from our
growth and this is a strategic
decision that allows us to
course correct and continue
doing what we love most:
creating a delicious product
from scratch, in our beloved
Brooklyn home.”
While the company did
not expand on its so-called
“next phase,” the rep said
that Ample Hills stores remain
open — for now.
“This decision was not
brought on by the current
COVID-19 pandemic and we
are following all guidelines
as outlined by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
and the New York
City Department of Health
to ensure the safety of our
Amployees and customers.
With that in mind, we remain
open for takeout per
the current guidelines.”
Brian Smith and Jackie
Cuscuna — a married couple
from Brooklyn — opened
Ample Hills’ first brick-andmortar
shop in Prospect
Heights in 2011 after starting
as a pushcart. The scoop
shop now has 14 locations in
the New York City area — six
of them in its home borough
of Brooklyn — as well as two
Florida outposts.
The creamery is known
for its fun and innovative
flavors, such as “It Came
From Gowanus” — a loaded
chocolate ice cream “full of
surprises,” just like the polluted
waterway.
Ample Hills’ bankruptcy
filing follows in the footsteps
of the closure of its Los
Angeles location in January,
and in those of Fairway Market,
which recently filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy as
well.
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Brooklyn-based Ice Cream chain
Ample Hills fi les for bankruptcy
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