Fifty Licks

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Fifty Licks
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Restaurant information
Established2009 (2009)
Owner(s)Chad Draizin
Food typeIce cream
Websitewww.fifty-licks.com

Fifty Licks is an ice cream parlor with several locations in Portland, Oregon.

History[]

Owner Chad Draizin had graduated from NSU University School and studied beer brewing at the University of Florida before an internship at Portland Brewing.[1] After realizing brewing beer on an industrial level was not for him, he began Fifty Licks as an ice cream truck in 2009.[2] That ice cream truck, which operates only during the summer, was named one of Portland's "best new food carts" in 2011 by The Oregonian.[3] "Fifty LIcks" is an estimate of the number of licks required to eat one scoop.[3]

In 2013, Draizin opened the first brick and mortar location in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood,[2] and Vox Media's Eater selected Fifty Licks as seventh on a list of "16 worthy ice cream candidates that opened across the country over the past year or so" to be included on its "Eater National Ice Cream Heatmap".[4]

Fifty Licks is a small-batch handmade ice cream shop in Portland, Oregon. Their ice cream is lusciously high in butterfat and eggs, and their flavors lean towards elegant & aromatic.

— bon apétit presents Feast Portland[5]

The second location opened on East Burnside Street in the Kerns neighborhood in 2017, which led to increased popularity for the company.[2][6] Fifty Licks offers approximately eleven flavors daily as well as two soft serve flavors and offers ice cream cocktails.[7][8] The ice cream parlor also makes an effort to provide non-dairy and vegan options, and hopes to eventually feature fifty-percent dairy-free products.[9][10]

In 2018, Akron Beacon Journal reporter Katie Byard wrote about "some feasting in Portland, Ore., considered one of the country’s best food cities..."[11] and "... an ice cream place dubbed Fifty Licks. Specializing in nontraditional flavors, it touts that it makes its base for its ice creams in house... a friend bought some 'Chocolate as #$%&' with housemade ganache for us to try. The name works... "[12]

During the 2018, Occupy ICE protests, the Fifty Licks food truck distributed free ice cream to protestors.[13][14] In 2020, Fifty Licks opened its third location in the Slabtown district of the Northwest District neighborhood.[2][15] Later that year, following the George Floyd protests, one of the shops was briefly targeted by a rioter who tore down a Black Lives Matter poster displayed in the shop's window.[16]

An Associated Press article reported that Fifty Licks was featured in the Hulu television series Shrill.[17] Peter Cottell of Thrillist said Fifty Licks is "beloved for simple, elegant flavors in no-nonsense spaces."[18]

Locations[]

  • Food cart at Northwest 24th Avenue and Thurman Street[19]
  • Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood (opened 2013)
  • Kerns neighborhood (opened 2017)
  • Slabtown district of the Northwest District neighborhood (opened 2020)

References[]

  1. ^ "NSU University School Viewpoint Fall/Winter 2017". www.nova.edu. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Russell, Michael (February 19, 2020). "Fifty Licks ice cream to open first west-side location this spring". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Russell, Michael (June 24, 2011). "Portland's best new food carts". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Forbes, Paula (August 30, 2013). "The 16 Hottest Ice Cream Shops in the US Right Now". Eater. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Fifty Licks". bon apétit presents Feast Portland. 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Russell, Michael (April 25, 2017). "Fifty Licks opens new Burnside location this Friday". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Russell, Michael (March 8, 2013). "Bluebird Bakers, Petunia's Pies & Pastries and Fifty Licks set to make Portland a bit sweeter". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Kryza, Andy (September 11, 2013). "These boozy ice cream cocktails are everything you've ever wanted". Thrillist. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Brooks, Karen (June 12, 2017). "The Inside Scoop on Fifty Licks, Portland's Suddenly Hot Ice Cream Shop". Portland Monthly. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  10. ^ Granillo, Gabriel (February 21, 2020). "Fifty Licks Is Coming to Slabtown". Portland Monthly. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Byard, Katie (April 4, 2018). "Akron Dish : City Barbeque plans May grand opening". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D001. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  12. ^ Byard, Katie (April 4, 2018). "Dish (cont. from D1)". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D002. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Wilson, Jason (June 20, 2018). "'Occupy Ice': activists blockade Portland building over family separations". Guardian. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "Portland ICE facility closed until 'there are no longer security concerns'". KGW8. June 25, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  15. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (February 20, 2020). "The Owner of Fifty Licks Will Base the Design of His New Scoop Shop on a Pair of Shoes". Eater. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  16. ^ Shepherd, Katie (August 19, 2020). "Portland protesters set fire inside county building as tensions continue to escalate". Washington Post. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  17. ^ Lefferts, Brooke. "Stars of 'Shrill' express love for the 'hippest of places'". ABC News. Retrieved May 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Cottell, Pete (August 20, 2019). "Portland's Most Essential Spots For Every Kind of Ice Cream". Thrillist. Retrieved May 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Prewitt, Andi (June 25, 2019). "Portland Ice Cream Shop Fifty Licks Is Raising Money to Help Children Detained at the U.S.-Mexico Border". Willamette Week. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

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