Creative flavours, inventive toppings - London's soft serve ice cream options this summer are spot on.
Just right when the weather is scorching and maybe even more so on the many, many days it's not - we pick out London's best ice cream and gelato purveyors.
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If you love a visit to Ole & Steen, you'll be very familiar with their signature bake, the Cinnamon Social. It's already had something of a makeover for the summer months and
...Every now and again, we can trust the marketing bods at KFC to have the absolute barmiest idea, and we thank them for that. Last Christmas, it was all about lickable wrapping paper, and now it's gravy-flavoured ice cream.
For this occasion, they've teamed up with
...Goodbye Horses has opened a combo wine and ice cream bar just across the road, and it looks spectacular. We went down to have a scoop of ice cream and behold The Dreamery.
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December might not seem like the most obvious time to launch an ice cream shop, but that's exactly what the team behind Goodbye Horses are doing. We knew at the time they originally opened the restaurant back in July that
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Lucky Islington residents are about to get a new coffee shop, wine bar and restaurant and an ice cream parlour, all in the space of a month or so. The three businesses by co-founders Alex Young and George de Vos are taking over the old Michael's Den pub on the borders of Islington and De Beauvoir.
First to open will be the coffee shop
...For its third year, The Ice Cream Project by Anya Hindmarch is back. If you're unfamiliar with this slightly mad endeavour, it's an ice cream shop that focuses on some very unusual flavours. As ever, they're well-known brands, but definitely not something you'll find in the average ice cream.
This year, there are returning
...By this point. there have been quite a few successful Stranger Things pop-ups, but the launch of the new spin off play in the West End this month is giving the team behind it a new opportunity. This time, it's Scoops Ahoy ice cream.
The ice cream shop featured prominently in series three and has popped up quite a few times across the globe too. There are two ways to get that ice cream - either in Pan-n-Ice shops (in
...Last year, the launch of Anya Cafe's ice cream pop-up from Anya Hindmarch caused a bit of a stir. Rather than use plain old flavours like vanilla, they had mayonnaise, ketchup and even Lee and Perrins Worcestershire sauce.
Well, it proved to be something of a hit (TikTok certainly helped) and now they're back with another helping for
...If you're into your gelato you'll probably have encountered Badiani, a Florentine gelato chain that's been slowly expanding across London, serving up flavours like cobnut, green tea, pear sorbet and more.
The next part of London they've scoped out for an opening is Balham, where they're going to be setting up shop next door to the popular cafe Milk. But Badiani are planning something very different for their spot in Balham.
...Last summer they teamed up with Rambutan for a successful popup in Borough Market. And this summer soft serve purveyors Soft & Swirly have hit up another market - Netil Market.
Over the intervening months, Sam Lowry (ex-Leilas) and Farah Kezouh have been busy working on tubbed ice cream with various folk including those at Postcard Teas and that series is now on sale at their stall in Netil consisting
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We've been big fans of Happy Endings' ice cream sandwiches for a while now. They've cornered the market in delivering London's very best ice cream sandwiches and there's a good chance you'll have come across them on some restaurant menus, or at shops like Nourished Communities.
But now - and for three months - you can find them in Shoreditch. They're
...It really is ice cream weather right now and if you're looking for a fix, then we have the guide for you.
However, if you're looking for ice cream with a difference, then the new Anya Hindmarch Ice Cream Project definitely fits that bill.
...A good sign that summer has properly arrived is the launch of the Magnum shop in London - and it's about to return once more. This time they're bringing ice cream to Shoreditch with the opening of Magnum Studios.
Put together with the help of - ahem - "content creators" Cat Burns, Charlotte Roberts, Lara Adkins, and Sophie Seddon, this time they'll be showcasing
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