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Food Trucks and their Food Shop Siblings in New York City and Brooklyn

Are food trucks morphing into food shops? The rapidly changing food truck scene has spawned a number of related storefronts and a number of related carts (as food trucks lose their prime parking spots) In New York City, Calexico, Souvlaki GR and the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck are prime examples. Calexico has a storefront in the Greenpoint and Redhook nabes of Brooklyn, Souvlaki Truck has a dedicated store on Stanton Street in the Lower East Side. The Big Gay Ice Cream Shop has just opened in the East Village, and Mexicue’s recent opening in Chelsea will soon be followed by another in Chinatown. And there are definitely more changes in the offing. Remember to follow any of these on twitter, still, to find out their daily ramblings.

Here are some of the food truck-storefront hybrids already in place:

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Where to Get Your Ice Cream Fix in Manhattan

In 1984, President Reagan declared July as National Ice Cream Month.  Here are my picks for the best places in Manhattan to celebrate all year long: 

Emack & Bolio’sEmack  & Bolio’s brings a little piece of Boston to New York City. E&B’s fun rock ‘n roll vibe traces back to its roots when it was founded in the 70s by Bob Rook, a music lawyer who opened his first location as a place for musicians to go to after their shows. The shop serves premium ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, hand-made chocolates, microbrewed sodas, and hand roasted coffee. Emack & Bolio’s makes 100+ flavors each year, and the list of outrageous flavors never disappoints! Chocoholics will love the “Serious Chocolate Addiction,” chocolate mousse ice cream with fudge chunks and chocolate flakes mixed in.

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