It’s ice cream, which isn’t necessarily the first thing you think when you think of health food. And, yes, granola bars but really super delicious ones, some with chocolate, another with brandy-macerated cherries (called Coffee with God, and available only at Brooklyn Commune). So what’s the story? Well, our philosophy is simple: make great food … Read More
The Local Ice Cream
From the Antic to Stores
Last year we set up our canopy on Atlantic Ave. for our first event, the Atlantic Antic, proudly selling our Good Bars and cups of our ice cream. This year we did the same, but it was different. There was a year of experience that removed our neophyte status and we were glad to answer … Read More
See you at the Antic!
It’s been a busy week getting ready for the 2013 Atlantic Antic street fair. Kati has been working on Good Bars and I just finished packing ice cream cups yesterday. We even have a limited supply of Brooklyn Bell lunch bags. Word! This year we are going to be across the street from the jail … Read More
Yep, Our Ice Cream is in Stores
It’s one thing to sell ice cream from a cart. It’s a totally different thing to sell it in stores. That’s right, we’re in stores! We are crazy happy that we have two major natural food stores in Brooklyn, Back to the Land and Peralandra stocking our ice cream. And we are super stoked to be … Read More
Big Thanks for By Brooklyn
The ice cream business is not easy. It takes skill, experience and dedication to craft a creamy pint that can make people smile. It also takes a lot of hard work to get it from our dairy plant to store freezer shelves and into the hands of customers. But it’s not just our skill, experience, … Read More
The Big Pickup at Norman & Jules
Saturday, July 27, 2013 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Brooklyn Bell will be hosting The Big Pick Up at Norman & Jules at 158 Seventh Ave. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. So what is a “Pick Up”? It’s simple. 1. Just order your ice cream here. 2. The day of the event, come join us at the location … Read More
By Brooklyn Local Ice Cream Pickup
July is a great time for a pick up. We are thrilled to be offering our ice cream for local pick up on two dates in July: Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at By Brooklyn at 261 Smith Street (btn Degraw and Douglass) in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, AND Saturday,July 28, 2013 … Read More
The Samples for the Stores
This time around the feeling is different. Last year we packed our ice cream into lot of containers for a couple of street fairs and special events. This past weekend Izzy and I labeled a handful of pints. What makes this different is the journey it took to go from street fairs to getting our … Read More
Brooklyn Bell on thegrio.com!
Thanks so much to Suzanne Rust for the fabulous piece she wrote for thegrio.com featuring Black artisanal food producers. We are small in number, but we are growing. Congrats to all these food producers who are making great food and business! We tasted the Nothin’ But bars (by Jerri Graham) and they are delicious — looking forward … Read More
How About These Apples?
Upstate is good; that is, it’s good to get out of the city. Often times it is quite easy to forget that NYC is a part of NY State. 30 minutes north of the Bronx and the world becomes a different place. Right now it is filled with summer to autumn transitioning leaves . On Friday, … Read More