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Fifty Licks

Fifty Licks
Exterior of Fifty Licks on East Burnside Street (with Laurelhurst Theater in the background), Portland, Oregon, 2022
Restaurant information
Established2009; 16 years ago (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

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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 Buckman 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NSU University School Viewpoint Fall/Winter 2017". www.nova.edu. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Russell, Michael (June 24, 2011). "Portland's best new food carts". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  4. ^ Forbes, Paula (August 30, 2013). "The 16 Hottest Ice Cream Shops in the US Right Now". Eater. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Fifty Licks". bon apétit presents Feast Portland. 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Russell, Michael (April 25, 2017). "Fifty Licks opens new Burnside location this Friday". OregonLive. Advance Publications. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Kryza, Andy (September 11, 2013). "These boozy ice cream cocktails are everything you've ever wanted". Thrillist. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  10. ^ Granillo, Gabriel (February 21, 2020). "Fifty Licks Is Coming to Slabtown". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  11. ^ Byard, Katie (April 4, 2018). "Akron Dish : City Barbeque plans May grand opening". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D001. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  12. ^ Byard, Katie (April 4, 2018). "Dish (cont. from D1)". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. D002. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Wilson, Jason (June 20, 2018). "'Occupy Ice': activists blockade Portland building over family separations". Guardian. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  14. ^ "Portland ICE facility closed until 'there are no longer security concerns'". KGW8. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  16. ^ Shepherd, Katie (August 19, 2020). "Portland protesters set fire inside county building as tensions continue to escalate". Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  17. ^ Lefferts, Brooke (May 10, 2021). "Stars of 'Shrill' express love for the 'hippest of places'". ABC News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  18. ^ Cottell, Pete (August 20, 2019). "Portland's Most Essential Spots For Every Kind of Ice Cream". Thrillist. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  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. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  20. ^ "New bites for the new season as Moda Center reveals exciting local food lineup". KATU. October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
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