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Big Gay Ice Cream

Big Gay Ice Cream is a soft-serve ice cream brand that began as a seasonal food truck in 2009 and now operates multiple locations in New York City and Philadelphia.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Big Gay Ice Cream began as a seasonal food truck in 2009 and has been named best ice cream parlor and best food truck in the country. The company now has multiple locations in New York City and Philadelphia. Founders Douglas Quint and Bryan Petroff have published a cookbook, appeared on television, hosted pop-ups worldwide, collaborated with international brands, and given a TED talk. The brand serves old-fashioned soft-serve ice cream made with all-natural milk, cream, sugar, and a small amount of emulsifier, using milk and cream from an all-natural dairy farm in Pennsylvania, alongside all-natural super-premium pints with proprietary egg-based recipes.

History

Big Gay Ice Cream began as a seasonal food truck in 2009. It has been named best ice cream parlor as well as best food truck in the country, along with numerous other accolades. The company now has multiple locations in New York City and Philadelphia. Over the last 10 years, founders Douglas Quint and Bryan Petroff have published a critically acclaimed cookbook, appeared on numerous TV programs, put on Big Gay Ice Cream pop-ups at festivals around the world, collaborated with a variety of international brands, spoken at conferences and seminars including giving a TED talk, and taken the ice cream truck on tours across the country. The brand has never veered from its mission to keep the fun in ice cream.

Products and positioning

Mixes high quality ingredients with guilty pleasures, traditional flavors with the unexpected, and a youngster's imagination with an adult's knowing wink and satirical tongue, spinning a new take on the old school ice cream parlor experience.

  • Soft-serve ice cream

    Made the traditional way using only all-natural milk, cream, sugar and a small amount of invisible emulsifier, with milk and cream from an all-natural dairy farm in Pennsylvania.

  • Super-premium pints

    All-natural, starting with proprietary egg-based recipes and having a much higher butterfat content than the soft-serve ice cream.

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