"Since its inception, Van Leeuwen has gone from a distinctive Brooklyn ice cream shop to a company that's collaborated on flavors with the likes of Maren Morris and Ed Sheeran. They've also taken on an increasingly national profile, both through a mail order business and via opening shops in a growing number of states across the country. And with the ice cream company's latest expansion - this time to Chicago -"
"That location will be one of two Van Leeuwen shops opening in Chicago this year; the Wicker Park ice cream shop will open on Sept. 12. Van Leeuwen's Malört ice cream is a collaboration with the company behind the liquor in question. "We're honored to bring our two brands together to give Van Leeuwen a true Chicago welcome in ice cream form," CH Distillery CEO Tremaine Atkinson told Time Out. "It's a bold treat, and we can't wait for Chicagoans to try a scoop.""
"Boozy ice cream has become a summertime staple in many cities; other ice cream makers have sought to incorporate the flavors of different spirits, beers and wines without an alcoholic kick to it. One of those companies is Van Leeuwen itself, who collaborated with Guinness on a flavor earlier this year. In theory, this means that someone could try a beer and shot combination in ice cream form, which sounds hard to resist."
Van Leeuwen has expanded from a Brooklyn shop into a nationally distributed ice cream brand via mail order and retail locations across multiple states. The company will open a Wicker Park Chicago shop on Sept. 12 and one additional Chicago location this year. The Chicago rollout includes a Malört-flavored ice cream developed in collaboration with CH Distillery as a regional homage. The brand has previously produced artist and beverage collaborations, including a Guinness flavor earlier this year. Spirits and beer flavors are increasingly used in nonalcoholic ice creams, and a zero-proof version of Malört has appeared on bar menus this year.
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