Fifty Licks
| Fifty Licks | |
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| File:Fifty Licks logo.png | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2009 |
| Current owner(s) | Chad Draizin |
| Food type | Ice cream |
| Website | www |
Fifty Licks is an ice cream parlor with several locations in Portland, Oregon.
History[edit]
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]
— 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ↑ "NSU University School Viewpoint Fall/Winter 2017". www.nova.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Russell, Michael (February 19, 2020). "Fifty Licks ice cream to open first west-side location this spring". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Russell, Michael (June 24, 2011). "Portland's best new food carts". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ Forbes, Paula (2013-08-30). "The 16 Hottest Ice Cream Shops in the US Right Now". Eater. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ "Fifty Licks". bon apétit presents Feast Portland. 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Russell, Michael (April 25, 2017). "Fifty Licks opens new Burnside location this Friday". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ 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 12 May 2021.
- ↑ Kryza, Andy (September 11, 2013). "These boozy ice cream cocktails are everything you've ever wanted". Thrillist. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ Brooks, Karen (June 12, 2017). "The Inside Scoop on Fifty Licks, Portland's Suddenly Hot Ice Cream Shop". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ↑ Granillo, Gabriel (February 21, 2020). "Fifty Licks Is Coming to Slabtown". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ↑ Byard, Katie (2018-04-04). "Akron Dish : City Barbeque plans May grand opening". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D001. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ Byard, Katie (2018-04-04). "Dish (cont. from D1)". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D002. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ↑ Wilson, Jason (June 20, 2018). "'Occupy Ice': activists blockade Portland building over family separations". Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ "Portland ICE facility closed until 'there are no longer security concerns'". KGW8. June 25, 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ 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 13 May 2021.
- ↑ Shepherd, Katie (August 19, 2020). "Portland protesters set fire inside county building as tensions continue to escalate". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ↑ Lefferts, Brooke. "Stars of 'Shrill' express love for the 'hippest of places'". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-05-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cottell, Pete (August 20, 2019). "Portland's Most Essential Spots For Every Kind of Ice Cream". Thrillist. Retrieved 2021-05-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 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 12 May 2021.
External links[edit]
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- Official website
- Right at the fork podcast, #R206 Chad Draizin - Fifty Licks Ice Cream
- Real talk about Entrepreneurship | Fifty Licks ft. Chad Draizin 2018 on YouTube
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