Maybe I'm a little late to the game on this one—because this has definitely been making waves around here—but yesterday afternoon I had the good fortune of spotting the Coolhaus truck on Broadway between 114th and 115th Streets. Surveying the menu, I chose to order one of the most simple ice cream sandwich combinations that I could think of: hot cake cookies (pretty much maple flavored) and Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream. Combinations like red velvet cookies with brown butter and candied bacon ice cream seemed a little daunting as a first-timer, as did the $6 price tag. A $6 ice cream sandwich sounds a lot like a $5 milkshake to me—it better be a damn good ice cream sandwich for $6.
And Coolhaus does not disappoint. I'm not sure how many more weeks they'll have a truck stopped curbside here in Morningside Heights, but it's worth seeking out while the Indian summer lasts. On October 27, they brought their MasterCard-sponsored Coolhaus University Tour to Columbia along with Korilla Barbecue, shelling out complimentary lunches for the first 500 customers (so one can only hope that this is something they'll repeat before the cold weather sets in for real).
