![]() ![]() The flavor of the week is promoted on Snowflake’s Facebook page and they’re well known for creating unusual flavors like peanut butter and jelly for the beginning of school and their cannoli ice cream, which was featured on The Food Network.Īnother popular flavor is Peconic swamp thing, made with chocolate ice cream, fudge brownie, and raspberry. Everything is homemade and I always have at least one flavor of the week.” “Right now we have local blueberries, we also have a lot of strawberries and raspberries. “I get all my stuff from Briermere Farms,” Mr. ![]() Owner Stu Feldschuh takes advantage of the abundance on the North Fork by incorporating many local ingredients into his ice cream. Open since 1953, Snowflake Ice Cream Shoppe is a Riverhead institution. Snowflake Ice Cream Shoppe’s Peconic Swamp Thing North Fork Chocolate Company is located at 750 Main Road in Aquebogue. “We partnered with Goodale Farms to make the ice cream at the farm with Goodale’s milk and eggs right in the room where they pasteurize the milk,” co-owner Ann Corley said. Tastings can be up to four different ice creams and include flavors like strawberry buttermilk, sea salt almond chocolate, and blueberry ginger sorbet.Ĭhef and Chocolatier Steve Amaral uses local ingredients like strawberries from Sujecki Farms in Baiting Hollow, blueberries from Goodale Farms in Aquebogue, coffee from Aldo’s of Greenport, and salt from Cutchogue’s North ForkSea Salt Co. While they do serve ice cream in cones and ice cream sandwiches, it’s the tasting flights that make their ice cream experience so distinct. Because of their proximity to the wineries, this Aquebogue chocolatier describes itself as more of an ice cream tasting room. North Fork Chocolate Company’s Ice Cream Sandwichĭon’t call North Fork Chocolate Company an ice cream parlor. The Ice Cream Patch can be found at Patty’s Berries & Bunches at 410 Sound Avenue in Mattituck and at Revel North Fork at 28100 Main Road in Cutchogue. In the fall we’ll have pumpkin, apple pie and maple walnut made with New York maple syrup.” “Cucumbers are coming in, then blackberries and peaches are next. “The sugar snap peas ice cream is about to run out because I’m out of peas,” Patty DiVello said. Available only when produce is in season, their flavors change throughout the year. Next time you are looking for a a place to take your children for some much needed fresh air, I would definitely recommend Vallum farm as a place to spend a few hours.The Ice Cream Patch: Lemon Basil, Strawberry Fields, and Blueberry Blissįrom strawberries to mint to sugar snap peas, the Ice Cream Patch makes ice cream flavors from whatever’s growing in the fields of Patty DiVello’s Mattituck farm, Patty’s Berries & Bunches.Ĭonceived by Patty’s daughter Jennifer DiVello as a way to educate consumers about when produce comes into season, Jennifer and partner John Pastore make flavors like lemon basil, cocoa mint, and blueberry bliss from lemons, herbs, and blueberries grown on the farm. The artisan bread looked particularly tempting! There are also walks around the farm via a small nature reserve and pond for which a map is provided. There is a nice collection of local food, drinks and crafts on sale in a small shop. There are a few small independent businesses in other units within the farm including the Bywell Smokery which provides produce for the restaurant and tea room. Vallum farm has more to offer than an ice- cream parlour, tea room, David Kennedy restaurant and play area. I imagine it would be a lovely place to spend an afternoon in the summer. There was loads of space to run around and picnic tables near the play area. As it was so cold we were the only ones there! My children enjoyed the play frame, slide, see-saw and swings and it was nice to see a football net and a few football's knocking about. ![]() The food and drinks were delicious and worth the wait!Īfter our treats, we ventured into the outdoor play area. Although service was a little bit slow, it was a busy time of day and everybody was very friendly. We loved the look of the ice-cream sundaes on offer but it was just too cold! Instead we opted for 3 homemade chocolate milkshake's and 1 piece of chocolate fudge cake to share (Total cost £8.15). The menu is seasonal and local and all homemade. ![]() The tea room and ice cream parlour are housed in the same building - with one end being particularly family friendly with a small play kitchen for the children to play with. Today was the fourth day of a particularly cold February half term and I decided a run out in the country would do us all some good. There has been a lot of buzz around vallum farm in the last few months - renowned North East chef David Kennedy has just opened a restaurant there and the tea room has recently been awarded the accolade of best breakfast in the North East. ![]()
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