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NYC parents having meltdown over $14 ice cream cones: 'It's out of control'
June 8, 2024 | 8:18amQueens parents are melting down over a local ice cream truck's astronomical prices — including $14 for a run-of-the-mill waffle cone.
NYC's top restaurants dishing out fancy soft-serve ice cream as a cost-cutting dessert option
April 30, 2024 | 12:56pm"I think having pastry departments is not as lucrative as it used to be in restaurants," one executive chef told The Post. "There's not many people that don't like ice...
Mister Softee tracking app locates every ice cream truck in NYC
April 30, 2024 | 9:17amYou can track exactly where Mister Softee is in NYC with an app -- like NORAD for ice cream.
Far-left NYC pol's bid to sideline gas-guzzling Mister Softee trucks gets chilly reception
August 5, 2023 | 4:13pmCouncilman Lincoln Restler is pushing new legislation that would require Mr. Softee and other ice cream trucks to stop powering their soft-serve machines and freezers with generators that use fuel.
How a case of mistaken identity landed a vengeful ice cream man in prison for life
May 26, 2023 | 4:36pmOn Friday, more than 12 years after Michael Keetley opened fire on a group of people in Ruskin, Florida, a judge sentenced him to six life sentences.
Jude Law shares how he 'bribed' the child actors on 'Peter Pan' set
April 28, 2023 | 4:04pm"Sounds kind of awful," "The Holiday" actor admitted.
Louisiana woman arrested after police find meth, puppies inside ice cream truck
March 1, 2023 | 6:39pmThe detectives found melted ice cream in the freezer, methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, and two small puppies.
Girl, 10, says she was abducted by ice cream truck driver on Staten Island: cops
September 5, 2022 | 1:21amThe girl told officers that a man grabbed her wrist as she was heading into a deli near Harbor Road and Forest Avenue in Mariners Harbor and allegedly dragged her...
Missing the Choco Taco? Try these creative takes on Klondike's discontinued classic
August 12, 2022 | 3:56pmThe square Klondike bar's quirky, underrated sibling could be poised for a quick comeback — that is, if New Yorkers have anything to say about it.
Hot dog! Affordable summer fun a thing of the past, thanks to 2022 inflation price hikes
August 4, 2022 | 6:00amBuy me some peanuts and cracker jack? Better take out a second mortgage.
Choco Taco dropped by Klondike — fans slam 'boneheaded' move
July 25, 2022 | 7:59pmIt's a sad day for people who enjoy eating ice cream in taco form.
'Eat the Rich' popsicles let NYers take a bite out of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
July 11, 2022 | 1:49pmCall it occupy Wall Sweet.
Boy critically injured after being hit, dragged by ice cream truck: cops
June 25, 2022 | 8:53amThe boy was riding his bike on Sutter Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. Friday when a 58-year-old man driving a Mister Softee truck struck the 11-year-old.
Jeff Bezos' house has artisan soft-serve ice cream on tap now
August 19, 2021 | 3:02pmThe device looks like a tiny ice cream truck. It offers chocolate, vanilla and twist nozzles — and Bezos is the first customer to have one in his home.
Ice cream truck rolls driverless as vendor sells to motorist
May 7, 2021 | 4:40pmAn Instagram post of a driverless ice cream truck sent the internet swirling into a frenzy.
First Big Gay Ice Cream store closes in East Village
January 22, 2021 | 3:04pmBig Gay Ice Cream is having to chill out a bit due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Why rap icon RZA wants to change 'racist' ice cream jingle
August 13, 2020 | 7:14pmRZA of the Wu-Tang Clan has partnered with Good Humor to write a new ice cream truck jingle in place of "Turkey in the Straw."
Mr. Not-so-Softee: Ice cream truck keeps plowing into NYC street barrier
August 12, 2020 | 4:23pmI scream, you scream -- we all scream when this truck comes down the block. A scofflaw ice cream truck driver has made a twice-daily ritual out of plowing through...
LA ice cream truck owner doesn't care for social media influencers
July 3, 2019 | 7:12pmNo amount of influence can buy you even an ice cream cone at this Los Angeles hot spot. The owner of popular City of Angels ice cream truck CVT Soft...
Ice cream vendor fined $4.4M gets seized trucks back in deal to settle debt
July 2, 2019 | 4:57pmIts owners must have brain-freeze. An ice-cream-truck company accused of racking up $4.5 million in traffic fines struck a deal with the city Monday to get back 35 of its...